Cleopatra wonders where Antony is and what he is doing at that moment. She imagines him standing, sitting, walking, or riding a horse, which she calls happy to bear Antony's weight. Cleopatra speaks fondly of Antony, referring to him as the demi-Atlas and arm and burgonet of men. She believes he may be speaking or murmuring about her, sometimes calling her his serpent of old Nile. Cleopatra reflects on how her appearance has changed over time.
Cleopatra wonders where Antony is and what he is doing at that moment. She imagines him standing, sitting, walking, or riding a horse, which she calls happy to bear Antony's weight. Cleopatra speaks fondly of Antony, referring to him as the demi-Atlas and arm and burgonet of men. She believes he may be speaking or murmuring about her, sometimes calling her his serpent of old Nile. Cleopatra reflects on how her appearance has changed over time.
Cleopatra wonders where Antony is and what he is doing at that moment. She imagines him standing, sitting, walking, or riding a horse, which she calls happy to bear Antony's weight. Cleopatra speaks fondly of Antony, referring to him as the demi-Atlas and arm and burgonet of men. She believes he may be speaking or murmuring about her, sometimes calling her his serpent of old Nile. Cleopatra reflects on how her appearance has changed over time.
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CLEOPATRA Where think'st thou he is now? Stands he, or sits he? Or does he walk? or is he on his horse? O happy horse, to bear the weight of Antony! Do bravely, horse! for wot'st thou whom thou movest? The demi-Atlas of this earth, the arm And burgonet of men. He's speaking now, Or murmuring 'Where's my serpent of old Nile?' For so he calls me: now I feed myself With most delicious poison. Think on me, That am with Phoebus' amorous pinches black, And wrinkled deep in time? Broad-fronted Caesar, When thou wast here above the ground, I was A morsel for a monarch: and great Pompey Would stand and make his eyes grow in my brow; There would he anchor his aspect and die With looking on his life.
Poems 1918-1921: Two Portraits & Four Cantos. "If a man isn't willing to take some risk for his opinions, either his opinions are no good or he's no good"