Macbeth: Act I, Scene v

 

Macbeth.         Act 1, Scene 5.      Lady Macbeth

(This text is featured in our interview with Paige Lindsey White (Santa Cruz Shakespeare)

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15. Glamis thou art, and Cawdor, and shalt be
16. What thou art promised. Yet do I fear thy nature;
17. It is too full o’ th’ milk of human kindness
18. To catch the nearest way. Thou wouldst be great,
19. Art not without ambition, but without
20. The illness should attend it. What thou wouldst highly,
21. That wouldst thou holily; wouldst not play false
22. And yet wouldst wrongly win. Thou ’dst have, great Glamis,
23. That which cries “Thus thou must do,” if thou have it,
24. And that which rather thou dost fear to do,
25. Than wishest should be undone. Hie thee hither,
26. That I may pour my spirits in thine ear
27. And chastise with the valor of my tongue
28. All that impedes thee from the golden round,
29. Which fate and metaphysical aid doth seem
30. To have thee crowned withal.

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