Living
Shake Off Slumber, and Beware
From Lyrics from the Dramatists of the Elizabethan Age, ed. A. H. Bullen (London: Nimmo, 1889)
Living
While you here do snoring lie,
Open-eyed Conspiracy
His time doth take;
If of life you keep a care,
Shake off slumber, and beware:
Awake! awake!
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MLA
Shakespeare, William. “Shake Off Slumber, and Beware.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/shakespeare/214/.
Chicago
Shakespeare, William. “Shake Off Slumber, and Beware.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/shakespeare/214/.
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