I but deceiv'd your eyes with antick gesture, When one news straight came huddling on another, Of death ! and death ! and death ! still I danced forward ; But it struck home, and here, and in an instant. Be such mere women, who, with shrieks and outcries,... The Broken Heart - Page 113by John Ford - 1894 - 132 pagesFull view - About this book
| John Ford - Dramatists, English - 1827 - 680 pages
...! and death ! and death ! still I danced forward ; But it struck home, and here, and in an instant. Be such mere women, who, with shrieks and outcries,...sorrows, Yet live to [court] new pleasures, and outlive them:1 They are the silent griefs which cut the heartstrings ; Let me die smiling. Near. Tis a truth... | |
| Sir John Collings Squire - English literature - 1920 - 806 pages
...death, and death, and death, still I danced forward : But it struck home, and here, and in an instant. Be such mere women, who with shrieks and outcries...vow a present end to all their sorrows, Yet live to vow new pleasures and outlive them : They are the silent griefs that cut the heartstrings. Let me die... | |
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