 | British drama - 1811 - 712 pages
...in earnest ? I'm. Sure, if we were all sirens, we should sing pitifully; And 'twere a comely musick, when in parts One sung another's knell : the turtle...; and yet some say He must be dead first : 'tis a tine deceit To pass away in a dream : indeed I've slept With mine eyes open a great while. No falsehood... | |
 | John Ford - English drama - 1811 - 522 pages
...sleeps of rest. Org. Was I in earnest ? Pen. Sure, if we were all syrens, we should sing pitifully ; And 'twere a comely music, when in parts One sung...sighs When he hath lost his mate ; and yet some say 'A must be dead first : 'tis a fine deceit To pass away in a dream : indeed I've slept With mine eyes... | |
 | John Ford - Dramatists, English - 1827 - 712 pages
...sleeps of rest. QjrgC" Was'I in earnest ? Pen. Sure, if we were all sirens, we should sing pitifully, And 'twere a comely music, when in parts One sung another's knell ; the turtle sighs When_hje_hath Jpst his mate ; and yet some say He must be dead first : 'tis a fine deceit To pass away... | |
 | John Ford - 1831 - 644 pages
...rest. Org. Was I in earnest ? Pen. Sure, if we were all sirens, we should sing pitifully, And 't were a comely music, when in parts One sung another's knell...his mate ; and yet some say He must be dead first: 't is a fine deceit To pass away in a dream ! indeed, I' ve slept With mine eyes open a great while.... | |
 | James Russell Lowell - 1844 - 584 pages
...specimen of Ford's mania : " Pen. Sure, if we were all sirens, we should sing pitifully, And 't were a comely music, when in parts One sung another's knell...his mate ; and yet some say He must be dead first : 't is a fine deceit To pass away in a dream ! indeed, I 've slept With mine eyes open a great while.... | |
 | Hippolyte Taine - English literature - 1863 - 592 pages
...1 . « Nulle fausseté n'égale une promesse Sure if we were ail sirens, we should sing pitifully, And 'twere a comely music, when in parts One sung...'Tis a fine deceit To pass away in a dream! Indeed, l've slept With mine oyes open, a great while. No falsshood Equals a broken faith. There's not a hair... | |
 | Hippolyte Taine - English literature - 1863 - 592 pages
...fantômes1. « Nulle fausseté n'égale une promesse Sure if we were ail sirens, we should sing pitifully , And "twere a comely music, when in parts One sung...another's knell; the turtle sighs When he hath lost his mdte; and yet some say He must be dead first. "Tis a fine deceit To pass away in a dream ! Indeed ,... | |
 | Hippolyte Taine - English literature - 1866 - 540 pages
...des fantômes 1. « Nulle fausseté n'égale Sure if we were ail sirens, wa should sing pitifulljr, And 'twere a comely music, when in parts One sung another's knell; the turtle sighs When he hath losl his mate; and yet some say He must be dcad first. "fis a fine deceit To pass away in a dream!... | |
 | Hippolyte Taine - Literary Criticism - 1871 - 554 pages
...which come and go in her mind like phantoms : ' Sure, if we were all sirens, we should sing pitifully, And 'twere a comely music, when in parts One sung...deceit To pass away in a dream ! indeed, I've slept 1 Ford's Broken Heart, iii. 2. * Ibid. iii. 5. With mine eyes open, a great while. No falsehood Equals... | |
 | Hippolyte Adolphe Taine - 1871 - 556 pages
...like phantoms : ' Sure, if we were all sirens, we should sing pitifully, And 'twere a comely musie, when in parts One sung another's knell ; the turtle...deceit To pass away in a dream ! indeed, I've slept 1 Ford's Broken Heart, iii. 2. * Ibid. iii. 5. With mine eyes open, a great while. No falsehood Equals... | |
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Sure, if we were all sirens, we should sing pitifully, And 'twere a comely music, when in parts One sung another's knell; the turtle sighs When he hath lost his mate ; and yet some say He must be dead first... 
