 | William Shakespeare - 1851 - 578 pages
...France. Enter CHOEI/8. 0, for a muse of fire, that would ascend The brightest heaven of invention ! A kingdom for a stage, princes to act, And monarchs to behold the swelling scene! Then should the warlike Harry, like himself, Assume the port of Mars; and, at his heels, Leash'd in... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1851 - 408 pages
...INVOCATION TO THE MUSE. O, FOR a muse of fire, that would ascend The brightest heaven of invention! A kingdom for a stage, princes to act, And monarchs to behold the swelling scene! Then should the warlike Harry, like himself, Assume the port of Mars; and, at his heels, Leash'd in... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1851 - 744 pages
...THE FIFTH. Enter CHORUS. 0, FOB a muse of fire that would ascend The brightest heaven of invention! A kingdom for a stage, princes to act, And monarchs to behold the swelling scene ! Then should the warlike Harry, like himself, Assume the port of Mars ; and, at his heels, Leashed... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1851 - 548 pages
...{Globe Theatre.} CHORUS. 0 for a muse of fire, that would ascend The brightest heaven of invention ! A kingdom for a stage, princes to act, And monarchs to behold the swelling scene ! Then should the warlike Harry, like himself, Assume the port of Mars ; and, at his heels, Leash 'd... | |
 | Epes Sargent - 1852 - 568 pages
...already past, A fifth shall close the drama with the day, — Time'.- noblest offspring is the last." On the day of the Declaration of Independence, our...A muse of fire, A kingdom for a stage, princes to net, And monarchg to behold the swelling scene." The Muse inspiring our fathers was the Genius of Liberty,... | |
 | Epes Sargent - 1852 - 570 pages
...elose the drama with the day, — Time's noblest offspring is the iast." On the day of the Deelaration of Independence, our illustrious fathers performed...of fire, A kingdom for a stage, princes to act, And monarehs to behold the swelling scene." The Muse inspiring our fathers was the Genius of Liberty, all... | |
 | Henry Curling - 1852 - 146 pages
...part, and sealed their services with their blood. A drama, presenting as the great poet words it, " A kingdom for a stage, princes to act, And monarchs to behold the swelling scene—" a drama in which one of the most noble amongst mankind — a pattern to his fellow mortals — was... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1852 - 512 pages
...in France. Enter Cbonu. O, for a muse of fire, that would ascend The brightest heaven of invention ! A kingdom for a stage, princes to act, And monarchs to behold the swelling scene ! Then should the warlike Harry, like himself, Assume the port of Mars ; and, at his heels, Leaah'd... | |
 | Joseph Guy - 1852 - 458 pages
...HENRY V. Enter CHORUS. O FOR a muse of fire, that would ascend The brightest heaven of invention ! A kingdom for a stage, princes to act, And monarchs to behold the swelling scene ! Then should the warlike Harry, like himself, Assume the port of Mars ; and, at his heels, Leash'd... | |
 | Daniel Webster - 1853 - 644 pages
...what America would become was not founded on square miles, or on existing numbers, or on any common laws of statistics. It was an intuitive glance into...infinitely exceeding that for which the great English poet invokes "A muse of fire, A kingdom for a stage, princes to act, And monarchs to behold the swelling... | |
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O, for a muse of fire, that would ascend The brightest heaven of invention ! A kingdom for a stage, princes to act, And monarchs to behold the swelling scene... 
