...table. When Hypocrisy has finished her game, and Profligacy comes in turn to act her part, 'Then shall the warlike Harry, like himself, Assume the port of Mars ; and at his heels, Leash'd in bke hounds, shall Famine, Fire, and Sword, Crouch for employment.' " The vehement tone in which this...

...table. When Hypocricy has finished her game, and Profligacy comes in turn to act her part, ' Then shall the warlike Harry, like himself, Assume the port of Mars ; and at his heels, Leash'd in like hounds, shall famine, fire, and sword Crouch for employment.'" The vehement tone in which this speech was pronounced,...

...ascend The brightest lieu veil of invention ! Л kingdom for a stage, princes to act, And mon.irchs to behold the swelling scene ! Then should the warlike Harry, like himself, Assume the port of Mars ; anil, at his heels, Lcash'd in, like hounds, should famine, sword, and Crouch for employment. But...

...to believe, that the ' force of heaven-bred poesy' in this, the brightest effort of my muse — (' O ! for a muse of fire, that would ascend the brightest heaven of invention,') — would have caused it to pass through many editions, had 1 published it. But, I think, as a late...

...the most striking images in all Shakspeare is that given of war in the first lines of the Prologue. "O for a muse of fire, that would ascend The brightest...Harry, like himself, Assume the port of Mars, and at Jus heels Leath'd in, like hounds, should famine, steord, and fire Crouch for employment." Rubens,...

...music crept by me upon the waters ; Allaying both their fury, and my passion, With its sweet air. 128 O, for a muse of fire, that would ascend The brightest heaven of invention! 20 — i. Chorus. 129 Our poesy is as a gum, which oozes From whence 'tis nourish'd: The fire i' the...

...disabled soldiers. The soldier fights for the king, ie " to protect," or "to support" the king. " G for a muse of fire that would ascend The brightest heaven of invention." That is, О ! " to obtain," or " to possess" a muse of fire. " Some of the philosophers have run so...

...disabled soldiers. The soldier fights for the king, ie "to protect," or "to support" the king. " Ofor a muse of fire that would ascend The brightest heaven of invention." That is, O ! " to obtain," or " to possess" a muse of fire. " Some of the philosophers have run so...

...of the Play, lies in England ; but afterwards wholly in France. KING HENRY THE FIFTH. Enter CHORUS. O, FOR a muse of fire, that would ascend The brightest...himself, Assume the port of Mars ; and, at his heels, Leashed in like hounds, should famine, sword, and fire, Crouch for employment. But pardon, gentles...

...-and brightest can be distinguished. Such were the aspirations of Shakespeare, when he exclaimed, " O for a muse of fire, that would ascend The brightest...invention: A kingdom for a stage, princes to act, And monurcliH to behold the swelling scene." And such also must have been the feelings of Milton, when...