Dramatic Works, SelectedJ. Pott & Company, 1885 - 209 pages |
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... shalt thou be competitor with me , And sit with Tamburlaine in all his majesty . HIS PORTRAIT . ACT II . , SCENE 2 . Cos . Thus far are we towards Theridamas , And valiant Tamburlaine , the man of fame , The man that in the forehead of ...
... shalt thou be competitor with me , And sit with Tamburlaine in all his majesty . HIS PORTRAIT . ACT II . , SCENE 2 . Cos . Thus far are we towards Theridamas , And valiant Tamburlaine , the man of fame , The man that in the forehead of ...
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... shalt be drawn amidst the frozen pools , And scale the icy mountains ' lofty tops , Which with thy beauty will be soon resolv'd : My martial prizes , with five hundred men , Won on the fitty - headed Volga's waves , Shall we all offer ...
... shalt be drawn amidst the frozen pools , And scale the icy mountains ' lofty tops , Which with thy beauty will be soon resolv'd : My martial prizes , with five hundred men , Won on the fitty - headed Volga's waves , Shall we all offer ...
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... shalt thou see a hundred kings and more , Upon their knees , all bid me welcome home . Amongst so many crowns of burnish'd gold , Choose which thou wilt , all are at thy command : A thousand galleys , manned with Christian slaves , I ...
... shalt thou see a hundred kings and more , Upon their knees , all bid me welcome home . Amongst so many crowns of burnish'd gold , Choose which thou wilt , all are at thy command : A thousand galleys , manned with Christian slaves , I ...
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... shalt stay with me , Embalm'd with cassia , ambergris , and myrrh , Not lapt in lead , but in a sheet of gold , And , till I die , thou shalt not be interr'd . Then in as rich a tomb as Mausolus ' We both will rest , and have one ...
... shalt stay with me , Embalm'd with cassia , ambergris , and myrrh , Not lapt in lead , but in a sheet of gold , And , till I die , thou shalt not be interr'd . Then in as rich a tomb as Mausolus ' We both will rest , and have one ...
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... shalt not lose a drop of blood Before we meet the army of the Turk ; But then run desperate through the thickest throngs , Dreadless of blows , of bloody wounds , and death ; And let the burning of Larissa - walls , My speech of war ...
... shalt not lose a drop of blood Before we meet the army of the Turk ; But then run desperate through the thickest throngs , Dreadless of blows , of bloody wounds , and death ; And let the burning of Larissa - walls , My speech of war ...
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Page 31 - Her lips suck forth my soul; see where it flies! — Come, Helen, come, give me my soul again. Here will I dwell, for Heaven is in these lips, And all is dross that is not Helena.
Page 27 - All things that move between the quiet poles Shall be at my command : emperors and kings Are but obeyed in their several provinces, Nor can they raise the wind or rend the clouds ; But his dominion that exceeds in this Stretcheth as far as doth the mind of man, A sound magician is a mighty god : Here, Faustus, tire thy brains to gain a deity.
Page 194 - And we will all the pleasures prove That hills and valleys, dale and field, And all the craggy mountains yield. There will we sit upon the rocks And see the shepherds feed their flocks, By shallow rivers, to whose falls Melodious birds sing madrigals.
Page 4 - Our souls, whose faculties can comprehend The wondrous architecture of the world, And measure every wandering planet's course, Still climbing after knowledge infinite, And always moving as the restless spheres, Will us to wear ourselves, and never rest, Until we reach the ripest fruit of all, That perfect bliss and sole felicity, The sweet fruition of an earthly crown.
Page 29 - Shadowing more beauty in their airy brows Than have the white breasts of the queen of love...
Page viii - Marlowe, bathed in the Thespian springs, Had in him those brave translunary things That the first poets had ; his raptures were All air and fire, which made his verses clear ; For that fine madness still he did retain Which rightly should possess a poet's brain.
Page 48 - I'll have Italian masques by night, Sweet speeches, comedies, and pleasing shows; And in the day, when he shall walk abroad, Like sylvan nymphs my pages shall be clad; My men, like satyrs grazing on the lawns, Shall with their goat-feet dance an antic hay.
Page 37 - Thus, like the sad presaging raven, that tolls The sick man's passport in her hollow beak, And in the shadow of the silent night Doth shake contagion from her sable wings; Vex'd and tormented, runs poor Barrabas, With fatal curses towards these Christians.
Page 107 - Gallop apace, bright Phoebus, through the sky, And dusky night, in rusty iron car, Between you both shorten the time, I pray, That I may see that most desired day When we may meet these traitors in the field.
Page 28 - Shall I make spirits fetch me what I please, Resolve me of all ambiguities, Perform what desperate enterprise I will? I'll have them fly to India for gold, Ransack the ocean for orient pearl, And search all corners of the new-found world For pleasant fruits and princely delicates...