O, for a muse of fire, that would ascend The brightest heaven of invention ! A kingdom for a stage, princes to act, And monarchs to behold the swelling scene ! Then should the warlike Harry, like himself, Assume the port of Mars ; and, at his heels, Leash'd... Shakespeare and the Modern Stage: With Other Essays - Seite 20von Sir Sidney Lee - 1906 - 251 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
| William Shakespeare - 1824 - 882 Seiten
...Lords, Ladies, Officers ; French and English Soldiers, Messengers, and Attendants. Enter Cnoncs. 0, Orl. nnraised spirit, that hath dar'd, On this unworthy scaffold, to bring forth So great an object: can... | |
| William Shakespeare, William Dodd - 1824 - 428 Seiten
...your part, And, in your power, soft silencing your son. KING HENRY V. CHORUS. INVOCATION TO THE MUSE. O, FOR a muse of fire, that would ascend The brightest...himself, Assume the port of Mars; and, at his heels, [fire, Leash'd in like hounds, should famine, sword, and Crouch for employment. ACT I. CONSIDERATION.... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1824 - 518 Seiten
...Scene, at the beginning of tlie play, lies in England; but afterwards, ifhnlly in France. Enter Chans. O, for a muse of fire, that would ascend The brightest...invention .' A kingdom for a stage, princes to act. And monarch* ^o behold the swelling scene '. Then should tne warlike Harry, like himself, Assume the port... | |
| John Thurston - 1825 - 308 Seiten
...hadst better thou hadst struck thy mother, thou paper•faced villain. Act V. Scene IV. 19. v. ChoriM. O, for a muse of fire, that would ascend The brightest...heaven of invention ! A kingdom for a stage, princes to art , And monarchs to behold the swelling scene ! Cant. That, when he speaks. The air, a charter'd... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1826 - 560 Seiten
...SCENE, at the beginning of the Play, lies in England ; Imt afterwards wholly in France. Enter CHORUS. O, FOR a muse of fire, that would ascend The brightest...employment. But pardon, gentles all, The flat unraised spirit, that hath dar'd, On this unworthy scaifold, to bring forth So great an object : Can this cockpit... | |
| 1863 - 548 Seiten
...real importance, infinitely exceeding that for which the great English poet invoked. " A muse of fire, A kingdom for a stage, princes to act, And monarchs to behold the swelling scene !" The Muse inspiring our Fathers was the Genius of Liberty, all on fire with a sense of oppression,... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1826 - 602 Seiten
...Hostess. Lords, Ladies, Officers, French and English Soldiers, Messengers, and Attendants. Enter CHORUS. O, for a muse of fire, that would ascend The brightest heaven of invention ! t A kingdom for a stage, princes to act, And monarchs to behold2 the swelling scene ! Then should... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1826 - 438 Seiten
...Shakspeare's 103d Sonnet : ' a face, That overgoes my blunt invention quite.' And in K. Henry V. ' O for a muse of fire, that would ascend The brightest heaven of Imumtlna.' Anchors on Isabel : Heaven in my mouth, As if I did but only chew his name ; And in my heart,... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1826 - 554 Seiten
...of war, fire, sword, and famine are typified. So in the Chorus to Act i. of King Henry V. :— ' — at his heels, Leash'd in like hounds, should famine, sword, and fire, Seeing those beads of sorrow stand in thine, Began to water. Is thy master coming ? Sen. He lies to-night... | |
| Thomas Curtis (of Grove house sch, Islington) - 792 Seiten
...for we have a number of shadows to nil op the musterbook. ShaJupean. After O an expression of desire. O for a muse of fire that would ascend The brightest heaven of invention ! Skakrpearc. In account of; in solution of. Thus much /or the beginning and progress of the deluge.... | |
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