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What a piece of work are birds! How noble in saturation, how infinite in hue! In spectral absorption and reflection how express and admirable ... the beauty of the air ... the paragon of visual stimuli! | What a piece of work are birds! How noble in saturation, how infinite in hue! In spectral absorption and reflection how express and admirable ... the beauty of the air ... the paragon of visual stimuli! | ||
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Revision as of 10:59, 4 February 2021
"What a piece of work are birds!" is a phrase from within a monologue by an anonymous contemporary of William Shakespeare.
The speech
What a piece of work are birds! How noble in saturation, how infinite in hue! In spectral absorption and reflection how express and admirable ... the beauty of the air ... the paragon of visual stimuli!
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External links
- [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/What_a_piece_of_work_is_a_man What a piece of work is man" @ Wikipedia