 In such a night, Did Thisbe fearfully o'ertrip the dew, And saw the lion's shadow ere himself, And ran dismay'd away. Lor. In such a night, Stood Dido with a willow in her hand Upon the wild sea-banks, and waved her love To come again to Carthage.  American Monthly Knickerbocker - Page 3331840Full view - About this book
 | John William Stanhope Hows - American drama - 1865 - 592 pages
...Thisbe fearfully o'ertrip the dew, And saw the lion's shadow ere himself, And ran dismayed away. Lor. In such a night, Stood Dido with a willow in her hand...sea-banks, and waved her love To come again to Carthage. jfes. In such a night, Medea gathered the enchanted herbs That did renew old JEson. Lor. In such a... | |
 | Education - 1902 - 814 pages
...fearfully o'ertrip the dew, And saw the lion's shadow ere himself, And ran dismay'd away. Lorenzo. In such a night Stood Dido with a willow in her hand Upon the wild sea-banks, and wav'd her love To come again to Carthage. Jessica. In such a night Medea gathered the enchanted herbs... | |
 | Allardyce Nicoll - Drama - 2002 - 192 pages
...Thisbe fearfully o'ertrip the dew And saw the lion's shadow ere himself And ran dismayed away. Lor. In such a night Stood Dido with a willow in her hand Upon the wild sea-banks, and waft her love To come again to Carthage. Jes. In such a night Medea gathered the enchanted herbs That... | |
 | Matthew Arnold - Criticism - 1962 - 598 pages
...the Trojan walls — "in such a night Did Thisbe fearfully o'ertrip the dew — "in such a night 30 Stood Dido, with a willow in her hand, Upon the 'wild...sea-banks, and waved her love To come again to Carthage." And those last lines of all are so drenched and intoxicated with the fairy-dew of that natural magic... | |
 | 1836 - 282 pages
...make no noise,' is a copy of Paradise." Apple. " Yes! the ' Paradise of fools.'" Pulito. Apple. " ' On such a night Stood Dido, with a willow in her hand,...sea-banks, and waved her love To come again to Carthage.'" " ' On such a night did young Pulito strive T' unseal the fount of feeling in his heart, And be poetic—but... | |
 | Colin Bingham - Reference - 1982 - 376 pages
...Grey, gave us an example of this 'sound of the meaning' Lorenzo's lines from The Merchant of Venice: In such a night Stood Dido with a willow in her hand Upon the wild sea-banks, and waft her love To come again to Carthage. Newbolt attributed the beauty of this passage not to a sonorous... | |
 | Gilbert Highet - Literary Criticism - 1949 - 802 pages
...station like the herald Mercury New lighted on a heaven-kissing hill. Or of the idyllic love-duet:12 In such a night Stood Dido with a willow in her hand Upon the wild sea-banks, and waft her love To come again to Carthage. The poet who wrote like that knew and loved the classics.... | |
 | George T. Wright - Poetry - 1988 - 366 pages
...the dew, And saw the lion's shadow ere himself, And ran dismayed away. Lorenzo. In such a night 10 Stood Dido with a willow in her hand Upon the wild sea-banks, and waft her love To come again to Carthage. Jessica. In such a night Medea gathered the enchanted herbs... | |
 | Kristin Linklater - Drama - 1992 - 236 pages
...fearfully o'ertrip the dew, And saw the lion's shadow ere himself. And ran dismayed away. Lorenzo: In such a night Stood Dido with a willow in her hand Upon the wild sea-banks, and waft her love To come again to Carthage. Jessica: In such a night Medea gathered the enchanted herbs... | |
 | Richard Jenkyns - Europe - 1992 - 526 pages
...unambiguous instance of an allusion to the second half of the poem). He has haunting words for Dido: In sueh a night Stood Dido with a willow in her hand Upon the wild sea-banks, and waft her love To eome again to Carthage (Merchant of Venire 5. i. 9-12), and in the Rape of Lurrece... | |
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