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Methoughts a legion of foul fiends
Environed me, and howled in mine ears
Such hideous cries that with the very noise
I trembling waked, and for a season after
Could not believe but that I was in hell,
Such terrible impression made my dream.
- William Shakespeare
Attribution: William Shakespeare (1564–1616), British dramatist, poet. Clarence, in Richard III, act 1, sc. 4, l. 58-63. his fearful dream. Anticipating his own death.

Categories: Devil, The, Dramatist, Dreams And Dreaming, Hell

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