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... Memorial Services Held in the Senate and House of Representatives of the ... - Seite 205von United States. 85th Cong., 2d sess., 1958, United States. Congress - 1958 - 211 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
| William Minto - 1874 - 518 Seiten
...sublimity ; but mark the nature and attitude of the powers held in reserve by the mighty monarch — " O for a Muse of fire, that would ascend The brightest...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 in like hounds,... | |
| John Dryden - 1874 - 740 Seiten
...all the world looking on, he might have remembered and re-applied his own magnificent words — " 0 for a muse of fire, that would ascend The brightest...act, And monarchs to behold the swelling scene ! Then should the warlike Cromwell like himself Assume the port of Mars ; and at his heels, Leash'd in like... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1874 - 602 Seiten
...Enter CHORUS. Chor. O for a muse of fire, that would ascend The brightest heaven of invention ! Л 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 in like... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1875 - 114 Seiten
...HENRY THE FIFTH. ACT I. SCENE I. — Clouds. RUMOB, as CHOKUS, discoosred, c., on cloud bank. RBMOH. Oh ! for a muse of fire, that would ascend The brightest...act, And monarchs to behold the swelling scene ! Then should the warlike Harry, like himself, Assume the port of Mars ; and, at his heels, Leashed in like... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1875 - 584 Seiten
...hostess. Lords, Ladies, Officers, French and English Soldiers, Messengers, and Attendants. CHORUS. O for a muse of fire, that would ascend The brightest...act, And monarchs to behold the swelling scene ! Then should the warlike Harry, like himself, Assume the port of Mars ; and, at his heels, [fire, Leash'd... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1875 - 80 Seiten
...Mortimer, Earl of March ; Duke of Alencon. SHAKSPERE'S HENRY THE FIFTH. ACT I. HUMOUR appears as Chorut. O for a muse of fire, that would ascend The brightest...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 in like... | |
| Alfred Henry Paget - 1875 - 56 Seiten
...lively sympathy he can do nothing for them. " O for a inuse of fire, that would ascend .* The brighest heaven of invention! A kingdom for a stage, princes...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 in like... | |
| William Hazlitt - 1878 - 560 Seiten
...most striking images in all Shakespear is that given of war in the first lines of the Chorus : " 0 for a muse of fire, that would ascend The brightest...act, And monarchs to behold the swelling scene ! Then should the warlike Harry, like himself, Assume the port of Mars, and at his heels Leaih'd in like hounds,... | |
| 1900 - 1070 Seiten
...dialect, ' magnificently staged.' The familiar lines run : O for a muse of fire, that would afcend The brightest heaven of invention, A kingdom for a...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 in like... | |
| Jerry Blunt - 1990 - 232 Seiten
...suggest. Few plays have had an opportunity to launch into action from such a springboard. Prologue: O for a Muse of fire, that would ascend The brightest...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 in like... | |
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