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... Henry IV, pt. 2. Henry V. Henry VI, pts. 1-3 - Page 117de William Shakespeare - 1848Affichage du livre entier - À propos de ce livre
| William Shakespeare - 1803 - 494 pages
...SCENE, at the beginning of the Play, lies m England; but afterwards, wholly in France. Enter CHORUS. O, for a muse of fire, that would ascend The brightest...himself, Assume the port of Mars ; and, at his heels, Leash 'd in like hounds, should famine, sword, and fire, Crouch for employment. But pardon, gentles... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1803 - 632 pages
...hostess. Lords, Ladies, Officers, French and English Soldiers, Masengers, and Attendants. Enter Chorus. O, for a muse of fire, that would ascend The brightest...himself, Assume the port of Mars; and, at his heels, Leash'd in like hounds, should famine, sword, and fire, Crouch for employment. But pardon, gentles... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1806 - 502 pages
...SCENE, at the Beginning of the Play, lies in England; but aftenvards, wholly in France. Enter CHORUS. O, for a muse of fire, that would ascend The brightest...himself, Assume the port of Mars; and, at his heels, Leash' d in like hounds, should famine, sword, nnd fire, Crouch for employment. But pardon, gentles... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1807 - 382 pages
...SCENE, at the beginning of the Play, lies in England ; but afterwards wholly in France* Enter CHORUS. O, for a muse of fire, that would ascend The brightest...himself, Assume the port of Mars; and, at his heels, Leash'd in like hounds, should famine, sword, and fire, Crouch for employment. But pardon, gentles... | |
| William Shakespeare, Samuel Ayscough - 1807 - 584 pages
...in England ; but afterwards, wholly in France. CHORUS. f\ For a muse of fire 2, that would ascend J Leash' d in like hounds, should famine, sword, and fire, [all, Crouch for employment. But pardon, gentles... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1810 - 458 pages
...emptiness and narrowness of the last act, which a very little diligence might have easily avoided. O, FOR a muse of fire, that would ascend The brightest...himself, Assume the port of Mars ; and, at his heels, Leash'd in, like hounds, should famine, sword, and fire, Crouch for employment.2 But pardon, gentles... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1811 - 428 pages
...Officers, French and English Soldiers, Messengers, and Attendants. . KING HENRY V. Enter CHORUS. O, for a muse of fire, that would ascend The brightest...himself, Assume the port of Mars ; and, at his heels, Leash'd in like hounds, should famine, sword, and fire, Crouch for employment. But pardon, gentles... | |
| Elegant extracts - 1816 - 490 pages
...soft silencing your son. § 21. THE LIFE OF HENRY V. SHAK.SPEARE. Prologue. O, FOR a muse of lire, that would ascend, The brightest heaven of invention...himself, Assume the port of Mars ; and, at his heels, Leasht in like hounds, should famine, sword. Crouch for employment. [and fire, Consideration. Consideration... | |
| William Hazlitt - 1818 - 342 pages
...most striking images in all Shakspeare is that given of war in the first lines of the Prologue. " O for a muse of fire, that would ascend The brightest...himself, Assume the port of Mars, and at his heels Leash'd in like hounds, should famine, sivord, and Jirt Crouch for employment." Rubens, if he had painted... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1818 - 424 pages
...Play, lies in England ; but afterwards, "whally in France. • • • • <.' ' • ' Enter CHORUS. O, for a muse of fire that would ascend The brightest...himself, Assume the port of Mars ; and at his heels, Leash'd in like hounds, should famine, sword, and fire, Crouch for employment. But pardon, gentles... | |
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