“ To die—to sleep, No more; and by a sleep to say we end The heart-ache, and the thousand natural shocks That flesh is heir to: ’tis a consummation Devoutly to be wish’d. To die, to sleep. ”
William Shakespeare, Hamlet (1623). copy citation
Author | William Shakespeare |
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Source | Hamlet |
Topic | heart sleep |
Date | 1623 |
Language | English |
Reference | |
Note | Written between 1599 and 1602 |
Weblink | http://www.gutenberg.org/files/1524/1524-h/1524-h.htm |
Context
“HAMLET. To be, or not to be, that is the question: Whether ’tis nobler in the mind to suffer The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune, Or to take arms against a sea of troubles, And by opposing end them? To die—to sleep, No more; and by a sleep to say we end The heart-ache, and the thousand natural shocks That flesh is heir to: ’tis a consummation Devoutly to be wish’d. To die, to sleep. To sleep, perchance to dream—ay, there’s the rub, For in that sleep of death what dreams may come, When we have shuffled off this mortal coil, Must give us pause. There’s the respect That makes calamity of so long life.”
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