catonhottinroof: Sarah Bernhardt (1844-1923) OPHELIA “Her clothes spread wide;And, mermaid-lik
catonhottinroof: Sarah Bernhardt (1844-1923) OPHELIA “Her clothes spread wide;And, mermaid-like, awhile they bore her up:Which time she chanted snatches of old tunes;As one incapable of her own distress,Or like a creature native and induedUnto that element: but long it could not beTill that her garments, heavy with their drink,Pull’d the poor wretch from her melodious layTo muddy death.” -- source link