This Sceptred Isle: Shakespeare's Message for England at War |
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... thou dull god ! why liest thou with the vile In loathsome beds , and leav'st the kingly couch A watch - case or a common ' larum bell ? Wilt thou upon the high and giddy mast Seal up the ship - boy's eyes , and rock his brains In cradle ...
... thou dull god ! why liest thou with the vile In loathsome beds , and leav'st the kingly couch A watch - case or a common ' larum bell ? Wilt thou upon the high and giddy mast Seal up the ship - boy's eyes , and rock his brains In cradle ...
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... thou hast forc'd me , Out of thy honest truth , to play the woman . Let's dry our eyes : and thus far hear me , Cromwell ; And , when I am forgotten , as I shall be , And sleep in dull cold marble , where no mention Of me more must be ...
... thou hast forc'd me , Out of thy honest truth , to play the woman . Let's dry our eyes : and thus far hear me , Cromwell ; And , when I am forgotten , as I shall be , And sleep in dull cold marble , where no mention Of me more must be ...
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... thou hast received England , which they most of all for thy Gospel's sake do malign , into thine own protec- tion . Set a wall about it , O Lord , and evermore mightily defend it . Let it be a comfort to the afflicted , a help to the ...
... thou hast received England , which they most of all for thy Gospel's sake do malign , into thine own protec- tion . Set a wall about it , O Lord , and evermore mightily defend it . Let it be a comfort to the afflicted , a help to the ...
Common terms and phrases
1940 Reprinted Agincourt Armada armies awake Banquo Banquo's descendants BASIL BLACKWELL battle bless blesséd blood Bolingbroke Britain call'd condemnation Coriolanus crack of doom Cranmer's prophecy Crispian Cromwell crown deeply destiny doth enemies England must oppose England should act English king eyes Falstaff Farewell fear feeling fight Fortinbras France gentle glory God's HASTINGS hath head heaven Henry IV Henry VI Henry VIII holy honour John of Gaunt knows last play Macbeth MENENIUS mercy Message for ENGLAND mother murders nobility peace perilous narrow ocean Perjury pity princes prophetic Queen realms under James religious Richard Richard II rouse royal sceptred isle Scotland sense of England's Shake Shakespeare shows SHAKESPEARIAN SICINIUS sleep soul Spanish Armada speaks speare's last speech sword tell the Dauphin thee thine Timon to-day truth two-fold balls tyrant union of realms victory voice of England whilst WILSON KNIGHT wins Wolsey words