 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
 | Ellen Crofts - England - 1884 - 392 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 which cut the heartstrings : Let me... | |
 | Alfred Hix Welsh - English language - 1882 - 1134 pages
...death, and death, and death: still T danced forward; But it struck home and here, and in an instant. -doo , heart-sirings: Let me die smiling.' There is the same sad strain in his few songs, though subdued;... | |
 | Edwin Percy Whipple - English literature - 1886 - 382 pages
...death, and death, and death, still I danced forward; But it struck home, and here, and in an instant. They are the silent griefs which cut the heartstrings ; Let me die smiling." • Of another of Ford's tragedies, which can hardly be named here, Campbell justly remarks : " Better... | |
 | Charles Lamb - English drama - 1887 - 584 pages
...mere women, who with shrieks and outcries Can vow a present end to all their sorrows; Yet live to vow new pleasures, and outlive them. They are the silent...griefs which cut the heart-strings: Let me die smiling. Cal. One kiss on these cold lips; my last. Crack, crack. Argos now 's Sparta's king. [Dies. [I do not... | |
 | John Ford - English drama - 1888 - 508 pages
...! and death ! still I danced forward ; But it struck home, and here, and in an instant. * * * * • They are the silent griefs which cut the heart-strings; Let me die smiling." Ford is the most modern of the tribe to whom he belonged. When Shelley in his last days began a new... | |
 | John Ford - 1888 - 514 pages
...and death ! still I danced forward ; But it struck home, and here, and in an instant. * » » « » They are the silent griefs which cut the heart-strings; Let me die smiling." Ford is the most modern of the tribe to whom he belonged. When Shelley in his last days began a new... | |
 | James Russell Lowell - English poetry - 1893 - 320 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...cut the heart-strings; Let me die smiling. " Near. 'T is a truth too ominous. " Col. One kiss on these cold lips, my last!—[Kisses ITHOCLES.]—crack,... | |
 | Charles Lamb - English drama - 1893 - 392 pages
...forward ; But it struck home, and here, and in an instant. Be such mere women, who, with shrieks aud outcries, Can vow a present end to all their sorrows...Let me die smiling. Near. 'Tis a truth too ominous. Cal. One kiss on these cold lips ; my last. — Crack, crack. Argos now 's Sparta's King. [Dies. [I... | |
 | John Ford - 1895 - 440 pages
...death! and death! and death! still I danc'd forward; But it struck home, and here, and in an instant. Be such mere women, who with shrieks and outcries...all their sorrows, Yet live to court new pleasures, 17 and outlive them : They are the silent griefs which cut the heart-strings ; .Let me die smiling.... | |
 | John Addington Symonds - Language Arts & Disciplines - 1895 - 140 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 which cut the heart strings ; Let me... | |
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