 | Phoebe S. Spinrad - Civilization, Medieval, in literature - 1987 - 334 pages
...death, and death. Still I danc'd forward; But it struck home, and here, and in an instant. . . . These are the silent griefs which cut the heartstrings; Let me die smiling. (5.3.67-71; 75-76)* This acknowledgment of grief balances her earlier reaction to the news, a reaction... | |
 | Miriam Allott - Reference - 1995 - 475 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. One kiss on these cold lips - my last; crack, crack, Argos now 's Sparta's king. They looked terror... | |
 | Sophie Tomlinson - Drama - 2005 - 294 pages
...women' (5.3.72), Calantha resolves to die a death which will testify to her truth of heart as a Spartan: 'They are the silent griefs which cut the heartstrings. / Let me die smiling' (5.3.75-6). Calantha's commanding of her heart to crack is a supreme exertion of will, differing from... | |
 | John Ford - Dramatists, English - 1827 - 616 pages
...outcries, Can vow a present end to all their 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 too ominous. Cal. One kiss on these cold lips, my last! — (kisses ITH.) — crack,... | |
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I but deceived your eyes with antic 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... 
