Painterly wooden crib beneath a hanging mobile of moons, stars and other small shapes.

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Troilus and Cressida

William Shakespeare

The baby figure of the giant mass Of things to come.

Behind the line

What it means

Our interpretation.

Shakespeare's words picture the future as an enormous thing that first shows up small, like a newborn. Whatever is coming is already here in miniature. It's a tender way to say the biggest events start out tiny and easy to overlook.

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