Sometime, we see a cloud that's dragonish, A vapour, sometime, like a bear, or lion, A tower'd citadel, a pendant rock, A forked mountain, or blue promontory With trees upon't, that nod unto the world, And mock our eyes with air: thou hast seen these... The Plays of William Shakspeare. .... - Page 98by William Shakespeare - 1800Full view - About this book
| Wendy Doniger O'Flaherty, Wendy Doniger - Literary Criticism - 1986 - 400 pages
...theme in Shakespeare's plays. Antony says, Sometimes we see a cloud that's dragonish; A vapour sometime like a bear or lion, A tower'd citadel, a pendant...rock, A forked mountain, or blue promontory With trees upon 't. . . (Antony and Cleopatra (IV. 14.) And Hamlet teases Polonius: Ham. Do you see yonder cloud... | |
| Kate Soper - Literary Criticism - 1990 - 310 pages
...undermining our powers of disbelief, 'Sometimes we see a cloud that's dragonish; A vapour sometime like a bear or lion, A tower'd citadel, a pendant...promontory With trees upon't, that nod unto the world And mock our eyes with air: thou hast seen these signs; They are black vesper's pageants. Shakespeare,... | |
| Eva T. H. Brann - Philosophy - 1991 - 828 pages
...profusion: Sonic-time we see a cloud that's dragonish; A vapour sometime like a bear or lion, A towered citadel, a pendant rock, A forked mountain, or blue...promontory With trees upon't, that nod unto the world, And mock our eyes with air. [Anthony and Cleopatra IV 14] Moreover, when such resemblances do occur,... | |
| Janet Adelman - Drama - 1992 - 396 pages
...see a cloud that's dragonish, A vapour sometime, like a bear, or lion, A tower'd citadel, a pendent rock, A forked mountain, or blue promontory With trees upon't, that nod unto the world, And mock our eyes with air. Thou hast seen these signs, They are black vesper's pageants. Eros Ay,... | |
| Edith P. Hazen - Literary Criticism - 1992 - 1172 pages
...(IV, ix) 9 Sometimes we see a cloud that's dragonish, A vapor sometimes like a bear or lion, A towered S upon 't that nod unto the world And mock our eyes with air. Thou hast seen these signs; They are black... | |
| Stewart Elliott Guthrie - Religion - 1995 - 335 pages
...we see a cloud that's dragonish; A vapour sometime like a bear or lion, A tower'd citadel, a pendent rock, A forked mountain, or blue promontory With trees upon't, that nod unto the world, And mock our eyes with air ... Major poets since Shakespeare also are rich and varied sources. Donne,... | |
| Lars Engle - Drama - 1993 - 284 pages
...see a cloud that's dragonish, A vapour sometime, like a bear, or lion, A towcr'd citadel, a pendent rock, A forked mountain, or blue promontory With trees upon't, that nod unto the world. And mock our eyes with air. Thou hast seen these signs, They are black vesper's pageants. Eros: Ay,... | |
| Harley Granville-Barker - Shakespeare, William - 1993 - 164 pages
...we see a cloud that's dragonish, A vapour sometime like a bear or lion, A tower'd citadel, a pendent rock, A forked mountain, or blue promontory With trees upon't, that nod unto the world And mock our eyes with air: thou hast seen these signs; They are black vesper's pageants. EROS. Ay,... | |
| William Shakespeare - Drama - 1993 - 166 pages
...we see a cloud that's dragonish, A vapour sometime like a bear or lion, A towered citadel, a pendent rock, A forked mountain, or blue promontory With trees upon't, that nod unto the world And mock our eyes with air. Thou hast seen these signs; They are black Vesper's pageants." 7 EROS Ay,... | |
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