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Macbeth, Lines 105-115a
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Act 2,
Scene 3
Lines 105-115a

Macbeth performs a speech from Act 2, Scene 3 of myShakespeare's Macbeth. 

Macbeth

Who can be wise, amazed, temperate and furious,
Loyal and neutral, in a moment? No man.
The expedition of my violent love
Outran the pauser, reason. Here lay Duncan,
His silver skin laced with his golden blood;
And his gashed stabs looked like a breach in nature
For ruin's wasteful entrance — there, the murderers,
Steeped in the colors of their trade, their daggers
Unmannerly breeched with gore. Who could refrain
That had a heart to love, and in that heart
Courage to make's love known?