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" The moon shines bright: — In such a night as this, When the sweet wind did gently kiss the trees, And they did make no noise; in such a night, Troilus, methinks, mounted the Trojan walls, And sigh'd his soul toward the Grecian tents, Where Cressid lay... "
The Plays of William Shakespeare : Accurately Printed from the Text of the ... - Page 192
by William Shakespeare - 1805
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Another Country: A Drama

Julian Mitchell - 1982 - 116 pages
...sitting at the table in his pyjamas, thinking hard. Long pause. BENNETT. The moon shines bright: in such a night as this, When the sweet wind did gently...trees And they did make no noise, in such a night, Bennett, methinks, mounted the Gascoigne walls, And sigh'd his soul toward the Longford tents, Where...
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George Steiner: A Reader

George Steiner - 1984 - 448 pages
...the celebrated nocturne of love between Lorenzo and Jessica: LORENZO: The moon shines bright ... In such a night as this, When the sweet wind did gently...noise, in such a night Troilus methinks mounted the Troyan walls, And sighed his soul towards the Grecian tents, Where Cressid lay that night. JESSICA:...
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Shakespeare's Metrical Art

George T. Wright - 1988 - 366 pages
...between the lovers Lorenzo and Jessica in The Merchant of Venice: Lorenzo. The moon shines bright. In such a night as this, When the sweet wind did gently...noise, in such a night Troilus methinks mounted the Troyan walls, 5 And sigh'd his soul toward the Grecian tents, Where Cressid lay that night. Jessica....
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Practical Stylistics: An Approach to Poetry

H. G. Widdowson - 1992 - 248 pages
...which create the magical ambience of the moonlight scene at Belmont: LORENZO The moon shines bright. In such a night as this, When the sweet wind did gently...toward the Grecian tents, Where Cressid lay that night. JESSICA In such a night Did Thisbe fearfully o'ertrip the dew, And saw the lion's shadow ere himself,...
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Freeing Shakespeare's Voice: The Actor's Guide to Talking the Text

Kristin Linklater - 1992 - 236 pages
...conjures up a more powerful emotion relating to the trials of love: Lorenzo: The moon shines bright. In such a night as this, When the sweet wind did gently...noise, in such a night Troilus methinks mounted the Troyan walls, And sigh'd his soul toward the Grecian tents Where Cressid lay that night. Jessica: In...
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Arthurian and Other Studies: Presented to Shunichi Noguchi

Takashi Suzuki, Tsuyoshi Mukai - 1993 - 302 pages
...moon is up in the sky, and Lorenzo and Jessica are singing a duet: Lorenzo. The moon shines bright. In such a night as this, When the sweet wind did gently...noise, in such a night Troilus methinks mounted the Troyan walls And sighed his soul toward the Grecian tents, Where Cressid lay that night. Jessica. In...
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The Plays of Benn Levy: Between Shaw and Coward

Susan Rusinko - 1994 - 236 pages
...contradiction of her underdeveloped mind and overdeveloped yearnings for romance: The moon shines bright: in such a night as this, When the sweet wind did gently...in such a night . . . Troilus methinks mounted the Troyan walls, And sigh'd his soul towards the Grecian tents, Where Cressid lay that night. 8 Her father,...
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Repetition

Andreas Fischer - 1994 - 276 pages
...an ironic echo of the love-scene between Lorenzo and Jessica at Belmont: The moon shines bright. In such a night as this, When the sweet wind did gently...noise, in such a night Troilus methinks mounted the Troyan walls . . . In such a night Did Thisbe fearfully o'ertrip the dew. . . . In such a night Stood...
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Passion Made Public: Elizabethan Lyric, Gender, and Performance

Diana E. Henderson - 1995 - 304 pages
...and lovers have no direct impact upon or consequence for the plot. Lor. The moon shines bright. In such a night as this, When the sweet wind did gently...noise, in such a night Troilus methinks mounted the Troyan walls, And sigh'd his soul towards the Grecian tents, Where Cressid lay that night. . . . ......
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Selected Poems

William Shakespeare - 1995 - 136 pages
...power doth then show likest God's When mercy seasons justice. 77 LORENZO The moon shines bright. In such a night as this, When the sweet wind did gently...noise, in such a night Troilus methinks mounted the Troyan walls, And sighed his soul toward the Grecian tents Where Cressid lay that night. JESSICA In...
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