...me, girls, he words me, that I should not Be noble to myself: but, hark thee, Charmian. Iras. Finish, good lady; the bright day is done, And we are for the dark. (v. ii. 191) Cleopatra is to be 'noble to herself : in their death for love, Eros, Enobarbus, and Antony,...

...uttermost blackness came again, and I do not know how long it lasted, nor what was said or done. Finish, good lady. The bright day is done, And we are for the dark.*~ When she woke, it was to find her mother, notified of her condition by the hospital, at her bedside....

...me, that I should not Be noble to myself. But hark thee, Charmian. [Whispers to CHARMIAN IRAS Finish, good lady, the bright day is done, And we are for the dark. CLEOPATRA Hie thee again, 195 provided arranged 196 to the haste quickly into action 202 before ahead...

...(4.14.35-6) finds a close echo — though this time by the maid, not the mistress — in Iras's Finish, good lady; the bright day is done, And we are for the dark. (5.2.192-3) Of echoes in the actions of the two lovers the most notable instance is Cleopatra's treatment...

...Charmian, no comment but "Madam, I will"; even more convincingly, Iras has already stated, "Finish, good lady, the bright day is done, / And we are for the dark" (191-95). On the loyalty and heroism of Antony and Cleopatra's servants, see John Alvis, "The Religion...

...words me, girls, he words me, that I should not Be noble to myself. Iras interprets for us: Finish, good lady; the bright day is done, And we are for the dark. We need not deny that Cleopatra's motives remain mixed. She does not wish to undergo the shame of being...

...987654321 For my brothers, Jim, Buz, Don ana Bill None but the brave deserves the fair. — DRYDEN Finish, good lady; the bright day is done, And we are for the dark. —SHAKESPEARE Prolog ue It was the rain that made him think of the tale. The lash of it battered the...