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NUMBER:50666
QUOTATION:O, my oblivion is a very Antony,
And I am all forgotten.
ATTRIBUTION:William Shakespeare (1564–1616), British dramatist, poet. Cleopatra, in Antony and Cleopatra, act 1, sc. 3, l. 90-1.

Her forgetfulness (oblivion) is due to her preoccupation with Antony, so that she forgets herself, and at the same time implies that he forgets her in going to Rome.
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WORKS:Shakespeare Collection.
 
 
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