This Sceptred Isle: Shakespeare's Message for England at War |
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... heaven is hid Behind the globe , and lights the lower world , Then thieves and robbers range abroad unseen , In murders and in outrage boldly here ; But when from under this terrestrial ball He fires the proud tops of the eastern pines ...
... heaven is hid Behind the globe , and lights the lower world , Then thieves and robbers range abroad unseen , In murders and in outrage boldly here ; But when from under this terrestrial ball He fires the proud tops of the eastern pines ...
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... heaven Upon the place beneath : it is twice bless'd ; It blesseth him that gives and him that takes : ' Tis mightiest in the mightiest ; it becomes The thronéd monarch better than his crown ; His sceptre shows the force of temporal ...
... heaven Upon the place beneath : it is twice bless'd ; It blesseth him that gives and him that takes : ' Tis mightiest in the mightiest ; it becomes The thronéd monarch better than his crown ; His sceptre shows the force of temporal ...
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... heaven now bids me ; and the words I utter Let none think flattery , for they'll find ' em truth . This royal infant - heaven still move about her ! — Though in her cradle , yet now promises Upon this land a thousand thousand blessings ...
... heaven now bids me ; and the words I utter Let none think flattery , for they'll find ' em truth . This royal infant - heaven still move about her ! — Though in her cradle , yet now promises Upon this land a thousand thousand blessings ...
Common terms and phrases
1940 Reprinted Agincourt Armada armies awake Banquo Banquo's descendants BASIL BLACKWELL battle bless blesséd blood Bolingbroke Britain call'd condemnation Coriolanus crack of doom Cranmer's prophecy Crispian Cromwell crown deeply destiny doth enemies England must oppose England should act English king eyes Falstaff Farewell fear feeling fight Fortinbras France gentle glory God's HASTINGS hath head heaven Henry IV Henry VI Henry VIII holy honour John of Gaunt knows last play Macbeth MENENIUS mercy Message for ENGLAND mother murders nobility peace perilous narrow ocean Perjury pity princes prophetic Queen realms under James religious Richard Richard II rouse royal sceptred isle Scotland sense of England's Shake Shakespeare shows SHAKESPEARIAN SICINIUS sleep soul Spanish Armada speaks speare's last speech sword tell the Dauphin thee thine Timon to-day truth two-fold balls tyrant union of realms victory voice of England whilst WILSON KNIGHT wins Wolsey words