 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
 | Barrett Wendell - 1894 - 458 pages
...Midsummer Night's Dream : 1 — " I never may believe These antique fables, nor these fairy toys. 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... | |
 | Barrett Wendell - 1894 - 460 pages
...Dream : l — " I never may believe These antique fables, nor these fairy toys. Lovers and mailmen have such seething brains, Such shaping fantasies,...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 Shakespeare - English drama (Comedy) - 1895 - 460 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...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 Hirsch - 1896 - 352 pages
...in its external resemblance to insanity, than by Shakespeare in the Midsummer Night's Dream : 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... | |
 | Augustus Hopkins Strong - Poetry - 1897 - 566 pages
...ratipnal and the irrational use of this wonderful faculty : UNIVERSALITY INVOLVES IMPERSONALITY 169 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... | |
 | 1927 - 922 pages
...Shakespeare's glorious lines: "I never may believe These antique fables, nor these fairy toys, 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... | |
 | Peter Brook - Drama - 1974 - 300 pages
...THESEUS More strange than truef^ never may believe These antique fables, nor these fairy toys. 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... | |
 | Andrés Rodríguez - Biography & Autobiography - 1993 - 244 pages
...witness brings to mind that lovely passage in A Midsummer Night's Dream, Vi4-17: Lovers and madmen has such seething brains, Such shaping fantasies, that...hold: That is the madman. The lover, all as frantic, 18. C. Kerenyi, Dionysos: Archetypal Image of Indestructible Life {Princeton: Princeton University... | |
 | William Shakespeare - Poetry - 1995 - 136 pages
...delight; And there the snake throws her enamelled skin, Weed wide enough to wrap a fairy in. 81 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 Shakespeare - Drama - 1996 - 1290 pages
...THESEUS. More strange than true: I never may believe These antick fables nor these fairy toys. Lovers nd toil in your delight; But you shall bear the burden...Go; I'll to dinner; hie you to the cell. JULIET. Hie Sees Helen's beauty in a brow of Egypt: The poet's eye, in a fine frenzy rolling, [heaven; Doth glance... | |
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