Mojo, The Bard, & Me

 

Today’s Totally Random Lines

 

Oft have I heard that grief softens the mind,

And makes it fearful and degenerate;

Think therefore on revenge, and cease to weep.

But who can cease to weep and look on this?

Here may his head lie on my throbbing breast:

But where’s the body that I should embrace?

 

Queen Margaret

King Henry the Sixth Part II         Act IV, Scene iv, Line 1

 

The scene opens with Queen Margaret hugging Suffolk's head to her breast. Yes, just the head; no body. Apparently, Suffolk was beheaded by pirates, and somehow his head has found its way back home.

He was always a favorite of Margaret’s and she is not at all happy that he is dead. Can you tell?

Happy Fourth everyone!