Famous Quotes | O proud death,
What feast is...

O proud death,
What feast is toward in thine eternal cell,
That thou so many princes at a shot
So bloodily hast struck? - William Shakespeare
Attribution: William Shakespeare (1564–1616), British dramatist, poet. Fortinbras, in Hamlet, act 5, sc. 2, l. 364-7. “Toward” means in preparation; “eternal cell” means the grave.

Categories: Death, Dramatist, Grave

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