how express and admirable! in action, how like

an angel! in apprehension, how like a god! the

beauty of the world! the paragon of animals!

Hamlet -- II. 2.

MERCY.

The quality of mercy is not strained:

it droppeth, as the gentle rain from heaven,

Upon the place beneath: it is twice bless'd;

It blesses him that gives, and him that takes:

'Tis mightiest in the mightiest: it becomes