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Quotation from Titus Andronicus by William Shakespeare
“Alas, a crimson river of warm blood, Like to a bubbling fountain stirred with wind, Doth rise and fall between thy rosed lips”
Titus Andronicus, Act II, Scene IV (Project Gutenberg #1507)
Marcus discovers the mutilated Lavinia; his long, ornate lament, often criticized and often defended, describes her wounds in the language of Ovidian poetry.
Citation: "Alas, a crimson river of warm blood, Like to a bubbling fountain stirred with wind, Doth rise and fall between thy rosed lips" — William Shakespeare, Titus Andronicus, Act II, Scene IV (Project Gutenberg #1507). (id titus-andronicus-q4)
