I cannot sleep, my soul is now unfurnish...
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Character
Gender
Male
Playing Age
Young Adult, Adult
Style
Dramatic
Act/Scene
Act Five, Scene Two
Time & Place
French court, a bedroom
Length
Medium
Time Period
Classical
Show Type
Play
Age Guidance
Youth (Y)/General Audiences (G)
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Context
Alcippus married Erminia, not knowing that she
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I cannot sleep, my soul is now unfurnish'd
Of all that sweetness which allow'd it rest.
—'Tis flown, 'tis flown, for ever from my breast.
And in its room eternal discords dwell,
Such as out-do the black intrigues of Hell—
—Oh my fortune—
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