..."Tis strange, my Theseus, that these lovers speak of," the king replies: More strange than true. 1 never may believe These antique fables, nor these...imagination all compact. One sees more devils than all hell can hold; That is the madman. The lover, all as frantic, Sees Helen's beauty in a brow of...

...and memorably-ironic, speeches in the whole of Shakespeare is uttered by Theseus in the final act: I never may believe These antique fables, nor these...hold: That is the madman. The lover, all as frantic, Sees Helen's beauty in a brow of Egypt. The poet's eye, in a fine frenzy rolling, Doth glance from...

...witness brings to mind that lovely passage in A Midsummer Night's Dream, Vi4-17: Lovers and madmen has such seething brains, Such shaping fantasies, that...hold: That is the madman. The lover, all as frantic, 18. C. Kerenyi, Dionysos: Archetypal Image of Indestructible Life {Princeton: Princeton University...

...Oberonic power of the imagination. His attempt to discount the imaginative is patently ambivalent: More strange than true. I never may believe These...comprehends. The lunatic, the lover, and the poet Are of imagination all compact. And as imagination hodies forth The forms of things unknown, the poet's...

...Philostrate, Lords, and A t tendant s HIPPOLYTA "lis strange, my Theseus, that these lovers speak of. THESEUS More strange than true. I never may believe These...compact. One sees more devils than vast hell can hold. io That is the madman. The lover, all as frantic, Vi This scene (which forms the complete Act) follows...

...and delight; And there the snake throws her enamelled skin, Weed wide enough to wrap a fairy in. 81 Lovers and madmen have such seething brains, Such...hold: That is the madman. The lover, all as frantic, Sees Helen's beauty in a brow of Egypt. The poet's eye, in a fine frenzy rolling, Doth glance from...

...Theseus, that these lovers JL speak of. THESEUS. More strange than true: I never may believe These antick when it is dark: I am the drudge, and toil in your...Go; I'll to dinner; hie you to the cell. JULIET. Hie Sees Helen's beauty in a brow of Egypt: The poet's eye, in a fine frenzy rolling, [heaven; Doth glance...

...Philostrate, attendants.') HIPPOLYTA. It's strange, good Theseus, what these lovers speak of. THESEU& More strange than true; I never may believe These...hold, That is, the madman. The lover, all as frantic, Sees Helen's beauty in a brow of Egypt The poet's eye, in a fine frenzy rolling, Doth glance from heaven...

...passage has stood as blank verse ever since. This is the New Arden version of the mislined verses:5 Lovers and madmen have such seething brains, Such...hold; That is the madman: the lover, all as frantic. Sees Helen's beauty in a brow of Egypt: The poet's eye, in a fine frenzy rolling, Doth glance from...

...duke of Athens, Theseus, makes a grand speech, More strange than true. 1 never may believe These antic fables nor these fairy toys. Lovers and madmen have...hold: That is the madman. The lover, all as frantic. Sees Helen's beauty in a brow of Egypt. The poet's eye, in a fine frenzy rolling, Doth glance from...