...gentlewomen, like the Nereides, So many mermaids, tended her i'th'eyes, 210 And made their bends adornings: 55 at the helm A seeming mermaid steers: the silken tackle...The city cast Her people out upon her; and Antony, Enthroned i'th'market-place, did sit alone, Whistling to th'air; which, but for vacancy, 57 Had gone...

...the beauty of Shakespeare's poetry: The city cast Her people out upon her; and Antony, Enthroned i' the market-place, did sit alone, Whistling to the...to gaze on Cleopatra too And made a gap in nature. (Antony and Cleopatra ILii.218-23) Be not afeard; the isle is full of noises, Sounds and sweet airs,...

...Cleopatra V.2.288) The lifeless vacuum ('a gap in nature') when air is absent: 'and Antony, Enthron'd i' the market-place, did sit alone, Whistling to the...gaze on Cleopatra too, And made a gap in nature.' (Antony W Cleopatra II.2.214) The capacity of water to cleanse: 'A little water clears us of this deed.'...

...cool, And what they undid did. Her gentlewomen, like the Nereides, So many mermaids, tended her i' th' eyes, And made their bends adornings. At the helm...The city cast Her people out upon her; and Antony, Whistling to th' air; which, but for vacancy, Had gone to gaze on Cleopatra too, And made a gap in...

...too. Cleopatra can make humans move: The city cast Her people out upon her; and Antony, Enthron'd i' the market-place, did sit alone, Whistling to the...to gaze on Cleopatra too, And made a gap in nature. (II.ii.213-18) Shakespeare alludes to the maxim that 'nature abhors a vacuum' to make one of his most...

...like the Nereides, So many mermaids, tended her i'th' eyes. And made their bends adomings. At me hehn A seeming mermaid steers. The silken tackle Swell...The city cast Her people out upon her, and Antony, Enthroned i'th' market-place, did sit alone, Whisding to th'air, which but for vacancy Had gone to...

...with them. 10156 Antony and Cleopatra The city cast Her people out upon her, and Antony, Enthroned i' re love than I need, or could do any good with: but...them - which isn't easy. 9725 There is hardly anyt 10157 Antony and Cleopatra Age cannot wither her, nor custom stale Her infinite variety; other women...

...what they undid did. . . . Her gentlewomen, like the Nereides, So many mermaids, tended her i' th' eyes, And made their bends adornings. At the helm...The city cast Her people out upon her; and Antony, Enthroned i' th' marketplace, did sit alone, Whistling to th' air; which, but for vacancy, Had gone...

...poets and dramatists notably TS Eliot - to an ambiguous relationship with their own literary heritage? The silken tackle Swell with the touches of those...cast Her people out upon her; and Antony, Enthron'd i' th' market place, did sit alone, Whistling to th' air; which, but for vacancy, Had gone to gaze...

...to remind us of nature. Nature is still the theme as Enobarbus continues: and Antony, Enthron'd i' the market-place, did sit alone, Whistling to the...to gaze on Cleopatra too, And made a gap in nature. (II. ii. 214-218) Nature itself goes to accompany Cleopatra, and the passage concludes with words of...