Original artwork, not a still
Good night, good night! parting is such sweet sorrow, That I shall say good night till it be morrow.
Behind the line
What it means
Our interpretation.
Saying good night becomes a way of extending the very parting it announces. The pleasure of remaining together and the pain of leaving occupy the same phrase. Promising to repeat the farewell until morning makes reluctance to separate both tender and playfully excessive.
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