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AIRY NOTHINGS. FR. THE TEMPEST by WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE

Poet Analysis

First Line: OUR REVELS ARE NOW ENDED. THESE OUR ACTORS
Last Line: IS ROUNDED WITH SLEEP.
Subject(s): FAIRIES; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; TIME; ELVES;

Our revels now are ended. These our actors,
As I foretold you, were all spirits, and
Are melted into air, into thin air;
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 sleep.



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