 Making it momentary as a sound, Swift as a shadow, short as any dream ; Brief as the lightning in the collied night, That, in a spleen, unfolds both heaven and earth. And ere a man hath power to say, — Behold ! The jaws of darkness do devour it up :...  The Plays of William Shakspeare - Pàgina 135per William Shakespeare - 1826 - 960 pàginesVisualització completa - Sobre aquest llibre
 | William Shakespeare, Richard Grant White - 1857 - 520 pàgines
...else it stood upon the choice of merit : — Her. O Hell ! to choose love by another's eyes ! Lys. Or, if there were a sympathy in choice, War, death,...jaws of darkness do devour it up : So quick bright things come to confusion. Her. If, then, true lovers have been ever crossed, It stands as an edict... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1857 - 626 pàgines
...Lys. Or else it stood upon the choice of friends : Her. 0 hell ! to choose love by another's eye Lys. Or if there were a sympathy in choice, War, death,...jaws of darkness do devour it up : So quick bright things come to confusion. Her. If then true lovers have been ever crossed, It stands as an edict in... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1857 - 710 pàgines
...young! LYS. Or else it stood upon the choice of friends : HEB. O hell! to choose love by another's LYS. Or, if there were a sympathy in choice, War, death,...jaws of darkness do devour it up : So quick bright things come to confusion. HEB. If then true lovers have been ever cross'd, It stands as an edict in... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1857 - 620 pàgines
...there were a sympathy in choice, "War, death, or sickness, did lay siege to it, Making it momentany as a sound, Swift as a shadow, short as any dream...jaws of darkness do devour it up : So quick bright things come to confusion. Her. If, then, true lovers have been ever cross'd, It stands as an edict... | |
 | George Lunt - 1857 - 268 pàgines
...they today? The listless hour, which they occupied, took with it its vague impressions, Making them momentary as a sound, Swift as a shadow, short as...say, Behold ! The jaws of darkness do devour it up. Were the newspaper really old, it might indeed be estimated at sterling value. What a host of reviving... | |
 | George Augustus Sala, Edmund Yates - 1873 - 586 pàgines
...permanence is concerned, it is of no avail. The course of true love never did run smooth. It is at best— " momentary as a sound, Swift as a shadow, short as...jaws of darkness do devour it up : So quick bright things come to confusion." How he even delights to contradict himself ; for he never cares to remember... | |
 | 1873 - 618 pàgines
...permanence is concerned, it is of no avail. The course of true lore never did run smooth. It is at best— " momentary as a sound, Swift as a shadow, short as...jaws of darkness do devour it up : So quick bright things come to confusion." How he even delights to contradict himself ; for he never cares to remember... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1861 - 406 pàgines
...sympathy in choice, War, death, or sickness did lay siege to it ; Making it momentary as a sound,5 Swift as a shadow, short as any dream ; Brief as the...jaws of darkness do devour it up : So quick bright things come to confusion. Her. If then tme lovers have been ever cross' d, It stands as an edict in... | |
 | John Brown - 1861 - 516 pàgines
...different in blood, Or else misgraffed in respect of years, Or else it stood upon the choice of friends ; Or if there were a sympathy in choice, War, death,...dream, Brief as the lightning in the collied night, and act truly, and said that much intellectual demoralization and ruin resulted from neglecting this.... | |
 | John Brown - 1861 - 470 pàgines
...opposite of an indifferentist, being very strong in his own convictions, holding them keenly, even Brief as the lightning in the collied night, That...jaws of darkness do devour it up ; So quick bright things come to confusion.' We remember once quoting these lines to a lady, and being rather taken aback... | |
| |
