...came to tht barriers, mounted upon a white courser, barbed with blew and green velvet. " be. STEEVENS. That dogs bark at me, as I halt by them ;— Why I,...shadow in the sun, And descant on mine own deformity ; And therefore,—since I cannot prove a lover, To entertain these fair well-spoken days,— I am...

...buried. I, that am rudely stamp' d, and want love's majesty To strut before a wanton ambling nymph; Why, I, in this weak piping time of peace, Have no delight to pass away the time, Unless to see my shadow in the sun And descant on mine own deformity: Act i Sc i Richard's plots are bearing...

...cet. 289, 290. Shine . . . passe] This rhyme is, I think, an echo of the lines in the first soliloquy, 'Why I (in this weak piping time of Peace) Have no delight to pass away the time Unless to see my shadow in the sun And descant on mine own deformity.' I, i, 30-32. — ED. i. Scena Tertia]...

...amorous looking-glass — I!" A noise, something between a laugh and a sob, broke from the man's chest. "I, in this weak piping time of peace, have no delight to pass away the time, unless to see: my shadow in the sun — and rfescant on mine own . . . deformity." His body was seized by a paroxysm...

...curtailed of this fair proportion, Cheated of feature by dissembling nature, Deformed, unfinished, sent before my time Into this breathing world scarce...shadow in the sun And descant on mine own deformity. (1.1.16-27) 'Descanting', a musical term, signifying that Richard boasts of his ability to counterpoint...

...am curtail'd of this fair proportion, Cheated of feature by dissembling nature, Deform'd, unfinisht, I will requite thee, Taming my wild heart to thy loving...incite thee To bind our loves up in a holy band; For And therefore, since I cannot prove a lover, To entertain these fair well-spoken days, I am determined...

...ambling nymph; I, that am curtail'd of this fair proportion, Cheated of feature by dissembling nature. Deform'd, unfinish'd, sent before my time Into this...by them Why, I. in this weak piping time of peace ... (1.1.1-24) 4 The cylinder runs out at this point, and the moment it records disappears back into...

...breathing world scarce half made upAnd that so lamely and unfashionable That dogs bark at me, as 1 halt by them Why, I, in this weak piping time of peace....Unless to spy my shadow in the sun, And descant on my own deformity. (1, 1 14-27) Richard's ugliness places him, on the one hand, in the line of the tradition...

...blesser à mort, il 34. I, I, 2 ; ibid., 24 : «this weak piping time of peace» ; et ibid., 25-26 : «Have no delight to pass away the time, / Unless to spy my shadow in the sun». 35. I, I, 30 : «I am determined to prove a villain» ; et IV, IV, 137-139 : «O, she that might have...

...curtailed of this fair proportion. Cheated of feature by dissembling nature. Deformed. unfinished. sent before my time Into this breathing world. scarce...shadow in the sun. And descant on mine own deformity: And therefore. since I cannot prove a lover. To entertain these fair well,spoken days. I am determined...