WILLOW

8th November 2023

My mother had a maid called Barbary.

She was in love, and he she loved proved mad

And did forsake her. She had a song of willow,

An old thing ‘twas, but it expressed her fortune,

And she died singing it. That song tonight

Will not go from my mind.

DESDEMONA: Othello, Act 4, Scene 3