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Seen on [livejournal.com profile] pellegrina's journal -

When you see this on your flist, quote some Shakespeare on your LJ.

So - Shakespeare’s Sonnet No. 52

So am I as the rich, whose blessed key
Can bring him to his sweet up-locked treasure,
The which he will not every hour survey,
For blunting the fine point of seldom pleasure.
Therefore are feasts so solemn and so rare,
Since, seldom coming, in the long year set,
Like stones of worth they thinly placed are,
Or captain jewels in the carcanet.
So is the time that keeps you as my chest,
Or as the wardrobe which the robe doth hide,
To make some special instant special blest,
By new unfolding his imprison'd pride.
Blessed are you, whose worthiness gives scope,
Being had, to triumph, being lack'd, to hope.

...........

Which has special meaning to Tindómë and Rumil in The Winter Tale.

And here is an added bonus because the meme reminded me of it; the hauntingly beautiful sung version of Prospero's Speech;

Date: 29/08/2013 08:15 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] the-winterwitch.livejournal.com
I can relate well to that. Not being a native speaker of English and not having studied the language, I only came by his plays rarely, and sometimes in a more roundabout way (I saw Macbeth, for example, as Japanese Rock Kabuki theatre. Quite a fascinating and cool experience, but I don't know if I got much of the plot *g*). But what little of his words I know I love for the sound of it and music in it. I've actually even found a quote to use, a song I like very much.

The beautifully haunting qualtiy of Loreena's songs are what usually appeals to me with her music.

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