 | William Troy - 1967 - 324 pàgines
...in the text—superb instances of contextual poetry, as in Iras's classic requiem at the end: Finish good lady, the bright day is done, And we are for the dark. When Antony returns unexpectedly from the battlefield (Act IV, Scene 8), Cleopatra overwhelms us with... | |
 | David Daiches - 1979 - 304 pàgines
...always complex and packed; he achieves some of his greatest effect by a magical simplicity: Finish, good lady; the bright day is done, And we are for the dark. We must not forget that Shakespeare was more than a brilliant dramatist and man of the theater: he... | |
 | Helen Bevington - 1991 - 234 pàgines
...don't mind. It offers, he said, "an inviolable sanctuary." From people and circumstances. "Finish, good lady, the bright day is done; and we are for the dark." The sun has set over the North Pole, the night has come on. But I'm not superstitious about it. There... | |
 | William J. Leonard - 1993 - 388 pàgines
...Manresa in the sky." In the play, her lady-in-waiting says to Cleopatra, who is planning suicide, Finish, good lady; the bright day is done, And we are for the dark. Against that despairing counsel St. Paul writes to his converts in Thessalonica: "It is not as if you... | |
 | Derek Ager, Derek Victor Ager - 1995 - 256 pàgines
...quotation from the great bard, when Iras says to Cleopatra, with a hint of catastrophism: 'Finish, good lady; the bright day is done, And we are for the dark'. I do not believe in CP Snow's 'Two Cultures', so I hope the duller and more conventional scientists... | |
 | Harley Granville-Barker - 1993 - 164 pàgines
...what lies behind Caesar's courtesy; and the timid, silent Iras suddenly breaks silence with Finish, good lady; the bright day is done, And we are for the dark. — revealing herself in a dignity of spirit of her own. Another moment and she is trembling again;... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1993 - 166 pàgines
...words me, that I should not 190 Be noble to myself: but, hark thee, Charmian. [whispers IRAS Finish, good lady. The bright day is done, And we are for the dark. CLEOPATRA Hie thee again, I have spoke already, and it is provided. Go put it to the haste. CHARMIAN... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 2000 - 404 pàgines
...should not Be noble to my self. But hark thee, Charmian. Cleopatra whispers to Charmian IRAS Finish, good lady, the bright day is done, And we are for the dark. CLEOPATRA (to Charmian) Hie thee again. I have spoke already, and it is provided — 195 Go put it... | |
 | Leon Garfield - 1995 - 328 pàgines
...Cleopatra contemptuously, when Caesar and his iron tribe had gone. "But hark thee, Charmian — " "Finish, good lady; the bright day is done, and we are for the dark," said Iras sadly, as her mistress whispered in Charmian's ear. "It is provided. Go put it to the haste,"... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 2001 - 636 pàgines
...Gyrles, he words me, That I fhould not be Noble to my felfe. But hearke thee Charmian. Iras. Finifh good Lady, the bright day is done, And we are for the darke. 230 Cleo. Hye thee againe, I haue fpoke already, and it is prouided, Go put it to the hafte.... | |
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He words me, girls, he words me, that I should not Be noble to myself; but hark thee, Charmian. [Whispers CHARMIAN. Iras. Finish, good lady ; the bright day is done, And we are for the dark. 
