 Hear, Nature, hear ! dear goddess, hear ! Suspend thy purpose, if thou didst intend To make this creature fruitful ! Into her womb convey sterility ! Dry up in her the organs of increase, And from her derogate body never spring A babe to honour her !...  The dramatic works of William Shakspeare - Page 25by William Shakespeare - 1814Full view - About this book
 | Richard Halpern - Capitalism and literature - 1991 - 340 pages
..."organs of increase" or else Create her child of spleen, that it may live And be a thwart disnatur'd torment to her! Let it stamp wrinkles in her brow...cheeks, Turn all her mother's pains and benefits To laughter and contempt, that she may feel How sharper than a serpent's tooth it is To have a thankless... | |
 | James P. Lusardi, June Schlueter - Drama - 1991 - 260 pages
..."thankless child": Hear, Nature, hear; dear goddess, hear! Suspend thy purpose, if thou didst intend To make this creature fruitful! Into her womb convey sterility;...And from her derogate body never spring A babe to honor her! If she must teem, Create her child of spleen, that it may live And be a thwart disnatur'd... | |
 | Edith P. Hazen - Literary Criticism - 1992 - 1172 pages
...(I, iv) 72 If she must teem. Create her child of spleen, that it may live And be a thwart disnatured BTC: RFM 4 with proper grace Informing a correct compassion,...live. (1. 71-72) FaBoTw; ImOP; OxBTC; SeCePo When Ea laughter and contempt, that she may feel How sharper than a serpent's tooth it is To have a thankless... | |
 | William Shakespeare - Aging parents - 1994 - 176 pages
...lord. — Hear, Nature; hear, dear goddess; hear! Suspend thy purpose, if thou didst intend To make this creature fruitful. Into her womb convey sterility,...child of spleen, that it may live And be a thwart disnatured torment to her. 270 Let it stamp wrinkles in her brow of youth, With cadent tears fret channels... | |
 | William Shakespeare - Drama - 1994 - 160 pages
...thy purpose, if thou didst intend To make this creature fruitful. Into her womb convey sterility, 245 Dry up in her the organs of increase, And from her...child of spleen, that it may live And be a thwart disnatured torment to her. 250 Let it stamp wrinkles in her brow of youth, With cadent tears fret channels... | |
 | Mark Jay Mirsky - Drama - 1994 - 182 pages
...her womb. The syllables are a crowbar in his mouth. Suspend thy purpose, if thou didst intend To make this Creature fruitful: Into her Womb convey sterility....And from her derogate body, never spring A Babe to honor her. If she must teem, Create her child of Spleen, that it may live And be a thwart disnatured... | |
 | Martha Tuck Rozett - Drama - 1994 - 234 pages
...Lear's speech Hear, Nature, hear, dear goddess, hear! Suspend thy purpose, if thou didst intend To make this creature fruitful. Into her womb convey sterility,...And from her derogate body never spring A babe to honor her! (1.4.275-81) Smiley weaves a thematic pattern around this curse, by making the hard-won... | |
 | Marvin Rosenberg - Dramatists, English - 1997 - 380 pages
...obey him: Hear, Nature, hear! dear goddess, hear! Suspend thy purpose, if thou didst intend To make this creature fruitful. Into her womb convey sterility;...child of spleen, that it may live And be a thwart, disnatur'd torment to her. Let it stamp wrinkles in her brow of youth. With cadent tears fret channels... | |
 | Timothy Murray - Art - 1997 - 324 pages
...of joint: Hear, Nature, hear, dear goddess, hear! Suspend thy purpose, if thou didst intend To make this creature fruitfuL Into her womb convey sterility,...And from her derogate body never spring A babe to honor her. (Liv.275-281) In sum, it ends up being the invisible fault of woman, the castrating lechery... | |
 | Geoffrey H. Hartman, Professor Geoffrey H Hartman - Literary Criticism - 1999 - 348 pages
...impotent fiat: Hear, Nature, hear: dear goddess, hear: Suspend thy purpose if thou didst intend To make this creature fruitful. Into her womb convey sterility,...And from her derogate body never spring A babe to honor her (I.iv.z65-27o) You nimble lightnings, dart your blinding flames Into her scornful eyes! Infect... | |
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