Too much of water hast thou, poor Ophelia, And therefore I forbid my t…

William Shakespeare
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Too much of water hast thou, poor Ophelia, And therefore I forbid my tears. ✨ 'Hamlet' (1601) act 4, sc. 7, l. 186
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