In Act I, Scene I of "Twelfth Night," the character
Valentine makes this report to Duke Orsino:
"So please my
lord, I might not be admitted;
But from her handmaid do
return this answer:
The element itself, till seven years'
heat,
Shall not behold her face at ample
view;
But, like a cloistress, she will veiled
walk
And water once a day her chamber
round
With eye-offending brine: all this to
season
A brother's dead love, which she would keep
fresh
And lasting in her sad
remembrance."
-- from the "Complete Works of William
Shakespeare"
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