 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 - Page 135by William Shakespeare - 1826 - 960 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Samuel Griswold Goodrich - 1844 - 336 pages
...in blood; Or else inisgraH'ed, 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. Of those brief aphorisms, which convey significant truths in few words, so that they may be converted... | |
 | Samuel Griswold Goodrich - 1844 - 680 pages
...different in blood; Or else misgratled, 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. Of those brief aphorisms, which convey significant truths in few words, so that they may be converted... | |
 | James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps - 1846 - 520 pages
...eloquent and touching passage in Shakespeare, speaking of the uncertainty of worldly affection :— " 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." God to defend you against all evils, and that he be your shield. Farewell,... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1847 - 760 pages
...if there were a sympathy hi choice, Wnr, 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... | |
 | 1848 - 650 pages
...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,...short as any dream ; Brief as the lightning in the cully M night That, in a spleen, unfolds both heaven and earth, And ere a man hath power to say —... | |
 | James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps - 1848 - 516 pages
...eloquent and touching passage in Shakespeare, speaking of the uncertainty of worldly affection : — " 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." God to defend you against all evils, and that he be your shield. Farewell,... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1849 - 952 pages
...there were a sympathy in choice, War, death, or sickness did lay siege toit; Making it momi'iitany * th Against an oath : The truth thou art unsure To swear, things come to confusion. Her. If then true lovers have been ever cross'd, It stands as an edict in... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1850 - 264 pages
...injuries ; but I will wed thee in another key, with pomp, with triumph, and with revelling.— THR. I., 1. If there were a sympathy in choice, war, death, or...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.—LTS.... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1851 - 772 pages
...Lys. Or else it stood upon the choice of friends. Her. O 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 - 1851 - 462 pages
...to young ! Or else it stood upon the choice of friends : O hell ! to choose love by another's eye ! Or, if there were a sympathy in choice, War, death,...lightning in the collied night, That, in a spleen, unfold both heaven and earth, And ere a man hath power to say, — Bohold ! The jaws of darkness do... | |
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