 | Christopher Marlowe, Percy Pinkerton - 1885 - 354 Seiten
...again, And argue of divine astrology. FAUST'S APOSTROPHE TO HELEN. ACT V., SCENE 3. Faust. Wasthis the face that launch'da thousand ships And burnt the...Ilium ? — Sweet Helen, make me immortal with a kiss. — [Kisses her. Her lips suck forth my soul : see, where it flies I — Come, Helen, come, give me... | |
 | John George Repplier McElroy - 1885 - 362 Seiten
...following "strains like the breath of the morning which has swept over flowery meads " (,$) ; l — (a) "Was this the face that launch'da thousand ships, And burnt the topless tow'rs of Ilium ? Sweet Helen, make me immortal with a kiss. Her lips suck forth my soul! See, where... | |
 | Hippolyte Taine - 1886 - 550 Seiten
...longing of my heart's désire.... Was this thé face that launch'da thousand shipa And burn'd thé topless towers of Ilium ? Sweet Helen, make me immortal with a kiss ! Her lips suck forth my soûl — see where it (lies. Corne, Helen, corne give me my soûl again ; Hère will I dwell, for... | |
 | John Todhunter - 1886 - 100 Seiten
..."THE TRIE TRAGRDY OF RIFNZI." "FOREST SONGS," ETC. '• Was this the face that launched a thousand ships, And burnt the topless towers of Ilium ? Sweet Helen, make me immortal with a kiss ! " LONDON KEGAN PAUL, TREN'CH & CO., i, PATERNOSTER SQUARE BY NOVr5 1838 3 i TO LOUIS C. PURSER, FELLOW... | |
 | Henry James Nicoll - 1886 - 478 Seiten
...dramatists save Shakespeare. It is the address of Faustus to the apparition of Helen — " Faustus. Was this the face that launch'da thousand ships, And burnt the topless tow'rs of Ilium? Sweet Helen, make me immortal with a kiss. Her lips suck forth my soul ! See where... | |
 | 1887 - 284 Seiten
...matched for poetic beauty with these lines from Marlowe, Act V. sc, i : — "Re-enter HELEN. " Faust. Was this the face that launch'da thousand ships, And...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... | |
 | Emma Elizabeth Brown - 1887 - 346 Seiten
...instance, the famous description of Helen, or rather exclamation of Faust when he first sees Helen : " Was this the face that launch'da thousand ships And burnt the topless towers of Ilium?" "A phrase which, if I am not mistaken, lingered even in the ear of Shakespeare. But the most characteristic... | |
 | Christopher Marlowe - 1887 - 492 Seiten
...performed in twinkling of an eye. Re-enter HELEN. Faust. Was this the face that launched a thousand ships1 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... | |
 | Edward Dowden - 1888 - 548 Seiten
...desires no beauty but that of " the fairest maid in Germany," or the beauty of Helen of Troy : — " Was this the face that launch'da thousand ships, And...Ilium ? Sweet Helen, make me immortal with a kiss." He chooses no song but Homer's song, no music but that of Amphion's harp : — " Long ere this I should... | |
 | Edward Dowden - 1888 - 546 Seiten
...maid in Germany," or the beauty of Helen of Troy : — " Was this the face that lavmch'da thousand ships, And burnt the topless towers of Ilium ? Sweet Helen, make me immortal with a kiss." He chooses no song but Homer's song, no music but that of Am ph ion's harp : — " Long ere this I... | |
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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. 
