 Making it momentary as a sound, Swift as a shadow, short as any dream, Brief as the lightning in the collied night, That in a spleen unfolds both heaven and earth, And ere a man hath power to say, Behold ! The jaws of darkness do devour it up, So quick...  Drama: Or, Theatrical Pocket Magazine ... - Seite 741823Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | William Smyth - 1840 - 466 Seiten
...dream, Brief as the lightning in the colly'd night, That in a spleen unfolds both heaven and earth, And ere a man hath power to say, Behold ! The jaws of darkness do devour it up." Only two days after this oath of union and peace had been taken with so much unanimity and enthusiasm,... | |
 | Album - 1841 - 158 Seiten
...Brief as the lightning in the collied night, That in a spleen, unfolds both heaven and earth ; And, ere a man hath power to say, Behold ! The jaws of darkness do devour it up : So quick bright things come to confusion ! SHAKSPERE. Le veritable amour ne .peut exister sans l'estime... | |
 | William Shakespeare, Michael Henry Rankin - 1841 - 266 Seiten
...Brief as the lightning in the collied night, That, in a spleen, unfolds both heav'n and earth, And ere a man hath power to say ' Behold !' The jaws of darkness do devour it up : So quick bright things come to confusion. H 3 Ibid. ITS POWERS. Siron. But love, first learned in... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1842 - 582 Seiten
...Brief as the lightning in the collied night 2, That, in a spleen, unfolds both heaven and earth, And ere a man hath power to say, — behold ! The jaws of darkness do devour it up : So quick bright things come to confusion. Her. If, then, true lovers have been ever cross'd, It stands... | |
 | Marguerite Gardiner (countess of Blessington.) - 1842 - 986 Seiten
...Brief as the lightning in the collied night, That (in a spleen) unfolds both heav'n and earth , And, ere a man hath power to say behold, The jaws of darkness do devour it up — So quick bright things come to confusion." " And now mine will be the dreary lot of dragging on... | |
 | Marguerite Countess of Blessington - 1842 - 416 Seiten
...Brief as thelightning in the collied night, That (in a spleen} unfolds bolh hcav'n and earth; And, ere a man hath power to say behold, The jaws of darkness do devour it up— So quick bright things come to confusion." "And now mine will be the dreary lot of dragging on existence... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1843 - 376 Seiten
...Brief as the lightning in the ralliedb night, That, in a spleen,0 unfolds both heaven and earth, And ere a man hath power to say, — Behold ! The jaws of darkness do devour it up : So quick bright things come to confusion. Her. If then true lovers have been ever cross'd, B Beteem... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1843 - 658 Seiten
...; Brief as the lightning in the collied night, That in a spleen unfolds both heaven and earth, And ere a man hath power to say, " Behold !" The jaws of darkness do devour it up : So quick bright things come to confusion. Her. If then true lovers have been ever crossed, It stands... | |
 | Friedrich Schiller - 1844 - 428 Seiten
...the preceding stanza, is more forcibly condensed by Schiller in four lines. ** "And ere a man bath power to say, 'behold,' The jaws of Darkness do devour it up, So quick bright things come to confusion." — SHAKESPEARE. THE FOBTUNE-FAVOURED. [THE first five verses... | |
 | Homer - 1846 - 536 Seiten
...Brief as the lightning in the collied night, That (in a spleen) unfolds both heav'n and earth ; And, ere a man hath power to say, Behold ! The jaws of darkness do devour it up." 0 Meriones he met, his comrade bold. 1. 344. "The word 9eg&mav, in the original, does not signify a... | |
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