Tuesday, May 13, 2008

Sea-change


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.

Sea-nymphs hourly ring his knell

Burthen Ding-dong
Hark! now I hear them,--Ding-dong, bell.

--William Shakespeare, The Tempest, Act 1, Scene 2.

Note: thanks to my friend, himmapaan, for noting that "Burthen ding-dong" was incorrectly included in the first posting of this text.

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