by William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616)
Banquo's Buried See original
Language: English
Lady Macbeth Yet here's a spot. ... Out, damned spot! out, I say! -- One: two: why, then, 'tis time to do't. Hell is murky. Fie, my lord, fie, a soldier, and afeard? What need we fear who knows it, when none can call our power to account? Yet who would have thought the old man to have had so much blood in him? ... The thane of Fife had a wife. Where is she now? What, will these hands ne'er be clean? No more o' that, my lord, no more o' that; you mar all with this starting. ... Here's the smell of the blood still. All the perfumes of Arabia will not sweeten this little hand. Oh, oh, oh! ... Wash your hands, put on your nightgown; look not so pale. I tell you yet again, Banquo's buried; he cannot come out on's grave. ... To bed, to bed. There's knocking at the gate. Come, come, come, come, give me your hand. What's done cannot be undone. To bed, to bed, to bed.
Composition:
- Set to music by Alison Bauld (b. 1944), "Banquo's Buried", 1982 [ soprano and piano ], Novello & Co Ltd
Publisher: Wise Music Classical [external link]
Text Authorship:
- by William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616), no title, appears in Macbeth, Act V, Scene 1
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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- FRE French (Français) (François-Victor Hugo) , no title
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This text was added to the website: 2016-01-09
Line count: 55
Word count: 320