Sometime, we see a cloud that's dragonish, A vapour, sometime, like a bear, or lion, A tower'd citadel, a pendant rock, A forked mountain, or blue promontory With trees upon't, that nod unto the world, And mock our eyes with air: thou hast seen these... The Plays of William Shakspeare: Julius Caesar ; Antony and Cleopatra ... - Page 186by William Shakespeare - 1811Full view - About this book
| Marjorie B. Garber - Allusions - 2003 - 332 pages
...mountain, or blue promontory With trees upon't, that nod unto the world. And mock ourselves with air. . . . That which is now a horse, even with a thought The...dislimns, and makes it indistinct As water is in water. . . . now thy captain is Even such a body; here I am Antony, Yet cannot hold this visible shape'" In... | |
| William Shakespeare - 2004 - 224 pages
...sometime like a bear or lion, A towered citadel, a pendent rock, A forked mountain, or blue promontory 5 With trees upon't that nod unto the world And mock...They are black vesper's pageants. EROS Ay, my lord. ANTONY That which is now a horse, even with a thought The rack dislimns, and makes it indistinct 10... | |
| Michele Marrapodi - Drama - 2004 - 292 pages
...sometime like a bear or lion, A towered citadel, a pendent rock, A forked mountain, or blue promontory With trees upon't that nod unto the world And mock...seen these signs? They are black vesper's pageants. (4.14.2-8) These figures in the clouds, already mentioned as a game in Hamlet, depend on the belief... | |
| Jonathan Dollimore - Literary Criticism - 2004 - 420 pages
...felt himself to be (I. iv. 43; IV. iv. 35), Antony now experiences himself in extreme dissolution: That which is now a horse, even with a thought The...makes it indistinct As water is in water . . . Eros, now thy captain is Even such a body: here I am Antony, Yet cannot hold this visible shape (IV. iv.... | |
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