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Quotation from Henry VI, Part 2 by William Shakespeare
“Comb down his hair; look, look, it stands upright, Like lime-twigs set to catch my winged soul”
Henry VI, Part 2, Act 3, Scene 3 (Project Gutenberg #1501 (Folio-based modern-spelling text))
On his deathbed, the Cardinal sees Gloucester's murdered body with its hair on end, and fears his soul will be trapped like a bird on birdlime.
Citation: "Comb down his hair; look, look, it stands upright, Like lime-twigs set to catch my winged soul" — William Shakespeare, Henry VI, Part 2, Act 3, Scene 3 (Project Gutenberg #1501 (Folio-based modern-spelling text)). (id henry-vi-part-2-q8)
