“ Let us not burden our remembrances with a heaviness that's gone. ”
William Shakespeare, The Tempest (1623). copy citation
| Author | William Shakespeare |
|---|---|
| Source | The Tempest |
| Topic | sadness memories |
| Date | 1623 |
| Language | English |
| Reference | |
| Note | Written between 1610 and 1611 |
| Weblink | http://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/1135/pg1135-images.html |
Context
“Receiv'd a second life; and second father This lady makes him to me. ALONSO. I am hers.
But, O, how oddly will it sound that I Must ask my child forgiveness! PROSPERO. There, sir, stop;
Let us not burden our remembrances with A heaviness that's gone. GONZALO. I have inly wept,
Or should have spoke ere this. Look down, you gods,
And on this couple drop a blessed crown; For it is you that have chalk'd forth the way Which brought us hither. ALONSO.” source
But, O, how oddly will it sound that I Must ask my child forgiveness! PROSPERO. There, sir, stop;
Let us not burden our remembrances with A heaviness that's gone. GONZALO. I have inly wept,
Or should have spoke ere this. Look down, you gods,
And on this couple drop a blessed crown; For it is you that have chalk'd forth the way Which brought us hither. ALONSO.” source
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