 Forgive me: now I turn to thee, thou shadow Of my contracted lord ! Bear witness all, I put my mother's wedding-ring upon His finger; 'twas my father's last bequest.  The Broken Heart - Page 113by John Ford - 1894 - 132 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Charles Lamb - English drama - 1845 - 484 pages
...neglected husband ? Cal. Forgive me : Now I turn to thee, thou shadow [ To the dead body of ITHOCLES Of my contracted Lord : bear witness all, I put my...wedding-ring upon His finger ; 'twas my father's last bequest : Thus I new marry him, whose wife I am ; Death shall not separate us. O my lords, I but deceiv'd your... | |
 | Charles Lamb - English drama - 1845 - 492 pages
...neglected husband ? Cal. Forgive me : Now I turn to thee, thou shadow [To the dead body o/' ITHOCLES. Of my contracted Lord : bear witness all, I put my...wedding-ring upon His finger ; 'twas my father's last bequest : Thus I new marry him, whose wife I am ; Death shall not separate us. O my lords, I but deceiv'd your... | |
 | Charles Lamb - English drama - 1845 - 540 pages
...Now I turn to thee, thou shadow [To the dead body of ITHOCLES Of my contracted Lord : bear vyitness all, I put my mother's wedding-ring upon His finger; 'twas my father's last bequest: Thus I new marry him, whose wife I am ; Death shall not separate us. O my lords, I but deceiv'd your... | |
 | William Hazlitt - English drama - 1849 - 238 pages
...though it may be in part redeemed by her solemn address at the altar to the dead body of her husband. " Cal. Forgive me. Now I turn to thee, thou shadow Of...contracted lord ! Bear witness all, I put my mother's wudding ring upon His finger ; 'twas my father's last bequest : (Places a ring on the Jlnger of ITHOCLES.)... | |
 | Periodicals - 1851 - 608 pages
...stage, she expires upon the coffin of her lover, with this soliloquy : — • Now I turn to thee, thon shadow Of my contracted lord ! bear witness all, I put my mother's wedding ring upon His fiiiger ; 'twas my father'« last bequest. [Places a ring on the finger of Itlu>dei.~\... | |
 | Charles Lamb - 1857 - 468 pages
...neglected husband ? Cal. Forgive me : Now I turn to thee, thou shadow [To the dead lody O/*ITHOCLES Of my contracted Lord : bear witness all, I put my...upon His finger ; 'twas my father's last bequest: Thus I new marry him, whose wife I am ; Death shall not separate us. O my lords, I but deceiv'd your... | |
 | Hubert Ashton Holden - 1864 - 692 pages
...better cherished still the nearer death. W. SHAKESPEARE 1096 CALANTHA BEFORE THE DEAD BODY OF ITHOCLES FORGIVE me: — now I turn to thee, thou shadow of...wedding-ring upon his finger; 'twas my father's last bequest. Thus I new marry him, whose wife I am; death shall not separate us. O, my lords, I but deceived your... | |
 | John William Stanhope Hows - American drama - 1865 - 592 pages
...neglected husband ? Cal. Forgive me ! — Now I turn to thee, thou shadow [ To the dead body of ITHOCLES. Of my contracted lord ! Bear witness all, I put my...wedding-ring upon His finger ; 'twas my father's last bequest : Thus I new marry him, whose wife I am ; Death shall not separate us. O my lords, I but deceived your... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - Electronic journals - 1867 - 866 pages
...Calantha's dying speech, vhere the situation is quite different : — Forgive me. Now I turn to thee, thon shadow Of my contracted lord : bear witness all, I...wedding-ring upon His finger ; 'twas my father's last bequest : Thus I now marry him, whose wife I am ! Death shall not separate us. O, my lords, I but deceived... | |
 | Early English newspapers - 1869 - 878 pages
...containing one of the finest lines in the whole rich treasury of English drama, Calantha reveals all : — " Forgive me ! Now I turn to thee, thou shadow Of my...contracted lord ! Bear witness all, I put my mother's wedding ring upon His finger — 'twas my father's last bequest. [Places a ring on the finger of Rhodes.... | |
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