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11He took me by the wrist and held me hard.<b>Ophelia</b>
22Then goes he to the length of all his arm,He took me by the wrist and held me hard.
33And with his other hand thus o’er his browThen goes he to the length of all his arm,
44He falls to such perusal of my faceAnd, with his other hand thus o’er his brow,
55As ‘a would draw it. Long stayed he so.He falls to such perusal of my face
66As he would draw it. Long stayed he so.
77(How should I your true-love know from another one?)At last, a little shaking of mine arm,
88And thrice his head thus waving up and down,
99At last, a little shaking of my armHe raised a sigh so piteous and profound
1010And thrice his head thus waving up and down,As it did seem to shatter all his bulk
1111He raised a sigh so piteous and profoundAnd end his being. That done, he lets me go,
1212As it did seem to shatter all his bulkAnd, with his head over his shoulder turned,
1313And end his being. That done, he lets me go;He seemed to find his way without his eyes,
1414(By his cockle hat and staffFor out o’ doors he went without their helps
15And his sandal shoon)
16And, with his head o’er his shoulder turn’d,
17He seemed to find his without his eyes,
18For out of doors he went without their helps
1915And to the last bended their light on me.And to the last bended their light on me.
20(He is dead and gone, lady.
21He is dead and gone.
22At his head a grass-green turf,
23At his heels a stone.)

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