 THE play is done ; the curtain drops, Slow falling, to the prompter's bell : A moment yet the actor stops, And looks around, to say farewell. It is an irksome word and task ; And when he's laughed and said his say, He shows, as he removes the mask, A...  The Works of William Makepeace Thackeray - Strona 230autor: William Makepeace Thackeray - 1869Pełny widok - Informacje o książce
 | Charles Mackenzie - 1879 - Liczba stron: 400
...actor make the retiring from it a serious business." Thackeray has thus described this last scene : The play is done, the curtain drops, Slow falling to the prompter's tell ; A moment yet the actor stops, And looks around to say farewell. It is an irksome word and task,... | |
 | James Madison Watson - 1880 - Liczba stron: 352
...THE PLAY. THE PLAY is done— the curta1n drops, Slow falling to the pr6mpter's bell ; A moment y8t the actor stops, And looks around, to say farewell....say, He shows, as he removes the mask, A face that's any thing but gay. 2. One word ere ygt the evening ends — Let's close it with a parting rhyme ; And... | |
 | Henry Cabot Lodge - 1880 - Liczba stron: 408
...Letters, Commerce, even in Strife, Forget not it is yours and ours. LORD HOUGHTON.* THE END OF THE PLAY. THE play is done ; the curtain drops, Slow falling...farewell. It is an irksome word and task; And, when he 's laughed and said his say, He shows, as he removes the mask, A face that 's anything but gay.... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - 1880 - Liczba stron: 1124
...must fall, Some days must be dark and dreary. HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW. THE END OF THE PLAY. THF, . 4. SHAKESPEARE. To die is landing on some silent...friendly stroke, Ч is o'er. The Dispensary, Cant ¡il. he 's laughed and said his say, He shows, as he removes the mask, A face that 's anything but gay.... | |
 | Robert Aris Willmott - 1881 - Liczba stron: 704
...heart, whate'er the meal is. — Here comes the smoking Bouillabaisse. THE END OF THE PLAY. THE play 13 done ; the curtain drops, Slow falling to the prompter's...say, He shows, as he removes the mask, A face that's any thing but gay. One word, ere yet the evening ends, Let's close it with a parting rhyme, And pledge... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1881 - Liczba stron: 848
...looks around, to say farewell. It is an irksome word.and task ; • And, when he's laughed and said i his say, He shows, as he removes the mask, A face that's anything but gay. One wonl, ere yet the evening ends, Let's close it with a parting rhyme, And pledge a hand to all young... | |
 | Annie S. Wolf - 1881 - Liczba stron: 424
...philanthropy, and though a grandmother, still drives four-in-hand and frequent the American circus. ****** " The play is done, the curtain drops, Slow falling to the prompter's bell ; A moment yot the actor slops, And looks around to Bay — Farewell." , INDEX. African slave trade, 15 Afterglow... | |
 | Annie S. Wolf - 1881 - Liczba stron: 456
...though a grandmother, still drives four-in-hand and frequents the American circus. ****** " The play ls done, the curtain drops, Slow falling to the prompter's bell ; A moment yet the actor 8'ops, And looks around to say — Karewcll." INDEX. African slave trade, 15 Afterglow of Bernese Oberland,... | |
 | Henry Troth Coates - 1881 - Liczba stron: 1138
...our young courtiers of the king, Or the king's young courtiers. AUTHOB UNKNOWN. THE END OF THE PLAY. rom the court's polluted scenes, From dungeon horrors, from the fields o ; It is an irksome word and task, And when he's laugh'd and said his say, He shows, as he removes the... | |
 | 1882 - Liczba stron: 1434
...would drown the stage with tears. s. Hamlet. Act H. Sc. 2. The play is done; the curtain drops, Slowly ( D1 (. THACKEUAY— The End <</ ll,e Play. In other things the knowing artist may Judge better than the... | |
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