 | Washington Irving - 1851 - 524 pages
...Desdemona: — , " My mother had a maid called Barbara ; She was in love ; and he she loved proved mad, And did forsake her ; she had a song of willow,...thing 'twas ; but it express'd her fortune, And she died singing it." I hope, however, that a better lot is in reserve for Phosba "VVilkins, and that she... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1968 - 244 pages
...you talk. DESDEMONA My mother had a maid called Barbary : She was in love: and he she loved proved mad And did forsake her. She had a song of willow; An old thing 'twas; but it expressed her fortune, And she died singing it. That song tonight Will not go from my mind : I have... | |
 | Lothar Cerny - 1975 - 300 pages
...Anspielung auf jene Barbary vor, von der Desdemona erzählt: "My mother had a maid called Barbary, / She was in love, and he she lov'd prov'd mad, / And did forsake her;" (Othello, IV, 3, 26-28). re Zukunft. Beide Lebenswege bewegen sich aufeinander zu und kreuzen sich... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1976 - 328 pages
...you talk. DESDEMONA: My mother had a maid called Barbary; She was in love, and he she loved proved mad And did forsake her. She had a song of willow; An old thing 'twas, but it expressed her fortune, And she died singing it. That song tonight 30 Will not go from my mind ; I have... | |
 | Jane Adamson - 1980 - 316 pages
...(1976), PP. 39-6oMy mother had a maid called Barbary : She was in love: and he she loved proved mail And did forsake her. She had a song of willow; An old thing 'twas; but it expressed her fortune, And she died singing it. That song tonight Will not go from my mind : I have... | |
 | Benjamin Carr - 1986 - 114 pages
...Mother had a Maid call'd BARBARIE: She was in Love; and he she lov'd forsook her and she prov'd mad. She had a Song of WILLOW an old thing 'twas, but it express'd her Fortune and she died singing it." DLC, ES, LSL, MdHi, NN, NRU-Mus, PP-K. Text: William Shakespeare, Othello, act 4,... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1992 - 180 pages
...come, you talk. DESDEM. My mother had a maid called Barbary. She was in love; and he she loved proved mad, And did forsake her. She had a song of 'willow': An old thing 'twas, but it expressed her fortune, And she died singing it. That song tonight Will not go from my mind. I have... | |
 | Marvin Rosenberg - 1992 - 340 pages
...prythee, shroud me in one of those same sheets." The recollection of her mother's maid, poor Barbara? The song of "Willow" "An old thing 'twas, but it express'd her fortune, And she died singing it: that song tonight Will not go from my mind," etc. The wandering away from Barbara... | |
 | Maynard Mack - 1993 - 300 pages
...be her last, remembers her mother's maid "called Barbary": She was in love, and he she loved proved mad And did forsake her. She had a song of "Willow;" An old thing 'twas; but it expressed her fortune, And she died singing it. That song to-night Will not go from my mind. (4.3.25)... | |
 | A. J. Hoenselaars - 1994 - 324 pages
...the childhood memories are part of a genetic reverie, a veritable feminine tradition of amour fatal: "She was in love, and he she lov'd prov'd mad, / And did forsake her." 34 The lover's madness refers to the Moor's recent blow, and Lodovico's question: "Are his wits safe?... | |
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My mother had a maid call'd Barbara : She was in love ; and he she lov'd prov'd mad, And did forsake her : she had a song of " willow ;" An old thing 'twas, but it express'd her fortune, And she died singing it... 
