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Hollow Men by TS Eliot: Full Text

 Hollow Men T. S. Eliot 1888 – 1965 A penny for the Old Guy                               I We are the hollow men  We are the stuffed men  Leaning together Headpiece filled with straw. Alas! Our dried voices, when  We whisper together  Are quiet and meaningless As wind in dry grass  Or rats’ feet over broken glass In our dry cellar Shape without form, shade without colour.  Paralysed force, gesture without motion; Those who have crossed With direct eyes, to death’s other Kingdom Remember us—if at all—not as lost  Violent souls, but only  As the hollow men                                II Eyes I dare not meet in dreams  In death’s dream k...

Macbeth By William Shakespeare: Full Text

 Macbeth  William Shakespeare ACT I SCENE I. A desert place. Thunder and lightning. Enter three Witches First Witch When shall we three meet again In thunder, lightning, or in rain? Second Witch When the hurlyburly's done, When the battle's lost and won. Third Witch That will be ere the set of sun. First Witch Where the place? Second Witch Upon the heath. Third Witch There to meet with Macbeth. First Witch I come, Graymalkin! Second Witch Paddock calls. Third Witch Anon. ALL Fair is foul, and foul is fair: Hover through the fog and filthy air. Exeunt SCENE II. A camp near Forres. Alarum within. Enter DUNCAN, MALCOLM, DONALBAIN, LENNOX, with Attendants, meeting a bleeding Sergeant DUNCAN What bloody man is that? He can report, As seemeth by his plight, of the revolt The newest state. MALCOLM This is the sergeant Who like a good and hardy soldier fought 'Gainst my captivity. Hail, brave friend! Say to the king the knowledge of the broil As thou didst leave it. Sergeant Doubtf...