"With the eyes of heavy mind / I see thy glory, like a shooting star, / Fall to the base earth from the firmament."
— Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)
Work Title
Date
1597
Metaphor
"With the eyes of heavy mind / I see thy glory, like a shooting star, / Fall to the base earth from the firmament."
Metaphor in Context
SALISBURY
Ah, Richard! With the eyes of heavy mind
I see thy glory, like a shooting star,
Fall to the base earth from the firmament.
Thy sun sets weeping in the lowly west,
Witnessing storms to come, woe, and unrest.
Thy friends are fled to wait upon thy foes,
And crossly to thy good all fortune goes.
(II.iv ,ll. 18-24)
Ah, Richard! With the eyes of heavy mind
I see thy glory, like a shooting star,
Fall to the base earth from the firmament.
Thy sun sets weeping in the lowly west,
Witnessing storms to come, woe, and unrest.
Thy friends are fled to wait upon thy foes,
And crossly to thy good all fortune goes.
(II.iv ,ll. 18-24)
Categories
Provenance
Reading Claudio Guillén's "On the Concept and Metaphor of Perspective" (47)
Citation
Shakespeare, William. The Complete Works. Oxford Shakespeare. Electronic Edition for the IBM PC. Stanley Wells and Gary Taylor, Editor.
Theme
Mind's Eye
Date of Entry
08/09/2005
