 Lovers, and madmen, have such seething brains, Such shaping fantasies, that apprehend More than cool reason ever comprehends. The lunatic, the lover, and the poet, Are of imagination all compact. One sees more devils than vast hell can hold ; That is,...  The Dramatic Works of W. Shakespeare - Page 151by William Shakespeare - 1849 - 925 pagesFull view - About this book
 | William Shakespeare - 1867 - 642 pages
...THE. More strange than true. I never may believe These antique fables, nor these fairy toys. Lovers and madmen have such seething brains, Such shaping...— That is the madman : the lover, all as frantic, Sees Helen's beauty in a brow of Egypt : >The poet's eye, in a fine frenzy rolling, Doth glance from... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1868 - 136 pages
...Theseus. More strange than true. I never may believe These antique fables, nor these fairy toys. Lovers and madmen have such seething brains, Such shaping...; That is the madman : the lover, all as frantic, Sees Helen's beauty in a brow of Egypt: The poet's eye, in a fine frenzy rolling, Doth glance from... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1869 - 1046 pages
...The. More strange than true : I never may believe These antic fables, nor these fairy toys. Lovers, une in good terms, In good set terms, — and yet...due-ad-au (com* hither) : 1*71 Huuntr. ' comforUUi Sees Helen's beauty in a brow of Egypt : The poet's eye. in a fine frenzy rolling, Doth glance from... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1870 - 838 pages
...evidently seeking " sweet savours," and not " sweet favour*," for her hirsute love. " Thei. Lovers, and madmen, have such seething brains, Such shaping...: That is the madman : the lover, all as frantic, Sees Helen's beauty in a brow of Egypt : The poet's eye, in a fine frenzy rolling, Doth glance from... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1870 - 100 pages
...speak of. More strange than true : I never may believe These antic fables, nor these fairy toys. Lovers and madmen have such seething brains, Such shaping...; That is the madman : the lover, all as frantic, Sees Helen's beauty in a brow of Egypt : The poet's eye, in a fine frenzy rolling, Doth glance from... | |
 | Thomas Budd Shaw, William Smith - 1850 - 492 pages
...— Act. V. Sc. I. T**scus. I never may believe These antique fables, nor these fairy toys. Lovers and madmen have such seething brains, Such shaping...— That is the madman : the lover, all as frantic, Sees Helen's beauty in a brow of Egypt: The poet's eye, in a fine frenzy rolling,, Doth glance from... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - 1871 - 968 pages
...THESEUS. More strange than true : I never may believe These antique fables, nor these fairy toys. Lovers rn huntsman ! who can balk, Stanch as hound and fleet...heart 's in the Highlands a-chasing the deer ; Chasi Sees Helen's beauty in a brow of Egypt ; The poet's eye, in a fine frenzy rolling, Doth' glance from... | |
 | Anthologia Anglica - 1873 - 512 pages
...thoughts of others ! The Merchant of Venice, i. 3. XLIII. THE FORCE OF IMAGINATION. (Theseus loq.) LOVERS and madmen have such seething brains, Such shaping...hold, That is, the madman : the lover, all as frantic, Sees Helen's beauty in a brow of Egypt : The poet's eye, in a fine frenzy rolling, Doth glance from... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - 1873 - 906 pages
...THESEUS. More strange than true : I ne ver may believe These antique fables, nor these fairy toys. Lovers no fi-antic, Sees Helen's beauty in a brow of Egypt ; The poet's eye, in a fine frenzy rolling, Doth glance... | |
 | George Herbert - 1874 - 386 pages
...to test what claims our acceptance as poetry by Shakespeare's definition. Let us recall it: ' Lovers and madmen have such seething brains, Such shaping...hold; That is the madman: the lover, all as frantic, Sees Helen's beauty in a brow of Egypt: The poet's eye, in a fine frenzy rolling, both glance from... | |
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