“Once more unto the breach, dear friends, once more,
Or close the wall up with our English dead!
When the blast of war blows in our ears,
Then imitate the action of the tiger:
Stiffen the sinews, summon up the blood…
And lend the eye a terrible aspect!”
King Henry V, Act II
26 comments:
Ohh, I thought I was going to be in competition with you this week, Berowne, but you went "serious". Good Maggie!
Go, Will! Go!
I like the way you combined two illustrations.
thou dost impress me with your prose, dear friend ;) this magpie was brilliant...feisty and ready for a fight!!
Brilliant excerpt from a brilliant bit of Shakespeare, an enjoyable read :)
nice quote :)
The quote combined with the 'eye' make for a Magpie that you immediately feel. I liked it....
Now I'm all primed for Henry V!! Gotta pop in Kenneth Branagh tonight! Good one, Mr. B.
Catalyst: "I thought I was going to be in competition with you this week, Berowne."
I think you beat me this week, Catalyst. :-)
willow: "Gotta pop in Kenneth Branagh tonight!"
Good guy to spend the evening with, willow.
My sincere thanx to Bossy Betty, Rinkly Rimes, sheri, Sam Liu, Chhaya and Helen for their friendly comments.
Dear Berowne: Gheesh; how can one compete with the "Mighty Bard"? Aye, there's the rub! You did it again, Berowne! Classic! Anonymous aka Jane Jones
A terrible aspect, indeed, that eyeball staring out. Enough to frighten the horses!
So Sir Francis Bacon, Christopher Marlowe, Edward De Vere and now Berowne are all writing Shakespeare!
Shirley L.V.S: "So Sir Francis Bacon, Christopher Marlowe, Edward De Vere and now Berowne are all writing Shakespeare!"
But none of 'em actually did. :-)
Derrick: "A terrible aspect, indeed, that eyeball staring out. Enough to frighten the horses!"
And not just the horses. :-)
close the wall up with our English dead...now I'm imagining all these dead eyes staring through the cracks in the walls. yikes!
Always a good idea to get in touch with Shakespeare..you really knew where to go! Thank you...
oh very nicely done...
Lyn, Brian, tori -- thanks for the comments.
hahaha Love it!!
compact piece,
fun to read!
Terrible aspect, for sure. It certainly frightened me.
all those eyes....
I loved it
after reading yours...here's some advice
..don't read mine!!!!!!!!!!
Suz: "after reading yours...here's some advice
..don't read mine!!!!!!!!!!"
I did, and it was excellent.
"Hey Henry, c'mon over here and help me get this sword out, it's stuck"
-bryan
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