...that is real and powerful both despite and precisely because of its fictivity. O for a Muse of fire, that would ascend The brightest heaven of invention!...to act, And monarchs to behold the swelling scene! But pardon, gentles all, The flat unraised spirits that hath dar'd On this unworthy scaffold to bring...

...high-pitch recitations of the opening of Henry V over blueberry pancakes and hash: "O for a Muse of fire, that would ascend The brightest heaven of invention,...to act And monarchs to behold the swelling scene!" Elizabeth had just graduated from New York University and now was throwing herself into the hard work...

...111, 1.i.21. 31 > xvm: 318. monopoly. He proceeded to quote the Prologue from Henry V to prove it: 'A kingdom for a stage, princes to act / And monarchs to behold the swelling scene!' 3 ' Here was a 'command' from the playwright, declared Morton, 'that his pieces should be produced...

...music concludes, he rises dramatically and delivers the Prologue from Henry V: O for a muse of fire, that would ascend The brightest heaven of invention:...himself Assume the port of Mars, and at his heels, Leashed in like hounds, should famine, sword and fire Crouch for employment. But pardon, gentles all,...