 This England never did (nor never shall) Lie at the proud foot of a conqueror, But when it first did help to wound itself. Now these her princes are come home again, Come the three corners of the world in arms, And we shall shock them : Nought shall make...  A Dictionary of Quotations from the English Poets - Page 164by Henry George Bohn - 1867 - 715 pagesFull view - About this book
 | William Shakespeare - 1851 - 462 pages
...from foreign purposes, Even till that utmost corner of the west Salute thee for her king. KJ ii. 1. This England never did, (nor never shall) Lie at the...conqueror, But when it first did help to wound itself. 111 ENGLAND,— continued. * * * # Nought shall make us rue If England to herself do rest but true.... | |
 | Edward Lucett - 1851 - 396 pages
...the proud foot of a conqueror,) But when she first did help to wound herself. * * * # Come the three corners of the world in arms, And we shall shock them...make us rue If England to itself do rest but true." Amen ! and God avert that any matricidal hand should be raised against her ! But I have no fear, so... | |
 | William James Linton - 1851 - 806 pages
...me again, ' To push destruction and perpetual shame ' Out of the weak door of our fainting land ! ' This England never did, nor never shall, 'Lie at the...conqueror 'But when it first did help to wound itself. 'Now these her princes are come home again, ' Come the three corners of the world in arms, 'And we... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1851 - 744 pages
...tears. Bast. 0, let us pay the time but needful woe, Since it hath been beforehand with our griefs. — This England never did (nor never shall) Lie at the...conqueror, But when it first did help to wound itself. Now these her princes are come home again, Come the three corners of the world in arms, And we shall... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1851 - 546 pages
...tears. BAST. O, let us pay the time but needful woe, Since it hath been beforehand with our griefs. — This England never did, nor never shall, Lie at the...conqueror, But when it first did help to wound itself. Now these her princes are come home again. Come the three corners of the world in arms, And we shall... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1851 - 548 pages
...But when it first did help la wound itself. Now these her princes are come home again, Come the three corners of the world in arms, And we shall shock them...make us rue, If England to itself do rest but true. [Exeunt. [Monument of King John at Worcester."] HISTORIES. VOL. I. ILLUSTRATIONS. ACT I. 1 SCEKB I.... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1851 - 544 pages
...tears. BAST. O, let us pay the time but needful woe, Since it hath been beforehand with our griefs. — This England never did, nor never shall, Lie at the...conqueror, But when it first did help to wound itself. Now these her princes are come home again, Come the three corners of the world in arms. And we shall... | |
 | Edmund Peel - 1851 - 222 pages
...then what may ! though hatred howl alarms, And envy, adder-like, thy path pursue ; " Come the three corners of the world in arms, And we shall shock them...make us rue, If England to itself do rest but true." Heaven guard thee, Lady ! — honour, love, renown, Adorn thy days in number not a few ! And when the... | |
 | Agnes Strickland, Elisabeth Strickland - 1851 - 826 pages
...allusions it contains to the state of the times, was evidently written at the epoch of the Armada : — " This England never did, nor never shall Lie at the...it first did help to wound itself. ***** Come the three corners of the world in arms, And we shall shock them: nought shall make us roe, If England to... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1852 - 550 pages
...tears. Bast. O, let us pay the time but needful woe, Since it hath been before-hand with our griefs. — This England never did (nor never shall) Lie at the...conqueror, But when it first did help to wound itself. Now these her princes are come home again, Come the three corners of the world in arms, And we shall... | |
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