{"id":5769,"date":"2018-02-28T11:47:00","date_gmt":"2018-02-28T16:47:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stateofshakespeare.com\/?page_id=5769"},"modified":"2018-02-28T11:55:10","modified_gmt":"2018-02-28T16:55:10","slug":"hamlet-act-ii-scene-ii-first-folio-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/stateofshakespeare.com\/?page_id=5769","title":{"rendered":"Hamlet; Act II, Scene ii; First Folio"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hamlet.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Act 2, Scene 2.\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Hamlet<\/strong><\/p>\n

This text is used in our interview with Michael Urie<\/a>.<\/p>\n

1342\u00a0 \u00a0I haue of late, but wherefore<\/span><\/div>\n
1343\u00a0 \u00a0I know not, lo<\/span>s<\/span>t<\/span><\/span>\u00a0all my mirth, forgone all cu<\/span>s<\/span>t<\/span><\/span>ome of ex<\/span>–<\/span><\/div>\n
1344\u00a0 \u00a0erci<\/span>s<\/span>e; and indeed, it goes\u00a0<\/span>s<\/span>o heauenly with my di<\/span>s<\/span>po<\/span>s<\/span>i<\/span><\/span>ti<\/span>–<\/span><\/div>\n
1345\u00a0 \u00a0on; that this goodly frame the Earth,\u00a0<\/span>s<\/span>eemes to me a\u00a0<\/span>s<\/span>t<\/span><\/span>er<\/span>–<\/span><\/div>\n
1346\u00a0 \u00a0rill Promontory; this mo<\/span>s<\/span>t<\/span><\/span>\u00a0excellent Canopy the Ayre,<\/span><\/div>\n
1347\u00a0 \u00a0look you, this braue ore-hanging, this Maie<\/span>s<\/span>t<\/span><\/span>icall Roofe,<\/span><\/div>\n
1348\u00a0 \u00a0fretted with golden\u00a0<\/span>fi<\/span>re: why, it appeares no other thing<\/span><\/div>\n
1359\u00a0 \u00a0to mee, then a foule and pe<\/span>s<\/span>t<\/span><\/span>ilent congregation of va<\/span>–<\/span><\/div>\n
1350\u00a0 \u00a0pours. What a piece of worke is a man! how Noble in<\/span><\/div>\n
1351\u00a0 \u00a0Rea<\/span>s<\/span>on? how in<\/span>fi<\/span>nite in faculty? in forme and mouing<\/span><\/div>\n
1352\u00a0 \u00a0how expres<\/span>s<\/span><\/span>e and admirable? in Act<\/span>ion, how like an An–<\/span><\/div>\n
1353\u00a0 \u00a0gel? in apprehens<\/span>i<\/span>on, how like a God? the beauty of the<\/div>\n
1354\u00a0 \u00a0world, the Parragon of Animals; and yet to me, what is<\/div>\n
1355\u00a0 \u00a0this Quinte<\/span>s<\/span>s<\/span><\/span>ence of Du<\/span>s<\/span>t<\/span><\/span>? Man delights not me; no,<\/span><\/div>\n
1356\u00a0 \u00a0nor Woman neither; though by your\u00a0<\/span>s<\/span>miling you\u00a0<\/span>s<\/span>eeme<\/span><\/div>\n
1357\u00a0 \u00a0to\u00a0<\/span>s<\/span>ay\u00a0<\/span>s<\/span>o.<\/span><\/div>\n
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Hamlet.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Act 2, Scene 2.\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Hamlet This text is used in our interview with Michael Urie. 1342\u00a0 \u00a0I haue of late, but wherefore 1343\u00a0 \u00a0I know not, lost\u00a0all my mirth, forgone all custome of ex– 1344\u00a0 \u00a0ercise; and indeed, it goes\u00a0so heauenly with my dispositi– 1345\u00a0 \u00a0on; that this goodly frame the Earth,\u00a0seemes<\/p>\n [...]