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, George Steevens - 1829 - 506 Seiten
...Scene, at the beginning p/ the play, lies in England; but afltrusards, wholly in trance. Enter Chorus. O, FOR a muse of fire, that would ascend The brightest heaven of invention ! Л kingdom fur a stage, princes to act, And monarch» to behold the swelling scene ! Then should... | |
| Thomas Curtis - 1829 - 806 Seiten
...Fucric Qitfciu'. It is a knell. That summons thee to heaven, or to hell. Slutltspcarc. Macbeth. (), for a muse of fire, that would ascend The brightest heaven of invention. Shakspeare. Much is the force of heaven-bred poesy. Id. Л station like the herald Mercury, Hew lighted... | |
| William Shakespeare, William Harness - 1830 - 540 Seiten
...Ladies, Officers, French and English Soldiers, Messengers, and Attendants. C'H'ORU S. Enter CHORUS. 0, 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 scaffold, to bring forth So great an object : Can this cockpit... | |
| John Thurston - 1830 - 176 Seiten
...hadst better thou hadst struck thy mother, thou paperfaced villain. Act V. Scene IV. v. Choriu. О, for a muse of fire, that would ascend The brightest...princes to act» And monarchs to behold the swelling seene ! Cant, That, when he speaks, The air, a charter'd libertine, is still. And the mute wonder lurketh... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1831 - 500 Seiten
...at the beginning of the ptay, liei in England ; but aflerwards, wholly in trance. Enter Chorus. (), FOR a muse of fire, that would ascend The brightest...act, And monarchs to behold the swelling scene ! Then Iriuld the warlike Harry, like himself, Assume the port of Mars : and, at his heels, Leash'd in, like... | |
| Henry Fuseli - 1831 - 472 Seiten
...of poetry, and boasted of being thoroughly versed in Shakspeare, he exclaimed, in a sonorous tone, " O, for a Muse of fire, that would ascend The brightest Heaven of invention !" " Pray, Sir, do you happen to recollect where these lines are to be found?" He took some time to... | |
| Johann Heinrich Füssli - 1831 - 466 Seiten
...of poetry, and boasted of being thoroughly versed in Shakspeare, he exclaimed, in a sonorous tone, " O, for a Muse of fire, that would ascend The brightest Heaven of invention !" " Pray, Sir, do you happen to recollect where these lines are to be found?" He took some time to... | |
| William Tait, Christian Isobel Johnstone - 1832 - 824 Seiten
...Fifth, impressed with the nobleness of his subject, and the mightiness of his powers, he asks for ' A kingdom for a stage, princes to act, and monarchs to behold the swelling scene ! ' I think he very feelingly complains of ho w he is ' cabin'd, cribb'd, confined within the girdle... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1833 - 522 Seiten
...the beginning of the play, lies in England ; bat afterwards, wholly in France. CHORUS. Enter CHORUS. O, for a Muse of fire, that would ascend The brightest...employment. But pardon, gentles all, The flat unraised spirit, that hath dared, On this unworthy scaffold, to bring forth So great an object. Can this cockpit... | |
| Alexander John Ellis - 1833 - 360 Seiten
...Bright are thy prospects, glorious thy charge. IT * An admirable touch on the oxymoron of life. + " O for a muse of fire, that would ascend The brightest heaven of invention!" — Shakspeare. Henry V. OpeningChorus. JA grand climax ! far surpassing any Greek double superlatives.... | |
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