Frases de John Fletcher (dramaturgo)
John Fletcher (dramaturgo)
Data de nascimento: 1579
Data de falecimento: 1625
John Fletcher foi um dramaturgo jacobino. Há rumores de que foi o sucessor de William Shakespeare no cargo de dramaturgo no King's Men.Foi também professor de John Dalton na Quaker’s School de Springfield.
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Citações John Fletcher (dramaturgo)
„Then, everlasting Love, restrain thy will;
'Tis god-like to have power, but not to kill.“
— John Fletcher
The Chances (c. 1613–25; 1647), Act II, scene 2. Song.
„Let's meet and either do or die.“
— John Fletcher
The Island Princess (c. 1620; published 1647), Act II, scene 2. Compare: "Let us do or die", Robert Burns, Bannockburn; same in Thomas Campbell, Gertrude of Wyoming, part iii. stanza 37.
„And he that will to bed go sober
Falls with the leaf in October.“
— John Fletcher
Act II, scene ii. The following well-known catch, or glee, is formed on this song: "He who goes to bed, and goes to bed sober, Falls as the leaves do, and dies in October; But he who goes to bed, and goes to bed mellow, Lives as he ought to do, and dies an honest fellow".
„Hide, oh, hide those hills of snow
Which thy frozen bosom bears,
On whose tops the pinks that grow
Are of those that April wears!
But first set my poor heart free,
Bound in those icy chains by thee.“
— John Fletcher
Act IV, scene i. Compare: "Take, O, take those lips away, That so sweetly were forsworn; And those eyes, the break of day, Lights that do mislead the morn: But my kisses bring again, bring again; Seals of love, but sealed in vain, sealed in vain", William Shakespeare, Measure for Measure.
„Lie lightly on my ashes, gentle earthe.“
— John Fletcher
Act IV, scene 3. ("Sit tibi terra levis," familiar inscription).
