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" God save him ; No joyful tongue gave him his welcome home : But dust was thrown upon his sacred head ; Which, with such gentle sorrow he shook off, His face still combating with tears and smiles, The badges of his grief and patience, That had not God,... "
Lectures on the British Poets - Page 194
by Henry Reed - 1860
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Richard II

William Shakespeare - Drama - 2000 - 270 pages
...prattle to be tedious; Even so, or with much more contempt, men's eyes Did scowl on gentle Richard. No man cried 'God save him'. No joyful tongue gave...welcome home; But dust was thrown upon his sacred head, 30 Which with such gentle sorrow he shook off, His face still combating with tears and smiles, The...
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Shakespeare's Political Realism: The English History Plays

Tim Spiekerman - Political Science - 2001 - 222 pages
...earth: . . . men's eyes Did scowl on Richard. No man cried "God save him!" No joyful tongue gave him welcome home, But dust was thrown upon his sacred...with such gentle sorrow he shook off. His face still combatting tears and smiles, The badges of his grief and patience, That had not God for some strong...
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William Shakespeare: The Complete Works

William Shakespeare - Drama - 1989 - 1286 pages
...prattle to be tedious; Even so, or with much more contempt, men's eyes Did scowl on gentle Richard; 2 W hich with such gentle sorrow he shook off, — His face still combating with tears and smiles, The...
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Richard II

William Shakespeare, Paul Werstine - Performing Arts - 2011 - 355 pages
...227.) Even so, or with much more contempt, men's eyes Did scowl on gentle Richard. No man cried "God 30 save him!" No joyful tongue gave him his welcome home,...off, His face still combating with tears and smiles, 35 The badges of his grief and patience. That had not God for some strong purpose steeled The hearts...
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Richard II

William Shakespeare, Paul Werstine - Performing Arts - 2011 - 355 pages
...2 Even so, or with much more contempt, men's eyes Did scowl on gentle Richard. No man cried "God 30 save him!" No joyful tongue gave him his welcome home,...off, His face still combating with tears and smiles, 35 The badges of his grief and patience. That had not God for some strong purpose steeled The hearts...
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Shakespeare Adaptations from the Restoration: Five Plays

Barbara A. Murray - Drama - 2005 - 658 pages
...Stage, Are idly bent on him that enters next, With such contempt they turn'd their Eyes from Richard, No joyful Tongue gave him his welcome home; But Dust...sorrow he shook off, His Face still combating with Smiles and Fears, (The Badges of his Grief and Patience) 30 That had not Heav'n for some strange purpose...
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The Practical Shakespeare: The Plays in Practice and on the Page

Colin Butler - Drama - 2005 - 217 pages
...prattle to be tedious, Even so, or with much more contempt, men's eyes Did scowl on gentle Richard. No man cried "God save him!" No joyful tongue gave...welcome home, But dust was thrown upon his sacred head, But heaven hath a hand in these events, To whose high will we bound out calm contents. To Bullingbrook...
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Treason by Words: Literature, Law, and Rebellion in Shakespeare's England

Rebecca Lemon - Drama - 2006 - 258 pages
...sympathy for Richard, at the same time it also raises the question of York's own role in the spectacle: "no man cried God save him! / No joyful tongue gave him his welcome home" (28-29). His own silence suggests the awkward position of the reporter — neutral, without comments,...
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The Discourse of Legitimacy in Early Modern England

Robert Zaller - History - 2007 - 844 pages
...in greater detail, he contrasts Bolingbroke's triumphant entry into London with Richard's abasement: No joyful tongue gave him his welcome home, But dust...patience, That had not God for some strong purpose steel'd The hearts of men, they must perforce have melted, And barbarism itself have pitied him. But...
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