Sir Charles Wyndham: A BiographyHutchinson, 1904 - 362 pages |
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Page 317 - It is good to be merry and wise, It is good to be honest and true, It is good to be off with the old love Before you are on with the new.
Page 353 - His was the spell o'er hearts Which only Acting lends, — The youngest of the sister Arts, Where all their beauty blends : For ill can Poetry express Full many a tone of thought sublime, And Painting, mute and motionless. Steals but a glance of time. But by the mighty actor brought, IJlusion's perfect triumphs come, — Verse ceases to be airy thought, And Sculpture to be dumb.
Page 21 - Pass in, Sanitary !" In such cheer it struggled on Till the battle front was won, Then the car, its journey done, Lo ! was stationary ; And where bullets whistling fly, Came the sadder fainter cry, " Help us, brothers, ere we die, — Save us, Sanitary !" Such the work. The phantom flies, Wrapped in...
Page 20 - HOW ARE YOU, SANITARY?" Down the picket-guarded lane Rolled the comfort-laden wain, Cheered by shouts that shook the plain, Soldier-like and merry: Phrases such as camps may teach, Sabre-cuts of Saxon speech, Such as "Bully!" "Them's the peach!" "Wade in, Sanitary!" Right and left the caissons drew As the car went lumbering through, Quick succeeding in review Squadrons military; Sunburnt men with beards like frieze, Smooth-faced boys, and cries like these,— "US San. Com.
Page 158 - CHATEAUX D'ESPAGNE. (A Reminiscence of " David Garrick " and " The Castle of Andalusia.") . ONCE upon an evening weary, shortly after Lord Dundreary With his quaint and curious humour set the town in such a roar, With my shilling I stood rapping- — only very gently tapping — For the man in charge was napping— at the money-taker's door. It was Mr. Buckstone's play-house, where I linger'd at the door ; Paid half price and nothing more. Most distinctly I remember, it was just about September —...
Page 159 - In her figure, and her features, and the costume that she wore. And the slightest sound she utter'd was like music; so I mutter'd To my neighbour, " Glance a minute at your play-bill, I implore. Who's that rare and radiant maiden ? Tell, oh, tell me ! I implore." Quoth my neighbour, " Nelly Moore." Then I ask'd in quite a tremble — it was useless to dissemble — " Miss, or Madam, do not trifle with my feelings any more ; Tell me who, then, was the maiden, that appear'd so sorrow laden In the room...
Page 159 - ... For a band of robbers drinking in a gloomy cave, and clinking With their glasses on the table, I had witness'd o'er and o'er ; Since the half-forgotten period of my innocence was o'er, Twenty years ago or more. Presently my doubt grew stronger. I could stand the thing no longer, " Miss," said I, " or Madam, truly your forgiveness I implore, Pardon my apparent rudeness. Would you kindly have the goodness To inform me if this drama is from Gaul's enlighten'd shore ? " For I know that plays are...
Page 159 - ... implore. Pardon my apparent rudeness. Would you kindly have the goodness To inform me if this drama is from Gaul's enlighten'd shore ? For I know that plays are often brought us from the Gallic shore : Adaptations — nothing more ! So I put the question lowly : and my neighbour answer'd slowly. " It's a British drama, wholly, written quite in days of yore. Tis an Andalusian story of a castle old and hoary, And the music is delicious, though the dialogue be poor !" (And I could not help agreeing...
Page 241 - Signor Salvini's conception of Othello is that we expect from a thoughtful, perceptive, and cultivated man. Othello with him is a barbarian, whose instincts, savage and passionate, are concealed behind a veneer of civilisation so thick that he is himself scarcely conscious he can be other than he appears. Friendly, loving, and courteous, he can, as lago says :— As tenderly be led by the nose As asses are.