MACBETH, Act V, Scene V

V.v.35: SEYTON The queen, my lord, is dead.

V.v.36:

V.v.37: MACBETH She should have died hereafter;

V.v.38: There would have been a time for such a word.

V.v.39: To-morrow, and to-morrow, and to-morrow,

V.v.40: Creeps in this petty pace from day to day

V.v.41: To the last syllable of recorded time,

V.v.42: And all our yesterdays have lighted fools

V.v.43: The way to dusty death. Out, out, brief candle!

V.v.44: Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player

V.v.45: That struts and frets his hour upon the stage

V.v.46: And then is heard no more: it is a tale

V.v.47: Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury,

V.v.48: Signifying nothing.

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