1 | If it were done when ’tis done, then ’twere well |
2 | It were done quickly: if th’ assassination |
3 | Could trammel up the consequence, and catch |
4 | With his surcease success; that but this blow |
5 | Might be the be-all and the end-all — here, |
6 | But here, upon this bank and shoal of time, |
7 | We’ld jump the life to come. But in these cases |
8 | We still have judgment here, that we but teach |
9 | Bloody instructions, which, being taught, return |
10 | To plague the inventor.This even-handed justice |
11 | Commends the ingredients of our poison’d chalice |
12 | To our own lips. He’s here in double trust; |
13 | First, as I am his kinsman and his subject, |
14 | Strong both against the deed; then, as his host, |
15 | Who should against his murderer shut the door, |
16 | Not bear the knife myself. Besides, this Duncan |
17 | Hath borne his faculties so meek, hath been |
18 | So clear in his great office, that his virtues |
19 | Will plead like angels, trumpet-tongued, against |
20 | The deep damnation of his taking-off; |
21 | And pity, like a naked new-born babe, |
22 | Striding the blast, or heaven’s cherubins, horsed |
23 | Upon the sightless couriers of the air, |
24 | Shall blow the horrid deed in every eye, |
25 | That tears shall drown the wind. I have no spur |
26 | To prick the sides of my intent, but only |
27 | Vaulting ambition, which o’erleaps itself |
28 | And falls on the other — |
Macbeth: Soliloquy: If it were done when ’tis done, then ’twere well soliloquy (28 Lines)
August 28, 2019