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stars, hide your fires

stars

"The prince of Cumberland! that is a step
On which I must fall down, or else o'erleap,
For in my way it lies. Stars, hide your fires;
Let not light see me black and deep desires"

- Excerpt from Shakespeare's Macbeth (I.iv.48-51).

This tattoo was submitted by Hilary.

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  1. celine
    May 28th, 2009 - 01:07

    What font did you use for this? I really, really like it!

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  2. Kyla
    July 18th, 2009 - 11:16

    It kind of looks like this font:
    http://www.dafont.com/beyond-wonderland.font

    Hopefully that helps you :)

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