Hamlet
Act V, Scene 2·Page 265 / 268
[_March afar off, and shot within._]
What warlike noise is this?
OSRIC. Young Fortinbras, with conquest come from Poland, To the ambassadors of England gives This warlike volley.
HAMLET. O, I die, Horatio. The potent poison quite o’er-crows my spirit: I cannot live to hear the news from England, But I do prophesy th’election lights On Fortinbras. He has my dying voice. So tell him, with the occurrents more and less, Which have solicited. The rest is silence.
[_Dies._]
HORATIO. Now cracks a noble heart. Good night, sweet prince, And flights of angels sing thee to thy rest. Why does the drum come hither?
[_March within._]