 | William Shakespeare - 1856 - 996 pages
...France. Enter CHORUS. O, for a muse of fire, that would ascend The brightest heaven of invention ! h a trunk sleece ; Gr«. I confess two sleeves. Tai. Tlic slceces curiously ctit. Then should the warlike Harry, like himseli, Assume the port of Mars; and. at his heels, Leusli'd in... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1857 - 602 pages
...HENRY Y. 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... | |
 | Epes Sargent - 1857 - 350 pages
...expressed, joz'ned to the conception itself, render it one of the most striking passages in our language. 6. On the day of the declaration of independence, our illustrious fathers performed the first act in this drama; an act in real importance infinitely exceeding that for which the great English... | |
 | Epes Sargent - 1858 - 566 pages
...noblest offspring is the last." On the day of the Declaration of Independence, our illustrious fathen performed the first scene in the last great act of...that for which the great English poet invoked " A mnse of fire, A kingdom for a stage, princes to act, And monarch: to behold the swelling scene." The... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1858 - 754 pages
...CHORUS ', as Prologue. 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... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1859 - 784 pages
...FRAHCE. Boy. nter CHOIIUS.* 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... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1859 - 790 pages
...FRANCE. Boy. Enter 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... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1859 - 496 pages
...lines of the Prologue. " 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, Charles John Kean - 1859 - 104 pages
...THE FIFTH. Enter CHORUS. O for a muse of fire, that would ascend The brightest heaven of invention, 1 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 ; 2 and, at his heels, Leash'd... | |
 | Daniel Webster - 1860 - 542 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... 
