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Quotation from Henry VI, Part 1 by William Shakespeare
“Hung be the heavens with black, yield day to night”
Henry VI, Part 1, Act 1, Scene 1 (Project Gutenberg #1500 (First Folio-based modern-spelling text))
The opening line, spoken over Henry V's coffin; the stage was hung with black for tragedy, and Bedford's cosmic mourning is at once interrupted by news of loss and quarrelling.
Citation: "Hung be the heavens with black, yield day to night" — William Shakespeare, Henry VI, Part 1, Act 1, Scene 1 (Project Gutenberg #1500 (First Folio-based modern-spelling text)). (id henry-vi-part-1-q1)
