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 - 1838 - 484 Seiten
...music crept by me upon the waters ; Allaying both their fury, and my passion, With its sweet air. 128 O, for a muse of fire, that would ascend The brightest heaven of invention! 20 — i. Chorus. 129 Our poesy is as a gum, which oozes From whence 'tis nourish'd: The fire i' the... | |
| William Cramp - 1838 - 276 Seiten
...disabled soldiers. The soldier fights for the king, ie " to protect," or "to support" the king. " G for a muse of fire that would ascend The brightest heaven of invention." That is, О ! " to obtain," or " to possess" a muse of fire. " Some of the philosophers have run so... | |
| William Cramp - 1838 - 288 Seiten
...disabled soldiers. The soldier fights for the king, ie "to protect," or "to support" the king. " Ofor a muse of fire that would ascend The brightest heaven of invention." That is, O ! " to obtain," or " to possess" a muse of fire. " Some of the philosophers have run so... | |
| Amy E. Spaulding - 2004 - 194 Seiten
...in our technology-drunk time. Guess what? Shakespeare "got it." Listen to the prologue of Henry V: O for a Muse of fire, that would ascend The brightest...to act And monarchs to behold the swelling scene! . . . But pardon, and gentles all, The flat unraised spirits that have dared On this unworthy scaffold... | |
| Jeffrey Wainwright - 2004 - 248 Seiten
...William Shakespeare's (1564—1616) King Henry V yearns for reality to replace the stage's shadow-play: O, for a muse of fire, that would ascend The brightest...to act And monarchs to behold the swelling scene! This is 'a muse of fire' because fire, the lightest of the elements, is associated with poets whose... | |
| Robert Cross - 2004 - 258 Seiten
...stage / Super Etendard jets to fly" (CP, I: 166). This is a parody of the opening lines of Henry V: "O for a muse of fire, that would ascend / The brightest...act, / And monarchs to behold the swelling scene" (Prologue, 1-4). The satire also rests upon parallels in the plots of the two plays. The sophistry... | |
| Ebenezer Cobham Brewer - 2004 - 596 Seiten
...casting Zobeide and " the prince " into the sea (See ZOBEIDE). Dogs of War, Famine, Sword, and Fire. Then should the warlike Harry, like himself, Assume the port of Mars ; and at his heels, Leashed in like hounds,should Famine, Sword, and Fire Crouch for employment. Shakespeare, King Henry... | |
| Peter-André Alt - 2004 - 272 Seiten
...Herrscherin ist im Trauerspiel der angemessene Ausdruck für eine als provisorisch begriffene Regentschaft. „A kingdom for a stage, princes to act | And monarchs to behold the swelling scene", heißt es im Chorus-Prolog von Shakespeares Henry K (1600) („Ein Reich zur Bühne, Prinzen drauf... | |
| Jeffrey Kahan - 2004 - 408 Seiten
...with the sense that Shirley reduces Lear's tragedy to not rinding a good retirement villa. 3.2.62-3 (Leash'd in, like hounds) should famine, sword, and fire Crouch for employment. (Henry V, Prologue, 7-8) Henry finishes Perigort's line, hut the suggestion is that Henry, like the... | |
| Gabriel Torres Chalk - 2005 - 288 Seiten
...Shakespeare en King Henry V, iniciamos nuestra investigación con una apelación a la imaginación: "O for a Muse of fire, that would ascend / The brightest...act, / And monarchs to behold the swelling scene!" (1.1.1-4). Pero no es únicamente la musa inspiradora como fuente productora de la creación artística... | |
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