 Making it momentary as a sound, Swift as a shadow, short as any dream ; Brief as the lightning in the collied night, That, in a spleen, unfolds both heaven and earth. And ere a man hath power to say, — Behold ! The jaws of darkness do devour it up :...  The Plays of William Shakspeare - Page 135by William Shakespeare - 1826 - 960 pagesFull view - About this book
 | William Shakespeare, Richard Grant White - Andronicus, Titus (Legendary character) - 1857 - 520 pages
...else it stood upon the choice of merit : — Her. O Hell ! to choose love by another's eyes ! Lys. Or, if there were a sympathy in choice, War, death,...jaws of darkness do devour it up : So quick bright things come to confusion. Her. If, then, true lovers have been ever crossed, It stands as an edict... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1857 - 626 pages
...Lys. Or else it stood upon the choice of friends : Her. 0 hell ! to choose love by another's eye Lys. Or if there were a sympathy in choice, War, death,...jaws of darkness do devour it up : So quick bright things come to confusion. Her. If then true lovers have been ever crossed, It stands as an edict in... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1857 - 710 pages
...young! LYS. Or else it stood upon the choice of friends : HEB. O hell! to choose love by another's LYS. Or, if there were a sympathy in choice, War, death,...jaws of darkness do devour it up : So quick bright things come to confusion. HEB. If then true lovers have been ever cross'd, It stands as an edict in... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1857 - 620 pages
...there were a sympathy in choice, "War, death, or sickness, did lay siege to it, Making it momentany as a sound, Swift as a shadow, short as any dream...jaws of darkness do devour it up : So quick bright things come to confusion. Her. If, then, true lovers have been ever cross'd, It stands as an edict... | |
 | George Lunt - New England - 1857 - 268 pages
...they today? The listless hour, which they occupied, took with it its vague impressions, Making them momentary as a sound, Swift as a shadow, short as...say, Behold ! The jaws of darkness do devour it up. Were the newspaper really old, it might indeed be estimated at sterling value. What a host of reviving... | |
 | George Augustus Sala, Edmund Yates - English periodicals - 1873 - 586 pages
...permanence is concerned, it is of no avail. The course of true love never did run smooth. It is at best— " momentary as a sound, Swift as a shadow, short as...jaws of darkness do devour it up : So quick bright things come to confusion." How he even delights to contradict himself ; for he never cares to remember... | |
 | 1873 - 618 pages
...permanence is concerned, it is of no avail. The course of true lore never did run smooth. It is at best— " momentary as a sound, Swift as a shadow, short as...jaws of darkness do devour it up : So quick bright things come to confusion." How he even delights to contradict himself ; for he never cares to remember... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1861 - 406 pages
...sympathy in choice, War, death, or sickness did lay siege to it ; Making it momentary as a sound,5 Swift as a shadow, short as any dream ; Brief as the...jaws of darkness do devour it up : So quick bright things come to confusion. Her. If then tme lovers have been ever cross' d, It stands as an edict in... | |
 | John Brown - English literature - 1861 - 516 pages
...different in blood, Or else misgraffed in respect of years, Or else it stood upon the choice of friends ; Or if there were a sympathy in choice, War, death,...dream, Brief as the lightning in the collied night, and act truly, and said that much intellectual demoralization and ruin resulted from neglecting this.... | |
 | John Brown - 1861 - 470 pages
...opposite of an indifferentist, being very strong in his own convictions, holding them keenly, even Brief as the lightning in the collied night, That...jaws of darkness do devour it up ; So quick bright things come to confusion.' We remember once quoting these lines to a lady, and being rather taken aback... | |
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