Whence and what art thou, execrable shape?
Paradise Lost
Paradise Lost, Book ii, Line 666 (Satan's question to Death, can be seen as unintentionally comedic in its dramatic over-the-topness)
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"Hence, loathed Melancholy, Of Cerberus and blackest midnight born, In Stygian cave forlorn 'Mongst horrid shapes, and shrieks, and sights unholy!"
Humorous"For God, we know, hath bid the man to rule: But in that right, not with a tyrannous hand."
Strange & Unusual"Better to reign in Hell, than serve in Heav'n."
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