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'The Soul of Sweet Delight'

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{The Heartist's Utopia}

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Yes

I am a dreamer

for a dreamer is one

who can only find his way

by moonlight

and his punishment is that

he sees the dawn

before the rest of the world

{ o s c a r. w i l d e }

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0pheli0

'Richard Westall's Ophelia engraved by J. Parker' 🔱 Artist: Painter: Richard Westall (1765-1836); Engraver: J. Parker Date: 1803 Source Shakespeare print collection at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga. Originally published in Collection of Prints, From Pictures Painted for the Purpose of Illustrating the Dramatic Works of Shakspeare, by the Artists of Great-Britain. London: John and Josiah Boydell, 1805

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