No! I am not Prince Hamlet, nor was meant to be: am an attendant lord,…

T. S. Eliot
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No! I am not Prince Hamlet, nor was meant to be: am an attendant lord, one that will do to swell a progress, start a scene or two, advise the prince. ✨ 'The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock' (1917)
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No! I am not Prince Hamlet, nor was meant to be: am an attendant lord, one that will do to swell a progress, start a scene or two, advise the prince. ✨ 'The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock' (1917)

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