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Antony and Cleopatra

Antony and Cleopatra is a tragedy by William Shakespeare. The play was first performed, by the King's Men, at either the Blackfriars Theatre or the Globe Theatre in around 1607; its first appearance in print was in the Folio of 1623.


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“The barge she sat in, like a burnish'd throne,
Burnt on the water.”

Enobarbus, Act II, scene ii.
Antony and Cleopatra (1606)

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“I have Immortal longings in me.”

Variant: Give me my robe, put on my crown; I have Immortal longings in me
Source: Antony and Cleopatra

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“In time we hate that which we often fear.”

Source: Antony and Cleopatra

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“And make death proud to take us.”

Source: Antony and Cleopatra

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