 | William Shakespeare - 1891 - 106 Seiten
...thoughtful as these?" The first quoted passage begins, — "Was this the face that launched a thousand ships, And burnt the topless towers of Ilium ? Sweet Helen, make me immortal with a kiss ! Her lips sunk forth my soul ! see where it flies ; Come, Helen, come, give me my soul again ! Here will I dwell,... | |
 | J. G. Lewis - 1891 - 44 Seiten
...up Helen, Faustus thus f addresses her : Faust. Was this the face that launched a thousand ships v And burnt the topless towers of Ilium ? ' Sweet Helen, make me immortal with a kiss. \_Kisses her. Her lips suck forth my soul ; see where it flies ! — Come, Helen, come, give me my... | |
 | Robert Andrews - 1997 - 666 Seiten
...oblivion. THOMAS HARDY, (1840-1928) British novelist, poet. "Heredity," Moments of Vision (1917). 5 Was this the face that launch'da thousand ships, And burnt the topless towers of Ilium? CHRISTOPHER MARLOWE, (1564-1593) British dramatist, poet. Faustus, in The Tragical History of Dr. Faustus,... | |
 | Christopher Marlowe - 1998 - 550 Seiten
...Mephistopheles], passing over between two Cupids FAUSTUS Was this the face that launched a thousand ships And burnt the topless towers of Ilium? Sweet Helen, make me immortal with a kiss. 95 [They kiss] Her lips suck forth my soul. See where it flies! Come, Helen, come, give me my soul... | |
 | William Gerber - 1998 - 148 Seiten
...exclaims, with reference to her having incited the Trojan War and the destruction of Ilium (Troy): (99) Is this the face that launch'da thousand ships. And burnt the topless towers of Ilium?. . . O, thou art fairer than the evening air, Clad in the beauty of a thousand stars. Shakespeare was... | |
 | Siglind Bruhn - 1998 - 330 Seiten
...order to make him honor the deaL Mephistophilis conjures up an image of Helen, and Faustus exclaims: Was this the face that launch'da thousand ships And burnt the topless towers of Illium? Sweet Helen, make me immortal with a kiss. Her lips suck forth my soul: see where it flies!... | |
 | Mark P. O. Morford, Robert J. Lenardon - 1999 - 742 Seiten
...desire. Here are the famous lines in which Faustus embraces Helen (Doctor Faustus 1328-1334l: fWas this the face that launch'da thousand ships And burn't the topless towers of 1lium? Sweet Helen, make me immortal with a kiss! Her lips suck forth my soul. See where it flies!... | |
 | Brian B. Ritchie - 1999 - 362 Seiten
...Helen: Enter HELEN [ brought in by MEPHISTOPHELES]. Faustus. Was this the face that launched a thousand ships And burnt the topless towers of Ilium? Sweet Helen, make me immortal with a kiss. [They kiss.] Her lips suck forth my soul. See where it flies! Come, Helen, come, give me my soul again.... | |
 | Brian B. Ritchie - 1999 - 362 Seiten
...Helen: Enter HELEN [ brought in by MEPHISTOPHELES]. Faustus. Was this the face that launched a thousand ships And burnt the topless towers of Ilium? Sweet Helen, make me immortal with a kiss. [They kiss.] Her lips suck forth my soul. See where it flies! Come, Helen, come, give me my soul again.... | |
 | Wendy Doniger - 1999 - 396 Seiten
...multiplicity, her power not merely to double but to multiply destruction, even into the thousands: "Was this the face that launch'da thousand ships / And burnt the topless towers of Ilium?" 120 This famous line inspired my late colleague, Arthur Adkins, to joke that the most precise measure... | |
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Her lips suck forth my soul: see, where it flies !— Come, Helen, come, give me my soul again. Here will I dwell, for heaven is || in these lips, And all is dross that is not Helena. 
