Quote#Nature
Full fathom five thy father lies
Quote byWilliam Shakespeare · 1564–1616
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: ' (1611), Ariel, Act I, scene ii..
English (original)
Full fathom five thy father lies; Of his bones are coral made; Those are pearls that were his eyes; Nothing of him that doth fade, But doth suffer a sea-change Into something rich and strange.
— William Shakespeare
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