But that our soft conditions* and our hearts, 1009TEMPEST. ACT I. 1 AN USURPING SUBSTITUTE COMPARED TO JOY. THAT now he was The ivy, which had hid my princely trunk, ARIEL'S DESCRIPTION OF MANAGING THE STORM. I boarded the king's ship; now on the beak, Now in the waist, the deck, in every cabin, I flam'd amazement: Sometimes, I'd divide, And burn in many places; on the top-mast, The yards, and bowsprit, would I flame distinctly, Then meet, and join: Jove's lightnings, the precur sors O' the dreadful thunder claps, more momentary And sight-out-running were not: The fire, and cracks Of sulphurous roaring, the most mighty Neptune Seem'd to besiege, and make his bold waves tremble, Yea, his dread trident shake. -Not a soul, 1 But felt a fever of the mad, and play'd And all the devils are here. PROSPERO REPROVING ARIEL. Thou dost; and think'st It much, to tread the ooze of the salt deep; * Gentle tempers. CALIBAN'S CURSES. Cal As wicked dew as e'er my mother brush'd With raven's feather from unwholesome fen, Pro. For this, be sure, to-night thou shalt have cramps, Side-stitches that shall pen thy breath up; urchins* Cal. I must eat my dinner. give me Water with berries in't; and teach me how fertile; Cursed be I that did so! - All the charms Which first was mine own king; and here you sty me CALIBAN'S EXULTATION AFTER PROSPERO TELLS HIM HE SOUGHT TO VIOLATE THE HONOUR OF O ho, O ho!-'would it had been done! Thou didst prevent me; I had peopled else MUSIC. Where should this music be? i' the air, or the earth, It sounds no more:--and sure, it waits upon * Faries. Some god of the island. Sitting on a bank, ARIEL'S SONG. Full fathom five thy father lies; A LOVER'S SPEECH. My spirits, as in a dream, are all bound up. My father's loss, the weakness which I feel, The wreck of all my friends, or this man's threats, To whom I am subdued, are but light to me, Might I but through my prison once a day Behold this maid: all corners else o' the earth Let liberty make use of; space enough Have I in such a prison. ACT II. DESCRIPTION OF FERDINAND'S SWIMMING ASHORE. I saw him beat the surges under him, And ride upon their backs; he trod the water, Whose enmity he flung aside, and breasted The surge most swoln that met him; his bold head 'Bove the contentious waves he kept, and oar'd Himself with his good arms in lusty stroke To the shore, that o'er his wave-worn basis bow'd, As stooping to relieve him: I not doubt He came alive to land. SLEEP. Do not omit the heavy offer of it; It seldom visits sorrow; when it doth, RESOLUTION: I know not: If they speak but truth of her, Nor fortune made such havoc of my means, THE DESIRE OF BELOVED OBJECTS HEIGHTENED BY For it so falls out, THEIR LOSS. That what we have we prize not to the worth, TALKING BRAGGARTS. But manhood is melted into courtesies, § valour into compliment, and men are only turned into tongue, and trim ones too: he is now as valiant as Hercules, that only tells a lie, and swears it. ACT V. COUNSEL OF NO WEIGHT IN MISERY. I pray thee, cease thy counsel, Which falls into mine ears as profitless * While. † Over-rate. + By. § Ceremony As water in a seive; give not me counsel; - Measure his wo the length and breadth of mine, SATIRE ON THE STOIC PHILOSOPHERS. I pray thee, peace: I will be flesh and blood; TALKING BRAGGARTS. Hold you content: What man! I know them, yea, And what they weigh, even to the utmost scruple. Scrambling, out-facing, fashion-meng'ring boys, That lie. and cog, and flout, deprave and slander, Go antickly, and show outward hideousness. |