Макбет
Scene I. Court of Macbeth’s castle.
ExitServant
IsthisadaggerwhichIseebeforeme,
Thehandletowardmyhand?Come,letmeclutchthee.
Ihavetheenot,andyetIseetheestill.
Artthounot,fatalvision,sensible
Tofeelingastosight?orartthoubut
Adaggerofthemind,afalsecreation,
Proceedingfromtheheat-oppressedbrain?
Iseetheeyet,informaspalpable
AsthiswhichnowIdraw.
Thoumarshall’stmethewaythatIwasgoing;
AndsuchaninstrumentIwastouse.
Mineeyesaremadethefoolso’theothersenses,
Orelseworthalltherest;Iseetheestill,
Andonthybladeanddudgeongoutsofblood,
Whichwasnotsobefore.There’snosuchthing:
Itisthebloodybusinesswhichinforms
Thustomineeyes.Nowo’ertheonehalfworld
Natureseemsdead,andwickeddreamsabuse
Thecurtain’dsleep;witchcraftcelebrates
PaleHecate’sofferings,andwither’dmurder,
Alarum’dbyhissentinel,thewolf,
Whosehowl’shiswatch,thuswithhisstealthypace.
WithTarquin’sravishingstrides,towardshisdesign
Moveslikeaghost.Thousureandfirm-setearth,