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Macbeth, Lines 104-113
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Act 4,
Scene 1
Lines 104-113

Macbeth performs a speech from Act 4, Scene 1 of myShakespeare's Macbeth. 

Macbeth

                                          That will never be.
Who can impress the forest, bid the tree
Unfix his earth-bound root? Sweet bodements, good.
Rebellious dead, rise never till the wood
Of Birnam rise; and our high-placed Macbeth
Shall live the lease of nature, pay his breath
To time and mortal custom. Yet my heart
Throbs to know one thing. Tell me, if your art
Can tell so much, shall Banquo's issue ever
Reign in this kingdom?