Famous Quotes | Sleep shall neither night nor...

Sleep shall neither night nor day
Hang upon his penthouse lid;
He shall live a man forbid;
Weary sev’n-nights, nine times nine,
Shall he dwindle, peak and pine;
Though his bark cannot be lost,
Yet it shall be tempest-tossed. - William Shakespeare
Attribution: William Shakespeare (1564–1616), British dramatist, poet. 1st Witch, in Macbeth, act 1, sc. 3, l. 19-25. Putting a curse on a ship’s captain; “penthouse lid” means eyelid, that slopes like a penthouse roof; “forbid” means accursed; “peak and pine” means waste away.

Categories: Boats, Curses, Dramatist, Sleeplessness

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