This Day in History Entry #340
August 12th, 2015 by Wordsman
At the end, in Octavian’s grasp
She had nothing to which she could clasp
With her dynasty done
There was nowhere to run
Cleopatra then turned to the asp
Event: Cleopatra VII Philopator, last of the Ptolemaic Dynasty, dies, according to popular belief, from the bite of an asp
Year: 30 BC
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August 14th, 2015 at 10:26 am
And she said:
“With thy sharp teeth this knot intrinsicate
Of life at once untie: poor venomous fool
Be angry, and dispatch. O, couldst thou speak,
That I might hear thee call great Caesar ass
Unpolicied!”
Couldn’t you find any rhymes for “intrinsicate” and “unpolicied”?
August 23rd, 2015 at 11:23 am
How silly of me to not think of those.