<\/a>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-5769","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","post-seq-1","post-parity-odd","meta-position-line-bottom","fix"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\n","aioseo_head_json":{"title":"Hamlet; Act II, Scene ii; First Folio | The State of Shakespeare","description":"Hamlet. Act 2, Scene 2. Hamlet This text is used in our interview with Michael Urie. 1342 I haue of late, but wherefore 1343 I know not, lost all my mirth, forgone all custome of ex- 1344 ercise; and indeed, it goes so heauenly with my dispositi- 1345 on; that this goodly frame the Earth, seemes","canonical_url":"https:\/\/stateofshakespeare.com\/?page_id=5769","robots":"max-image-preview:large","keywords":"","webmasterTools":{"google-site-verification":"UA-28965856-1","p:domain_verify":"d36dfa872cf08cb1686a0c207bca81df","miscellaneous":""},"schema":null,"og:locale":"en_US","og:site_name":"The State of Shakespeare","og:type":"website","og:title":"Hamlet; Act II, Scene ii; First Folio | The State of Shakespeare","og:description":"Hamlet. Act 2, Scene 2. Hamlet This text is used in our interview with Michael Urie. 1342 I haue of late, but wherefore 1343 I know not, lost all my mirth, forgone all custome of ex- 1344 ercise; and indeed, it goes so heauenly with my dispositi- 1345 on; that this goodly frame the Earth, seemes","og:url":"https:\/\/stateofshakespeare.com\/?page_id=5769","fb:admins":"100001614971768","og:image":"https:\/\/stateofshakespeare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/stateofshakes_600x600.jpg","og:image:secure_url":"https:\/\/stateofshakespeare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/stateofshakes_600x600.jpg","og:image:width":600,"og:image:height":600,"twitter:card":"summary","twitter:site":"@stateofshakespe","twitter:title":"Hamlet; Act II, Scene ii; First Folio | The State of Shakespeare","twitter:description":"Hamlet. Act 2, Scene 2. Hamlet This text is used in our interview with Michael Urie. 1342 I haue of late, but wherefore 1343 I know not, lost all my mirth, forgone all custome of ex- 1344 ercise; and indeed, it goes so heauenly with my dispositi- 1345 on; that this goodly frame the Earth, seemes","twitter:image":"https:\/\/stateofshakespeare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/stateofshakes_600x600.jpg"},"aioseo_meta_data":{"post_id":"5769","title":null,"description":null,"keywords":null,"keyphrases":null,"primary_term":null,"canonical_url":null,"og_title":"","og_description":"","og_object_type":"website","og_image_type":"default","og_image_url":null,"og_image_width":null,"og_image_height":null,"og_image_custom_url":null,"og_image_custom_fields":null,"og_video":"","og_custom_url":null,"og_article_section":"","og_article_tags":"","twitter_use_og":false,"twitter_card":"summary","twitter_image_type":"default","twitter_image_url":null,"twitter_image_custom_url":null,"twitter_image_custom_fields":null,"twitter_title":null,"twitter_description":null,"schema":{"blockGraphs":[],"customGraphs":[],"default":{"data":{"Article":[],"Course":[],"Dataset":[],"FAQPage":[],"Movie":[],"Person":[],"Product":[],"ProductReview":[],"Car":[],"Recipe":[],"Service":[],"SoftwareApplication":[],"WebPage":[]},"graphName":"","isEnabled":true},"graphs":[]},"schema_type":null,"schema_type_options":null,"pillar_content":false,"robots_default":true,"robots_noindex":false,"robots_noarchive":false,"robots_nosnippet":false,"robots_nofollow":false,"robots_noimageindex":false,"robots_noodp":false,"robots_notranslate":false,"robots_max_snippet":null,"robots_max_videopreview":null,"robots_max_imagepreview":"large","priority":null,"frequency":null,"local_seo":null,"breadcrumb_settings":null,"limit_modified_date":false,"ai":null,"created":"2021-01-04 18:36:22","updated":"2026-04-03 02:15:36","seo_analyzer_scan_date":null},"aioseo_breadcrumb":"

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