ORSINO: O, when mine eyes did see Olivia first,
Methought she purged the air of pestilence.
That instant was I turned into a hart,
And my desires, like fell and cruel hounds,
E’er since pursue me.

William Shakespeare (1564-1616) English dramatist and poet

Twelfth Night, Act 1, sc. 1, l. 20ff (1.1.20-24) (1601)
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