 Making it momentary as a sound, Swift as a shadow, short as any dream ; Brief as the lightning in the collied night, That, in a spleen, unfolds both heaven and earth. And ere a man hath power to say, — Behold ! The jaws of darkness do devour it up :...  Memoirs of a Water Drinker - Strona 73autor: William Dunlap - 1837Pełny widok - Informacje o książce
 | Kitty Ferguson - 1998 - Liczba stron: 232
...when we've become more familiar with conditions around this particular black hole. 5 Crossing the bar And ere a man hath power to say, 'Behold!' The jaws of darkness do devour it up. William Shakespeare, A Midsummer Night's Dream As a way of previewing what will happen... | |
 | Dorothea Kehler - 1998 - Liczba stron: 520
...self-apprehension: both situations yield an insight that is "momentany as a sound, / Swift as a shadow, short as any dream, / Brief as the lightning in the collied night,...hath power to say 'Behold!' / The jaws of darkness do devour it up: / So quick bright things come to confusion" (lll43-49). No sooner do we figure the... | |
 | Uwe Timm - 1998 - Liczba stron: 300
...Swift as a shadow, short as any dream, Brief as the lightning in the collied night, That, in a splee, unfolds both heaven and earth, And, ere a man hath power to say "Behold!", The jaws of darkness do devour it up: So quick bright things come to confusion. William Shakespeare, Midsummer Night 's... | |
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