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O for a Muse of fire, that would ascend. The brightest heaven of invention, A kingdom for a stage, princes to act. And monarchs to behold the swelling scene! Then should the warlike Harry, like himself, Assume the port of Mars; and at his heels, Leash’d in like hounds, should famine, sword and fire. Crouch for employment.
Jun 2, 2020 · 0001 O, for a muse of fire that would ascend 0002 The brightest heaven of invention! 0003 A kingdom for a stage, princes to act, 0004 And monarchs to behold the swelling scene! 0005 5 Then should the warlike Harry, like himself, 0006 Assume the port of Mars, and at his heels, 0007 Leashed in like hounds, should famine, sword, and 0008 fire
Apr 16, 2024 · The First World War comes to harrowing life through the intertwined lives of the soldier poets in Michael Korda’s epic Muse of Fire.. Michael Korda, the best-selling author of Hero and Alone, tells the story of the First World War not in any conventional way but through the intertwined lives of the soldier poets who came to describe it best, and indeed to symbolize the war’s tragic arc and ...
- Michael Korda
By Dr Oliver Tearle (Loughborough University) ‘O for a Muse of fire’: so begins the Prologue to William Shakespeare’s Henry V.The Prologue is spoken by the Chorus, and the speech sets the scene for the historical drama that will follow; it also makes reference to the very theatre in which Henry V was first performed, which makes it doubly notable as a speech.
PROLOGUE. O for a Muse of fire, that would ascend The brightest heaven of invention, A kingdom for a stage, princes to act And monarchs to behold the swelling scene! Then should the warlike Harry, like himself, Assume the port of Mars; and at his heels, Leash'd in like hounds, should famine, sword and fire Crouch for employment. But pardon, and ...
276486331. Muse of Fire is a science fiction novella by Dan Simmons. It is about a group of Shakespearean actors, the "Earth's Men", in the far future where humans are a minor conquered species, spread across the stars in subservient roles. The narrator, one of the actors, suspects the alien masters of the galaxy are deciding the fate of ...
- Dan Simmons
- 2008
CHORUS. Oh, for a muse of fire that would ascend The brightest heaven of invention! A kingdom for a stage, princes to act, And monarchs to behold the swelling scene! 5 Then should the warlike Harry, like himself, Assume the port of Mars, and at his heels, Leashed in like hounds, should famine, sword, and fire Crouch for employment.
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