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... The Plays of William Shakspeare - Page 139by William Shakespeare - 1823Full view - About this book
| 1848 - 708 pages
...without lifting his eyes from his book, he began to read again : — " The lunatic, the lover, anJ the poet, Are of imagination all compact : One sees...a brow of Egypt : The poet's eye, in a fine frenzy rolling, Doth glance from heaven to earth, from earth to heaven ; And as imagination bodies forth The... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1853 - 508 pages
...Theseus, that these lovers speak of. The. More strange than true. I never may believe These antiuue fables, nor these fairy toys. Lovers, and madmen,...a brow of Egypt : The poet's eye. in a fine frenzy rolling, Doth glance from heaven to earth, from earth to heaven ; And, as imagination bodies forth... | |
| William Shakespeare, John Payne Collier - 1853 - 1158 pages
...Theseus, that these lovers speak of. The. More strange than true : I never may believe These antic s. Pro. rolling, Doth glance from heaven to earth, from earth to heaven ] And, as imagination bodies forth... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1853 - 916 pages
...Theseus, that these lovers speak of. The. More strange than true : I never may believe These antic It should be — but he is drowned, and these are devils. O, defend me ! — rolling, Doth glance from heaven to earth, from earth to heaven ; And, as imagination bodies forth... | |
| William Shakespeare, John Payne Collier - 1853 - 440 pages
...Theseus, that these lovers speak of. The. More strange than true : I never may believe These antic fables, nor these fairy toys. Lovers, and madmen,...a brow of Egypt : The poet's eye. in a fine frenzy rolling, Doth glance from heaven to earth, from earth to heaven ; And, as imagination bodies forth... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1853 - 444 pages
...Brags of his substance, not of ornament : They are but beggars that can count their worth. EJi\.6. Lovers and madmen have such seething brains, Such...a brow of Egypt : The poet's eye, in a fine frenzy rolling, Doth glance from heaven to earth, from earth to heaven ; And, as imagination bodies forth... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1853 - 746 pages
...PHILOSTRATE, Lords, and Attendants. Hip. 'TÍ8 strange, my Theseus, that these lovers speak of. Thei. More strange than true. I never may believe These...hell can hold ; That is, the madman : the lover, all аз frantick, Sees Helen's beauty in a brow of Egypt : The poet's eye, in a fine frenzy rolling, Doth... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1853 - 608 pages
...judgment in an honest face. 37 — iii. 3. 423. Lover, lunatic, and poet. The lunatic, the lover, and the poet, Are of imagination all compact : One sees...a brow of Egypt: The poet's eye, in a fine frenzy rolling, Doth glance from heaven to earth, from earth to heaven ; And, as imagination bodies forth... | |
| Cyclopaedia - 1853 - 772 pages
...prospects high, But time strips our illusions of their hue. Byron. IMAGINATION. THE lunatic, the lover, and the poet, Are of imagination all compact: One sees...beauty in a brow of Egypt. The poet's eye, in a fine phrenzy rolling, Doth glance from heav'n to earth, from earth to heav'n; And, as imagination bodies... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1854 - 424 pages
...doubt, but to hear them say, it is a sweet comedy. No more words ; away go, away. [Exeunt ACT V. SCENE I. — The same. An apartment in the Palace of Theseus....a brow of Egypt : The poet's eye, in a fine frenzy rolling, Doth glance from heaven to earth, from earth to heaven ; And, as imagination bodies forth... | |
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