 I must have wanton poets, pleasant wits, Musicians, that with touching of a string May draw the pliant king which way I please: Music and poetry is his delight; Therefore I'll have Italian masks by night, Sweet speeches, comedies, and pleasing shows...  A School History of English Literature - Page 193by Elizabeth Lee - 1896 - 206 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Curt Tzschaschel - 1902 - 124 pages
...Bischof von Coventry in den Tower gebracht. V. 52 ff. I must have wanton poets, pleasant wits, Muskians, that with touching of a string May draw the pliant...poetry is his delight; Therefore I'll have Italian masques by night, Sweet speeches, comedies, and pleasing shows; And in the day . . . cf. Hol. p. 318... | |
 | Charles Lamb - 1903 - 438 pages
...THE SAME AUTHOR. GAVESTON ihoivs ivhat Pleasures those are -which the KING chiejly delights in. Gav. I must have wanton poets, pleasant wits, Musicians,...please. Music and poetry is his delight ; Therefore I '11 have Italian masks by night, Sweet speeches, comedies, and pleasing shows ; And in the day, when... | |
 | Charles Lamb, Mary Lamb - 1903 - 438 pages
...THE SAME AUTHOR. GAVESTON shsrws what Pleasures those are which the KING ch-ieJJy delights in. Gav. I must have wanton poets, pleasant wits, Musicians,...please. Music and poetry is his delight ; Therefore I 'll have Italian masks by night, Sweet speeches, comedies, and pleasing shows ; And in the day, when... | |
 | Charles Lamb, Mary Lamb - 1904 - 710 pages
...CHRISTOPHER MARLOWE Qavest on shows what pleasures those are which the King chiefly delights in. Oav. I must have wanton poets, pleasant wits, Musicians,...the pliant King which way I please. Music and poetry are his delight ; Therefore I'll have Italian masks by night, Sweet speeches, comedies, and pleasing... | |
 | Charles Lamb, Mary Lamb - Authors, English - 1904 - 686 pages
...CHRISTOPHER MARLOWE Gaveston shows what pleasures those are which the King chiefly delights in. Oav. I must have wanton poets, pleasant wits, Musicians,...the pliant King which way I please. Music and poetry are his delight ; Therefore I'll have Italian masks by night, Sweet speeches, comedies, and pleasing... | |
 | Charles Lamb, Mary Lamb - Authors, English - 1904 - 718 pages
...Musicians, that with touching of a string May draw the pliant King which way I please. Music and poetry are his delight ; Therefore I'll have Italian masks by...and pleasing shows ; And in the day, when he shall walk abroad, Like Sylvan nymphs my pages shall be clad ; My men, like satyrs grazing on the lawns,... | |
 | John H. Ingram - Dramatists, English - 1904 - 332 pages
...string May draw the pliant king which way I please. Music and poetry is his delight ; Therefore I '11 have Italian masks by night, Sweet speeches, comedies,...and pleasing shows ; And in the day, when he shall walk abroad, Like silvian nymphs my pages shall be clad ; My men, like satyrs grazing on the lawns,... | |
 | John Addington Symonds - Drama - 1904 - 580 pages
...puts these lines into the mouth of Gaveston, when that favourite looks forward to his life at Court : I must have wanton poets, pleasant wits, Musicians, that with touching of a string 1 Compare the Florentine Mandragola for Mandragora. May draw the pliant king which way I please : Music... | |
 | John Addington Symonds - Art, Italian - 1906 - 512 pages
...scene of ' Edward II.,' made Gaveston, thinking how he may divert the pleasure-loving king, exclaim : Therefore I'll have Italian masks by night, Sweet speeches, comedies, and pleasing shows : both of these poets uttered a true criticism of the Italian theatre. Marlowe accurately describes... | |
 | Christopher Marlowe - English drama - 1910 - 482 pages
...leave me to myself. All. We will wait here about the court. Exeunt. Gav. Do. These are not men for me: I must have wanton poets, pleasant wits, Musicians,...and pleasing shows ; And in the day, when he shall walk abroad, Like sylvan nymphs my pages shall be clad; My men, like satyrs grazing on the lawns, Shall... | |
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