...France. The poet wishes for abilities to represent so great an hero : Oh for a Muse of fire ! Tbeu should the warlike Harry, like himself, Assume the port of Mars, and at his heel, Leash'd in, like hounds, should famine, sword, and fire, Crouch for employments. A conqueror...

...Scene, at the beginning of the play, lies in England; but afterwards, wholly in France. Enter Chorus. O, for a muse of fire , that would ascend The brightest heaven of invention I A kingdom for a stage, princes to act. And monarchs to behold the swellmg scene ! Then should the...

...Attendants. Enter CHORUS. O, for a muse of fire, that would ascend The brightest' heaven of invention!' i A kingdom for a stage, princes to act, And monarchs to behold 1 the swelling scene! Then should the warlike Harry, like himself, • '.. Assume the port of Mars...

...emptiness and narrowness of the last act, which a very little diligence might have easily avoided. JOHNSON O. FOR a muse of fire, that would ascend •• The...stage, princes to act, And monarchs to behold the swelljpg scene ! Then should the warlike Harry , HKe himself, Assume the port of Mars ; and, at his...

...read invention. By invention, I believe the poet means — imagination. STE. So, in King Henry V : " O for a muse of fire, that would ascend " The brightest heaven of invention .'" MAL. P. 31. 'Tit set down so in heaven, but not in earth'] What you have stated is undoubtedly...

...read invention. By invention, I Relieve the poet means — imagination. " STE. So, in King Henry V : " O for a muse of fire, that would ascend " The brightest heaven of invention .'" MAL. P. 31. '77* set down to in heaven, but not in earth] What you •have slated is undoubtedly...

...in Engjftcrti-ards, wholly in France. i *~ i~ *» L.——W [ fir I land; but aftc 0. Enter Clums. , FOR a muse of fire, that would ascend The brightest heaven of invention ! A kingdom for a stage, prince* to act, And monarchy to bebold the swelling scene ! Tfcrn should the warlike Harry, like himself,...

...after all, and from the ellipsis so common with the Poet, is somewhat obscure. B. V. ACT I. SCENE I. Chor. O, for a muse of fire, that would ascend The brightest heaven of invention ! 0 for a muse of fire, &c.] This goes upon the notion of the Peripatetic system, which imagines several...

...SCENE—at the beginning of the play, lies in England; but aftemards, wholly in France. I Enter CHORUS. V-Jj FOR a muse of fire, that would ascend The brightest...to act, And monarchs to behold the swelling scene ! Assume the port of Mars ; and, at his heels, Then should the warlike Harry, like himself, Leash'd...

...the most striking images in all Shakespear is that given of war in the first lines of the Prologue. " O for a muse of fire, that would ascend The brightest...invention, A kingdom for a stage, princes to act, And monarch* to behold the swelling scene ! Then Aould the warlike Harry, like himself, Assume the port...