 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 : So quick bright things come to confusion.  Sonnets, and Other Poems, - Page 179by William Lisle Bowles - 1800 - 180 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Anna Eliza Bray - 1845 - 472 pages
...Sir Nicholas Slanning. CHAPTER XX. HERMIA.— O hell ! to choose love hy another's eye. LYSANDER — Or, if there were a sympathy in choice, "War, death, or sickness, did lay siege to it. SHAKSFEARE. IT now becomes necessary that we should turn our attention to the fair but unhappy Margaret,... | |
 | Mrs. Bray (Anna Eliza) - 1845 - 440 pages
...Nicholas Slanning. , CHAPTER XX. HEIIMIA.— O hell ! to choose love hy another's eye. LYSANUEK. — Or, if there were a sympathy in choice, "War, death, or sickness, did lay siege to it. SHAKSFEARB. IT now becomes necessary that we should turn our attention to the fair but unhappy Margaret,... | |
 | Anna Eliza Bray - 1845 - 420 pages
...ditfereut in blood, Or else misgrafled in respect of j ears, Or else it stood upon the choice of friends j Or if there were a sympathy in choice, War, death, or sickness did lay siege to it, Making it momentary as a sound, Swift as a shadow, short as any dream. SuAKSPEAEE. To those who are... | |
 | Crabbe - Literary Criticism - 1967 - 492 pages
...true love never did run smooth ; But either it was different in blood, Or else misgrafted in respect of years, Or else it stood upon the choice of friends...sickness did lay siege to it. Midsummer Night's Dream, Act i, Scene 1 Oh ! thou didst then ne'er love so heartily, If thou rememberest not the slightest folly... | |
 | Peter Brook - Drama - 1974 - 300 pages
...stood upon the choice of friends — HERMlA 0 hell! — to choose love by another's eyes. LYSANDER Or if 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, f* Brief as the lightning in... | |
 | John Weld - Performing Arts - 1975 - 266 pages
...Or else it stood upon the choice of friends— Her. O hell! to choose love by another's eyes! Lys. Or, if 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, Brief as the lightning in the... | |
 | Kenneth Muir, Stanley Wells - Literary Criticism - 1982 - 168 pages
...else it stood upon the choice of friends, Hermia. O hell ! to choose love by another's eyes. Lysander. Or, if there were a sympathy in choice, War, death, or sickness did lay siege to it. searing, shocking, provocative and disturbing refusal to lay down the treasure of her body to the Lord... | |
 | William Shakespeare - Drama - 1994 - 692 pages
...the farcical confusions develop, so Lysandcr is given a lyrical expression of the fragility of love: Or if 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, Brief as the lightning in the... | |
 | Bruce McIver, Ruth Stevenson - Literature - 1994 - 284 pages
...Or else it stood upon the choice of friends— Her.: O hell, to choose love by another's eyes! Lys.: Or if 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, Brief as the lightning in the... | |
 | William Shakespeare - Drama - 1996 - 1290 pages
...it stood upon the choice of friends, — HERMIA. 0 hell! to choose love by another's eyes! LYSANDER. Making it momentany as a sound, Swift as a shadow, short as any dream; Brief as the lightning in the... | |
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