 The sun's a thief, and with his great attraction Robs the vast sea: the moon's an arrant thief, And her pale fire she snatches from the sun: The sea's a thief, whose liquid surge resolves The moon into salt tears: the earth's a thief, That feeds and breeds...  Lieder - Page 113by Anacreon - 1816Full view - About this book
 | Rolf Soellner, Gary Jay Williams - Pessimism in literature - 1979 - 264 pages
...thievery: The sun's a thief, and with his great attraction Robs the vast sea; the moon's an arrant thief. And her pale fire she snatches from the sun;...liquid surge resolves The moon into salt tears; the earth's a thief. That feeds and breeds by a com posture stol'n From gen'ral excrement; each thing's... | |
 | L. C. Knights - Literary Criticism - 1979 - 326 pages
...thievery: The sun's a thief, and with his great attraction Robs the vast sea; the moon's an arrant thief, And her pale fire she snatches from the sun; The sea's a thief, whose liquid surge resolves "3 The moon into salt tears ; the earth's a thief, That feeds and breeds by a composture stol'n From... | |
 | Brian Boyd - Biography & Autobiography - 1991 - 838 pages
...original: The sun's a thief, and with his great attraction Robs the vast sea; the moon's an arrant thief, And her pale fire she snatches from the sun;...whose liquid surge resolves The moon into salt tears. Those who make the effort* are rewarded not only with the source of Shade's title, but with a hilariously... | |
 | Julian Markels - American fiction - 1993 - 180 pages
...thief, and with his great attraction Robs the vast sea: the moon's an arrant thief, And her pale fire snatches from the sun: The sea's a thief, whose liquid surge resolves The moon into salt tears: the earth's a thief That feeds and breeds by a composture stolen From general excrement: each thing's a... | |
 | Warren F. Motte - Literary Criticism - 1995 - 262 pages
...Athent IV iii: The sun's a thief, and with his great attraction Robs 1he vast sea; the moon's an arrant thief, And her pale fire she snatches from the sun;...liquid surge resolves The moon into salt tears; the earth's a thief, That feeds and breeds by a composture stol'n From gen'ral excrement. Each thing's... | |
 | Brian Vickers - 1995 - 585 pages
...(xxi, 18) [On Timon of Athens, 4.3.439] Mr. Johnson gives us a long note upon the following passage. The sea's a thief, whose liquid surge resolves The moon into salt tears. 1 The OED defines feeze v.1 as 1. trans. To drive; to drive offer away. 2. To frighten. 3a. vaguely... | |
 | Stanley Wells - Biography & Autobiography - 1997 - 438 pages
...upon itself: The sun's a thief, and with his great attraction Robs the vast sea. The moon's an arrant thief, And her pale fire she snatches from the sun....liquid surge resolves The moon into salt tears. The earth's a thief, That feeds and breeds by a composture stol'n From gen'ral excrement. Each thing's... | |
 | Joanna Gondris - Editing - 1998 - 428 pages
...intertextual reference, derived in part from variora annotation, to comment on lines spoken by Timon: "The sea's a thief, whose liquid surge resolves / The moon into salt tears" (4.3.439-40). Chedworth remarks: That Shakespeare knew the moon is the cause of tides appears likewise... | |
 | Laurie Rozakis - Fiction - 1999 - 406 pages
...thievery: The sun's a thief, and with his great attraction Robs the vast sea; the moon's an arrant thief, And her pale fire she snatches from the sun;...liquid surge resolves The moon into salt tears; the earth's a thief, That feeds and breeds by a composture stolen From general excrement: each thing's... | |
 | Brian Boyd - Literary Criticism - 2001 - 316 pages
...thievery: The sun's a thief, and with his great attraction Robs the vast sea; the moon's an arrant thief, And her pale fire she snatches from the sun;...whose liquid surge resolves The moon into salt tears. (Timon of Athens, 4.3.435-40) In the past Shade has followed the common academic habit (which Kinbote... | |
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