If music be the food of love, play on ; Give me excess of it, that, surfeiting, The appetite may sicken, and so die. That strain again ! it had a dying fall : O ! it came o'er my ear like the sweet sound That breathes upon a bank of violets, Stealing... The Plays of Shakspeare - Page 19by William Shakespeare - 1897Full view - About this book
| Thomas Ignatius M. Forster - 1824 - 846 pages
...sweet strain of music to the delicious scent of this flower: — Soft Straint of Music. If Music he the food of love, play on. Give me excess of it ;...so die. — That strain again ; it had a dying fall : Oh ! it came o'er my ear like the sweet South, That breathes upon a bank of Violets, Stealing, and... | |
| 1824 - 596 pages
..."Twelfth Night," he sings in numbers worthy of the immortality to which they are destined. If music he the food of love, play on, Give me excess of it, that...die. — That strain again; — it had a dying fall ; O, it came o'er my car like the sweet south That breathes upon a bank of violets. &c. Hear him also... | |
| Mrs. Inchbald - English drama - 1824 - 492 pages
...Pulace. liie Duke discovered, seated, and attended by Cuiuo, and Gentlemen. IMe. [Music.] If music be the food of love, play on, Give me excess of it;...that, surfeiting, The appetite may sicken, and so die. [Music.] That strain again ; — it had a dying fall : O, it came o'crjny ear like the sweet south,... | |
| William Shakespeare, William Dodd - Fore-edge painting - 1824 - 428 pages
...blossom that hangs on the bough. On the bat's back, I do fly, TWELFTH NIGHT. ACT I. MUSIC. IF music be the food of love, play on, Give me excess of it;...that, surfeiting, The appetite may sicken, and so die.That strain again; it had a dying fall: O, it came o'er my ear like the sweet south, That breathes... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1824 - 370 pages
...DVH.S, CURIO, Lords; Musicians attending. Duke. If music be the food of love, playjon, Give me excess oi it ; that, surfeiting, The appetite may sicken, and so die. That strain again ; — it had a dying f all : 0, it came o'er my ear like the sweet south, That breathes upon a bank of violets, Stealing,... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1824 - 486 pages
...Duke Palace. Enter DUKE, CURIO, Lords; Musician at t ending. Duke. If njusickbethefoodoflove, playón Give me excess of it; that, surfeiting, The appetite may sicken, and so die. That straiii again ; — it had a dying fall : O, it «ame o'er ray ear like the sweet sooth, That breathes... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1825 - 508 pages
...I.-^An Apartment in the DFKE'S Palace. Enter DUKE, CCRIO, LORDS ; Musicians attending. Duke. If music be the food of love, play on, Give me excess of it...so die. That strain again ; — it had a dying fall : O, it came o'er my ear like the sweet south, That breathes upon a bank of violets, Stealing, and... | |
| Albert Picket - 1825 - 272 pages
...delight, in joys to pow'r unknown, Your love my empire, and your heart my throne. Love. ' If music be the food of love, play on ; Give me excess of it...that, surfeiting, The appetite may sicken, and so din. — That strain again ! — it had a dying fell ; O, it came o'er rny ear like the sweetest south,... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1826 - 482 pages
...An Apartment in the Duke's Palace. Enter DUKE, CURIO, Lords : Musicians attending. Duke. IF musick be the food of love, play on ; Give me excess of it...die. • That strain again ; — it had a dying fall : O, it came o'er my ear like the sweet south, That breathes upon a bank of violets, Stealing, and... | |
| English drama - 1826 - 320 pages
...Orsino's Palace. The DUKE, seated, attended by CURIO and Gentlemen, discovered. — Music. Duke. If music be the food of love, play on, Give me excess of it...that, surfeiting, The appetite may sicken, and so die. — [Music. That strain again ; — it had a dying fall : O, it came o'er my ear like the sweet south,... | |
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