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Quotation from Cymbeline by William Shakespeare

“O sleep, thou ape of death, lie dull upon her”

William Shakespeare (spoken by Iachimo)

Cymbeline, Act 2, Scene 2 (Project Gutenberg #1538)

Emerging from the trunk, Iachimo prays that Imogen's sleep stay deep while he inventories her room; the image anticipates her later death-like sleep.

Citation: "O sleep, thou ape of death, lie dull upon her" — William Shakespeare, Cymbeline, Act 2, Scene 2 (Project Gutenberg #1538). (id cymbeline-q1)

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