Our Revels Are Now Ended

Our Revels Are Now Ended

Our revels are now ended. These our actors,
As I foretold you, were all spirits and
Are melted into air, into thin air:
And like the baseless fabric of this vision,
The cloud-capp’d towers, the gorgeous palaces,
The solemn temples, the great globe itself,
Yea all which it inherit, shall dissolve
And, like this insubstantial pageant faded,
Leave not a rack behind. We are such stuff
As dreams are made on, and our little life
Is rounded in a sleep.

William Shakespeare
Poet and playwright (baptized 26th April, 1564 – 1616)

Note: from The Tempest (III, iv)