A nod to Shakespeare day 6h

Only a nod because neither place was open...sigh


We didn't realize that our wanderings would take us by The Shakespeare, but it was a neat thing to see.  In my usual way, I wondered at his name.

Some of my research turned up the following quote from Dr. Who. And I was delighted to discover I wasn't the only one who has a quirky mind...

Leela: 'To be, or not to be, that is the question.'          That is a very stupid question!
The Doctor: It's Shakespeare.
Leela: And that is a very stupid name. You do not shake a spear, you throw it! Throwspeare, now that is a name.

~John Dorney, Doctor Who: The Fourth Doctor 

ahem...

From the opposite side of the Thames, we saw a very familiar sight, a sight we had only seen in pictures but one that we knew:   the Globe Theater!!   Another serendipitous moment in our wandering.

There's not a whole lot to say about Shakespeare...mainly because he says enough himself!!

And so I continue this blog post with much of his help (thanks Will!)

With my heart upon my sleeve, we march on toward what may well be a wild goose chase, as our journey this eve seems to have neither rhyme nor reason. With bated breath, I discover we are only a river’s width from the brave new world (to us, anyway) of the Globe Theater.  With our feet begging for a rest, we know we are made of sterner stuff and although our wanderings seem too much of a good thing, we will not take a break nor sleep one wink until we have arrived at the be-all and the end-all of the foregone conclusion of our next destination. And by then, we are comforted knowing what's done is done and all's well that ends well.

               “You speak an infinite deal of nothing.”      ~Shakespeare, The Merchant of Venice

                                           “And nothing is, but what is not.”   ~Shakespeare, MacBeth

"And though she be but little, she be fierce."  ~Shakespeare

"The last taste of sweets is sweetest last."

~Shakespeare, Richard II

                                  “Educated men are so impressive!”    ~Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet



And in an effort to prove myself educated (well, at least knowing my way around some of the classics) I close with these two quotes:


“England has two books, the Bible and Shakespeare. England made Shakespeare,but the Bible made England.”          ~Victor Hugo



Not like Homer would I write,
Not like Dante if I might,
Not like Shakespeare at his best,
Not like Goethe or the rest,
Like myself, however small,
Like myself, or not at all.        

~William Allingham