In The Most High And Palmy State Of Rome, A Little Ere The Mightiest Julius Fell, The Graves Stood Tenantless, And The Sheeted Dead Did Squeak And Gibber In The Roman Streets.

In The Most High And Palmy State Of Rome, A Little Ere The Mightiest Julius Fell, The Graves Stood Tenantless, And The Sheeted Dead Did Squeak And Gibber In The Roman Streets.

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In the most high and palmy state of Rome,
A little ere the mightiest Julius fell,
The graves stood tenantless, and the sheeted dead
Did squeak and gibber in the Roman streets.
-- William Shakespeare (1564-1616), Hamlet
-- Act i, Sc. 1

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