...manufacture of reality - a process which, did it not work by undermining our powers of disbelief, 'Sometimes we see a cloud that's dragonish; A vapour sometime like a bear or lion, A tower'd citadel, a pendant rock, A forked mountain, or blue promontory With trees upon't, that nod unto the world And...

...recognizes the deceptive and volatile nature of the perceptions, illusions and obsessions of his life: Sometime we see a cloud that's dragonish, A vapour sometime like a bear or lion, 20 See also Much Ado About Nothing, III.i.75; Othello, III.iii.322; Richard III, I.iv.39. 21 See, for...

...are at most potential resemblances. Shakespeare's sky outdoes Apollonius's in profusion: Sonic-time we see a cloud that's dragonish; A vapour sometime like a bear or lion, A towered citadel, a pendant rock, A forked mountain, or blue promontory With trees upon't, that nod...

...grieving for the dissolution of this self: Ant. Eros, thou yet behold'st me? Eros Ay, noble lord. Ant. Sometime we see a cloud that's dragonish, A vapour...rock, A forked mountain, or blue promontory With trees upon't, that nod unto the world, And mock our eyes with air. Thou hast seen these signs, They are black...

...we see a cloud that's dragonish, A vapor sometimes like a bear or lion, A towered citadel, a pendant ersity Press Thou hast seen these signs; They are black vesper's pageants. (IV, xiv) 10 The quick comedians Extemporally...

...intellectual conceit, and too longdrawn-out. ANT. Eros, thou yet behold'st me? EROS. Ay, noble lord. ANT. Sometime we see a cloud that's dragonish, A vapour...rock, A forked mountain, or blue promontory With trees upon't, that nod unto the world And mock our eyes with air: thou hast seen these signs; They are black...

...and Cleopatra personifies repeatedly and even notes that imagination animates perception: Sometimes we see a cloud that's dragonish; A vapour sometime...rock, A forked mountain, or blue promontory With trees upon't, that nod unto the world, And mock our eyes with air ... Major poets since Shakespeare also...

...[they go SCENE 14 Enter ANTONY and EROS ANTONY Eros, thou yet behold'st me? EROS Ay, noble lord. ANTONY Sometime we see a cloud that's dragonish, A vapour sometime like a bear or lion, A towered citadel, a pendent rock, A forked mountain, or blue promontory With trees upon't, that nod...

...haunt the defeated Antony: Antony: Eros, thou yet Iienold'st me? Eros: Ay. noble lord. Antony: Somenme we see a cloud that's dragonish, A vapour sometime, like a bear, or lion, A towcr'd citadel, a pendent rock, A forked mountain, or blue promontory With trees upon't, that nod...

...into it, as if puzzled by what he saw. "Eros," he murmured, "thou yet behold'st me?" "Ay, noble lord." "Sometime we see a cloud that's dragonish, a vapour sometime, like a bear or lion, a towered citadel, a pendant rock ..." "Ay, my lord." "That which is now a horse, even with a thought...