 This England never did, (nor never shall,) Lie at the proud foot of a conqueror, But when it first did help to wound itself. Now these her princes are come home again, Come the three corners of the world in arms, And we shall shock them : Nought shall...  Elegant extracts in poetry - Seite 661von Elegant extracts - 1816Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | George Wilson Knight - 1958 - 336 Seiten
...coming home of her revolted barons, that is, unity; and truth to herself. Here is our final speech: This England never did, nor never shall, Lie at the proud...make us rue, If England to itself do rest but true. (v. vii. 1 12) This is spoken by the Bastard, Faulconbridge, the bluff, humorous, critical, warm-hearted... | |
 | Jeffrey Knapp - 2002 - 300 Seiten
...after John's death, the Bastard sketches out the heroic vista of a self-sufficient English nation: This England never did, nor never shall, Lie at the proud...make us rue, If England to itself do rest but true. England's suffering has apparently opened the Bastard's eyes just as it opened Robin's in the Downfall.... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1989 - 1286 Seiten
...BASTARD. O, let us pay the time but needful woe, Since it hath been beforehand with our grefs. — This did not lie there when I went to bed. MARCUS naught shall make us rue, If England to itself do rest but true. [Exeun . sail, THE TAMING OF THE SHREW... | |
 | R. A. Foakes - 2003 - 242 Seiten
...momentarily his old self again for the play's final lines, with its rousing patriotic appeal: This England never did, nor never shall, Lie at the proud...corners of the world in arms And we shall shock them! The Bastard, 'Brave soldier' (5.6.13), is surely meant to be in armour here, and resume his image as... | |
 | John Sugden - 2004 - 984 Seiten
...its proud boast: This England never did, nor never shall, Lie at the proud foot of a conqueror . . . Come the three corners of the world in arms, And we...make us rue, If England to itself do rest but true. Most lovingly of all did Nelson misquote the words Shakespeare gave his hero Henry V before the battle... | |
 | Lily Bess Campbell - 2005 - 368 Seiten
...TROUBLESOME REIGN OF KING JOHN SHAKESPEARE'S King John closes with _Jits most often quoted words: This England never did, nor never shall, Lie at the proud...first did help to wound itself. Now these her princes arc come home again, Come the three corners of the world in arms, And we shall shock them. Nought shall... | |
 | Margaret Gaskin - 2006 - 472 Seiten
...Richard II. Shakespeare was a favorite oracle now, with the littleknown King John much plundered: This England never did, nor never shall, Lie at the proud...make us rue, If England to itself do rest but true. Colin Perry read this in an American magazine: Perry, p. 201; Come The Three Corners by Sir Harry Britain... | |
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