 | Hans Hecht - Aesthetics - 1920 - 138 pages
...umber'd face. Steed threatens steed, in high and boastful neighs, 15 Piercing the Night's dull ear; and from the tents The armourers accomplishing the knights, With busy hammers closing rivets up Give dreadful note of preparation. Chor, to H. V1). 20 WE may observe in the progression of sounds,... | |
 | William Shakespeare - English literature - 1924 - 904 pages
...umber'd face ; Steed threatens steed, in high and boastful neighs Piercing the night's dull ear ; and from the tents The armourers, accomplishing the knights, With busy hammers closing rivets up, Give dreadful note of preparation : The country cocks do crow, the clocks do toll, And the third hour... | |
 | Arthur Edward Phillips - Oratory - 1926 - 382 pages
...umber'd face ; Steed threatens steed, in high and boastful neighs Piercing the night's dull ear; and from the tents The armourers accomplishing the knights, With busy hammers closing rivets up, Give dreadful note of preparation." — Shakespeare, Henry V, Chorus, Act 4. (9) The Concrete. The... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1927 - 970 pages
...umber'd face; Steed threatens steed, in high and boastful neighs 10 Piercing the night's dull ear; and ; And in our sports my better cunning faints Under his chance. If we draw lots, he spee Give dreadful note of preparation: The country cocks do crow, the clocks do toll, is And the third... | |
 | William Peacock - American poetry - 1928 - 476 pages
...umber'd face : Steed threatens steed, in high and boastful neighs Piercing the night's dull ear ; and from the tents The armourers, accomplishing the knights, With busy hammers closing rivets up, Give dreadful note of preparation. The country cocks do crow, the clocks do toll, And the third hour... | |
 | American essays - 1893 - 1022 pages
...amber'd face ; Steed threatens steed, in high and boastful neighs Piercing the night's dull ear, and from the tents , The armourers, accomplishing the knights, With busy hammers closing rivets up, Give dreadful note of preparation." Then followed that long day of eager hopes and fears and guesses... | |
 | Kristin Linklater - Drama - 1992 - 236 pages
...umber'd face: Steed threatens steed, in high and boastful neighs Piercing the night's dull ear; and from the tents The armourers, accomplishing the knights, With busy hammers closing rivets up, Give dreadful note of preparation. I shall come back to this passage in later chapters, recommending... | |
 | William Shakespeare - Literary Criticism - 1994 - 884 pages
...umbered face. Steed threatens steed, in high and boastful neighs, 10 Piercing the night's dull ear; and from the tents The armourers, accomplishing the knights, With busy hammers closing rivets up, Give dreadful note of preparation. 148 shrewdly severely over-ridden jades' (compare 'surout ofbeef.... | |
 | Pauline Kiernan - Drama - 1998 - 236 pages
...umber'd face; Steed threatens steed, in high and boastful neighs Piercing the night's dull ear; and from the tents The armourers, accomplishing the knights, With busy hammers closing rivets up, Give dreadful note of preparation. (Chorus IV, 4-14) When the Chorus goes on to describe the King's... | |
 | William Shakespeare - Drama - 2001 - 272 pages
...Steed threatens Steed, in high and boastfull Neighs 4.0 Henry V Piercing the night's dull ear. And from the tents The armourers, accomplishing the knights, With busy hammers closing rivets up, Give dreadful note of preparation. The country cocks do crow, the clocks do toll, And the third hour... | |
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... sounds, That the fix'd sentinels almost receive The secret whispers of each other's watch: Fire answers fire; and through their paly flames Each battle sees the other's umber'd face: Steed threatens steed, in high and boastful neighs Piercing the... 
