“But when we in our viciousness grow hard –

O misery on’t! – the wise gods seel our eyes;

In our own filth drop our clear judgements; make us

Adore our errors; laugh at’s, while we strut

To our confusion.”

(From Antony and Cleopatra by William Shakespeare, 1564 – 1616)

John Lentell

31st may, 1969