...Immortal longings in me. Now no more The juice of Egypt's grape shall moist this lip."« — v. 2. § '• The stroke of death is as a lover's pinch, Which hurts, and is desir'd As sweet as balm, as soft as air, as gentle, — 0 Antony ! — Nay, I will take thee too."...

...; — Iras, long farewell. [Kisses them. IRAS falls and dies.*9 Have I the aspic in my lips ? Dost fall ? If thou and nature can so gently part, The...of death is as a lover's pinch, Which hurts, and is desir'd. Dost thou lie still ? If thus thou vanishes!, thou tell'st the world It is not worth leave-taking....

...Charmian; Iras, long farewell. (Kisses them. Iras falls and dies) Have I the aspic in my lips? Dost fall? If thou and nature can so gently part, The stroke...of death is as a lover's pinch, Which hurts, and is desir'd. Dost thou lie still? If thus thou vanishest, thou tell'st the world It is not worth leave-taking....

...meet Mark Antony" (227-229). Sexuality and death mingle in her "immortal longings" for the asp, whose "stroke of death is as a lover's pinch, / Which hurts, and is desir'd" (295-296). Cleopatra embraces her death, calling out to her "Husband" in words that echo those...

...worships her that she dies of the very grief of the leave-taking. Have I the aspic in my lips? Dost fall? If thou and nature can so gently part, The stroke...thou tell'st the world It is not worth leave-taking. Sensuous still, still jealous; her mischievous, magnificent mockery surpassing death itself. This proves...

...the 'serpent of old Nile'. Indeed, as Iras dies, Cleopatra maintains the imagery of an erotic death: If thou and nature can so gently part, The stroke...is as a lover's pinch, Which hurts, and is desired. In Plutarch, the asp is applied only to an arm. In Shakespeare, Cleopatra first applies an asp to her...

...touch him, for his biting is immortal: those that do die of it do seldom or never recover. (5.2.245) The stroke of death is as a lover's pinch, Which hurts, and is desired. I heard of one of them no longer than yesterday: a very honest woman, but something given to lie; as...

...I am fire and air; my other elements I give to baser life. (5.2.284-5) But her sensuality remains - 'The stroke of death is as a lover's pinch, | Which hurts and is desired'; and so does her sexual jealousy: she fears that her waiting woman, Iras, having died before her, may...

...Ends Well The web of our life is of a mingled yarn, good and ill together. 10144 Antony and Cleopatra e younger sort, is a part of educatlon; in the * 745 Essays 'Of the 10145 Antony and Cleopatra The triple pillar of the world transformed Into a strumpet's fool. 10146...

...ground, breathing her last, she gives expression to the motivation that drives her to her suicide: If thou and nature can so gently part, The stroke...is as a lover's pinch Which hurts, and is desired, (v, 2, 289-291) Equally familiar with this notion are Romeo and Juliet. Juliet: I'll to my wedding...