Nature seems dead, and wicked dreams abuse The curtain'd sleep ; witchcraft celebrates Pale Hecate's offerings ; and wither'd murder, Alarum'd by his sentinel, the wolf, Whose howl's his watch, thus with his stealthy pace, With Tarquin's ravishing strides,... The Plays of William Shakespeare - Page 24by William Shakespeare - 1803Full view - About this book
| London univ, King's coll - 1842 - 686 pages
...obscure. I confess I do not perceive anything unintelligible in the passage. " Thou sure and finnsct earth, Hear not my steps, which way they walk ; for...whereabout, And take the present horror from the time, That now suits with it" The meaning is this. He cries out to the earth not to hear him, lest the very... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1843 - 450 pages
...'s his watch , thus with his stealthy pace , With Tarquin's ravishing strides , towards his design Moves like a ghost. — Thou sure and firm-set earth...Words to the heat of deeds too cold breath gives. [A bell rings. I go , and it is done : the bell invites me. Hear it not, Duncan; for it is a knell... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1843 - 406 pages
...howl 's his watch, thus with his stealthy pace, With Tarquin's ravishing sides," towards his design, Moves like a ghost. Thou sure and firm-set earth,...with it. — Whiles I threat he lives : Words to the beat of deeds too cold breath gives. [A bell rings. I go, and it is done ; the bell invites me. Hear... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1843 - 652 pages
...design Moves like a ghost. — Thou sure and firm-set earth9, Hear not my steps, which way they walki, for fear Thy very stones prate of my where-about,...Words to the heat of deeds too cold breath gives. [A bell rings. I go, and it is done : the bell invites me. Hear it not, Duncan ; for it is a knell,... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1843 - 646 pages
...design Moves like a ghost. — Thou sure and firm-set earth9, Hear not my steps, which way they walki, for fear Thy very stones prate of my where-about,...Words to the heat of deeds too cold breath gives. [A bell rings. I go, and it is done : the bell invites me. Hear it not, Duncan ; for it is a knell,... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1843 - 594 pages
...like a ghost.— Thou sure and firm set earth, Hear not my steps, which way they walk, for fear The very stones prate of my whereabout, And take the present...Words to the heat of deeds too cold breath gives. [A bell ringe. I go, and it is done ; the bell invites me. Hear it not Duncan ; for it is a knell That... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1843 - 582 pages
...like a ghost.— Thou sure and firm set earth, Hear not my steps, which way they walk, for fear The very stones prate of my whereabout, And take the present...Words to the heat of deeds too cold breath gives. [A bell rings. I go, and it is done ; the bell invites me. Hear it not Duncan ; for it is a knell That... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1843 - 1008 pages
...howl's his watch, thus with his stealthy pace, With Tarquin's ravishing strides, towards his design And, Hymen, now with luckier issue speeds, Than this,...up this woe ! [Exeunt. SCENE IV. — A Room in Leo wherc-about, And take the present horror from the time, Which now suits with it. — Whiles I threat,... | |
| English poetry - 1844 - 92 pages
...howl 'a his watch, thus with his stealthy pace, With Tarquin's ravishing strides, towards his design Moves like a ghost. Thou sure and firm-set earth,...present horror from the time, Which now suits with it. While I threat, he lives, Words to the heat of deeds too cold breath gives. I go, and it is done; the... | |
| Robert Chambers - American literature - 1844 - 692 pages
...strides, tow'rds his design Moves like a ghost. Thou sound and firm-set earth, Hear not my steps, whicli d in thy right-hand lead with thee The mountain-nymph,...give thee honour due, Mirth, admit me of thy crew, Whilst I threat, he lives — Words to the heat of deeds too cold breath gives. [A bell rings. I go,... | |
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