 If music be the food of love, play on ; Give me excess of it, that, surfeiting, The appetite may sicken, and so die. That strain again ! it had a dying fall : O ! it came o'er my ear like the sweet sound That breathes upon a bank of violets, Stealing...  The World's Best Poetry ... - Page 116edited by - 1904Full view - About this book
 | Eliphalet L. Rice - American literature - 1846 - 432 pages
...each mortal thing Upon the dull earth dwelling: To her let us garlands bring. OLIVIA. Duke. If music be the food of love, play on, Give me excess of it...breathes upon a bank of violets Stealing and giving odor. — Enough, no more, ' Tis not so sweet now as it was before. O spirit of love, how quick and fresh... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1846 - 574 pages
...Jin Apartment in the Duke's Palace. Enter Duke, CURIO, Lords ; Musicians attending. Duke. IF music be the food of love, play on, Give me excess of it;...dying fall : O, it came o'er my ear like the sweet south,1 That breathes upon a bank of violets, Stealing, and giving odour.* Enough ; no more ; 'Tis... | |
 | Jennifer Mulherin - Juvenile Nonfiction - 2001 - 36 pages
...finding enough favour to get a little closer. The story of Twelfth Night ' ' " "\ .'V, > , 14 If music be the food of love, play on, Give me excess of it,...dying fall: O, it came o'er my ear like the sweet sound That breathes upon a bank of violets, Stealing and giving odour. Enough, no more; 'Tis not so... | |
 | 顏元叔 - Comedy - 2001 - 838 pages
...而且是熱戀苦 戀。 他在聽音樂， 想借音樂「 澆愁」 ， 安慰自己的苦心: Duke. If music be the food of love, play on, Give me eXcess of it,...and so die. That strain again, it had a dying fall; 0, it came o'er my ear like the sweet sound That breathes upon a bank of violets, Stealing and giving... | |
 | William Shakespeare - Quotations, English - 2002 - 244 pages
...as night And his affections dark as Erebus; Let no such man be trusted. Lorenzo — MV Vi If music be the food of love, play on; Give me excess of it,...dying fall: O, it came o'er my ear like the sweet sound, That breathes upon a bank of violets, Stealing and giving odour! Orsino — TN Li Music oft... | |
 | G. Wilsin Knight - Drama - 2002 - 368 pages
...divides, setting the stage for reunion and joy. Twelfth Night takes us to a world of music : If music be the food of love, play on; Give me excess of it,...dying fall: O, it came o'er my ear like the sweet sound, That breathes upon a bank of violets, Stealing and giving odour. (ii i) 'Violets'. The name... | |
 | Wystan Hugh Auden - Drama - 2002 - 428 pages
...Illyria are more uniformly saddened by it. Orsino sounds this note in the play's opening speech: If music be the food of love, play on, Give me excess of it,...dying fall; O, it came o'er my ear like the sweet sound That breathes upon a bank of violets, Stealing and giving odour! Enough, no more! Tis not so... | |
 | Sourcebooks, Inc Staff - Family & Relationships - 2002 - 388 pages
...love me, let it be for naught Except for love's sake only. — Elizabeth Barrett Browning If music be the food of love, play on, Give me excess of it,...that, surfeiting, The appetite may sicken and so die. —William Shakespeare WhenSOUL meets SOUL on lovers' lips. — Percy Bysshe Shellc] The Summer hath... | |
 | Jean Ashworth Bartle - Music - 2003 - 288 pages
...the King of all the earth; sing ye praises with understanding. Twelfth Night, Act I, Scene I If music be the food of love, play on; Give me excess of it,...strain again! it had a dying fall; O, it came o'er my ears like the sweet sound That breathes upon a bank of violets. Stealing and giving odour! King Henry... | |
 | Henry James - Fiction - 2003 - 276 pages
...suggested. 2. (p. 46) 'dying fair. Lingering cadence. 3. (p. 46) spoil. 4. (p. 47) Mrs Siddons. If music be the food of love, play on: Give me excess of it,...and so die. That strain again! it had a dying fall; (Twelfth Night I. '-4) It is revealed later that Aspern composed some memorable love-lyrics. Booty,... | |
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