Lord Polonius: What do you read, my lord?


Hamlet: Words, words, words.


Shakespeare, Hamlet, Act 2, Scene 2



Friday, February 5, 2010

Harbinger

harbinger: [hahr-bin-jer] noun omen; sign; a person who goes ahead and makes known the approach of another; herald.


The bright morning star, day's harbinger.
----John Milton
On May Morning


Primrose, first-born child of Ver,
Merry springtime’s harbinger.

----Beaumont & Fletcher
The Two Noble Kinsmen. Act i. Scene 1.

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