Sunday, February 16, 2014

Mirren quotes The Tempest

On receiving her Bafta Award this evening from Prince William, Helen Mirren quoted from The Tempest.

Great lines and so well read.

And like the baseless fabric of this vision,
The cloud-capped towers, the gorgeous palaces,
The solemn temples, the great globe itself—
Yea, all which it inherit—shall dissolve,
And like this insubstantial pageant faded,
Leave not a rack behind. We are such stuff
As dreams are made on, and our little life
Is rounded with a sleep. Sir, I am vexed.
Bear with my weakness. My old brain is troubled.
Be not disturbed with my infirmity.
If you be pleased, retire into my cell
And there repose. A turn or two I’ll walk
To still my beating mind.

1 comment:

Póló said...

That woman's a sex bomb.

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