 | Mabel Irene Rich - American literature - 1921 - 576 pages
...too ; (Taking off the crown.) Two kings in England cannot reign at once. But stay awhile, let me be king till night, That I may gaze upon this glittering...possess this clime: Stand still, you watches of the elements; 6s All times and seasons, rest you at a stay, That Edward may be still fair England's king!... | |
 | Mabel Irene Rich - American literature - 1921 - 582 pages
...(Taking off tlie crown.) Two kings in England cannot reign at once. But stay awhile, let rne be king tilj night, That I may gaze upon this glittering crown...jointly both yield up their wished right. Continue ever, tlmu celestial sun ; Let never silent night possess this clime: Stand still, you watches of the elements;... | |
 | Modern Language Association of America - Philology, Modern - 1922 - 1032 pages
...seasons never to decay.' And this, curiously enough, is much more like the words of Edward II (2052 f.), 'Stand still you watches of the element, All times and seasons rest you at a stay,' than like the parallel lines of Faustus (1422 f.), 'Stand stil you euer moouing spheres of heauen,... | |
 | Louis Ule, Christopher Marlowe - Drama - 1979 - 614 pages
...wished right. Continue euer thou celestiall sunne, 2050 Let neuer silent night possesse this dime, Stand still you watches of the element, All times and seasons rest you at a stay, That Edward may he still faire Englands king : But dayes hright heames dooth vanish fast away, 2055 And needes I must... | |
 | M. C. Bradbrook - Drama - 1980 - 284 pages
...sharper every instant. His speech at his deposition is a definite reminiscence of the earlier play: Continue ever, thou celestial Sun; Let never silent...times and seasons, rest you at a stay, That Edward still may be fair England's king. (vi 64ff) (Compare Faustus, v. ii. 140-6.) Edward, in his refusal... | |
 | Philip Edwards - Drama - 1979 - 288 pages
...physical attributes of kingship now assume an arresting symbolic power. But stay awhile, let me be king till night, That I may gaze upon this glittering...crown. So shall my eyes receive their last content. (Vi59-61) He is asked to resign the kingship. He recognises, however, as Shakespeare's Richard was... | |
 | Michael Earley, Philippa Keil - Performing Arts - 1992 - 164 pages
...too. He takes off the crown. Two kings in England cannot reign at once. But stay awhile, let me be king till night, That I may gaze upon this glittering...jointly both yield up their wished right. Continue ever, them celestial sun, Let never silent night possess this clime; Stand still, you watches of the element,2... | |
 | Christopher Marlowe - English drama - 1998 - 550 pages
...at once. But stay a while. Let me be king till night, That I may gaze upon this glittering crown; 60 So shall my eyes receive their last content, My head...due to it, And jointly both yield up their wished right.0 Continue ever, thou celestial sun; Let never silent night possess this clime; 65 Stand still,... | |
 | Benjamin Griffin - Literary Criticism - 2001 - 216 pages
...from the tragedy it must become: Continue ever thou celestiall sunne, Let never silent night possesse this clime, Stand still you watches of the element,...seasons rest you at a stay, That Edward may be still faire Englands king: 14 By, eg, Stephen J. Greenblatt, 'Marlowe and Renaissance Self-Fashioning', in... | |
 | Simon Barker, Hilary Hinds - English drama - 2003 - 492 pages
...at once. But stay awhile; let me he king till night, That I may gaze upon this glittering ctown; 60 So shall my eyes receive their last content. My head, the latest honour due to it, And jointly hoth yield up their wished right. Conttnue ever, thou celestial sun; Let never silent night possess... | |
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Two kings in England cannot reign at once. But stay awhile, let me be king till night, That I may gaze upon this glittering crown; So shall my eyes receive their last content, My head, the latest honour due to it, And jointly both yield up their wished... 
