...cold maids do dead men's fingers call them. There on the pendant boughs her coronet weeds ' Clamb'ring to hang, an envious sliver broke ; When down her weedy...of her own distress, Or like a creature native and endu'd Unto that element : but long it could not be, Till that her garments, heavy with their drink,...

...represented on stage, but rather reported by Gertrude, in one of the play's most lyrical speeches: Her clothes spread wide, And mermaid-like awhile they...bore her up, Which time she chanted snatches of old lauds, As one incapable of her own distress, Or like a creature native and indued Unto that element....

...cold maids do dead men's fingers call them. There on the pendent boughs her crownet weeds Clamb'ring to hang, an envious sliver broke, When down her weedy...weeping brook. Her clothes spread wide, And mermaid-like a while they bore her up, Which time she chanted snatches of old lauds, As one incapable of her own...

...mort, lorsque se brise un rameau malfaisant : There on the pendent boughs her crownet weeds Clamb'ring to hang, an envious sliver broke, When down her weedy trophies and herself Fell in the weeping brook...16 Les délices du juge ressemblent fort au delight mélancolique. Le moment suprême est celui...

...maids do dead men's fingers call them. There on the pendent boughs her crownet weeds no Clamb'ring to hang, an envious sliver broke, When down her weedy...bore her up, Which time she chanted snatches of old lauds, 175 As one incapable of her own distress, Or like a creature native and indued Unto that element....

...weedy trophies and herself Fell in the weeping brook Her clothes spread wide, And mermaid-like a while they bore her up; Which time she chanted snatches...of her own distress, Or like a creature native and endued Unto that element. But long it could not be Till that her garments, heavy with their drink,...

...beautiful, "natural" ritual of passage and purification, the mad body's inevitable return to nature: Her clothes spread wide, And mermaidlike awhile they...bore her up, Which time she chanted snatches of old lauds, As one incapable of her own distress, Or like a creature native and indued Unto that element...

...245-247. S. 134) 157 ZB: "The Comedy ofErrors", "Perikles", "The Tempest", "The Winters Tale". 158 "Her clothes spread wide, / And mermaid-like awhile...bore her up, / Which time she chanted snatches of old lauds, / As one incapable of her own distress, / Or like a creature native and endued / Unto that element."...

...come, Of crow-Jlowers, nettles, daisies, and long purples, That liberal shepherds give a grosser name, But our cold maids do dead men's fingers call them;...weedy trophies and herself Fell in the weeping brook. (It's in the seventh scene of Act IV, of course. By the way, 'long purples' probably refers to purple...

...cold maids do dead men's fingers call them. There on the pendent boughs her crownet weeds Clamb'ring to hang, an envious sliver broke, When down her weedy...bore her up, Which time she chanted snatches of old lauds, As one incapable of her own distress, Or like a creature native and indued Unto that element....