The extract
She should have died hereafter;
There would have been a time for such a word.
To-morrow, and to-morrow, and to-morrow,
Creeps in this petty pace from day to day
To the last syllable of recorded time,
And all our yesterdays have lighted fools
The way to dusty death. Out, out, brief candle!
Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player
That struts and frets his hour upon the stage
And then is heard no more: it is a tale
Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury,
Signifying nothing.
William Shakespeare, Macbeth, Act V, Scene 5. Macbeth has just heard that the Queen is dead.
Glossary: hereafter: later · petty pace: small slow steps · lighted: shown the way with a light · struts and frets: walks proudly and worries · fury: anger · signifying: meaning