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... merchants, our well-dealing countrymen, Who wanting guilders to redeem their lives Have seal?d his rigorous statutes with their bloods, Excludes all pity from our threatening looks. For, since the mortal and intestine jars ?Twixt thy seditious countrymen and us....

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...heir lives Have seal’d his rigorous statutes with their bloods, Excludes all pity from our threatening looks. For, since the mortal and intestine jars... ...fore. DUKE SOLINUS : Nay, forward, old man; do not break off so; For we may pity, though not pardon thee. ÆGEON: O, had the gods done so, I had not ... ... gentlemen are tired, gives them a sob and ‘rests them; he, sir, that takes pity on decayed men and gives them suits of durance; he that sets up his ... ...: These ears of mine, thou know’st did hear thee. Fie on thee, wretch! ’tis pity that thou livest To walk where any honest man resort. ANTIPHOLUS OF ...

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... weighty and a serious brow, Sad, high, and working, full of state and woe, Such noble scenes as draw the eye to flow, We now present. Those that can pity, here May, if they think it well, let fall a tear; The subject will deserve it. Such as give Their money out of hope they may believe, May here find truth too. Those that come to see Only a show or two, and so agree The ...

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...e, Such noble scenes as draw the eye to flow, We now present. Those that can pity, here May, if they think it well, let fall a tear; The subject will ... ... All good people, You that thus far have come to pity me, Hear what I say, and then go home and lose me. I have this day r... ...out trial fell; God’s peace be with him! Henry the Seventh succeeding, truly pitying My father’s loss, like a most royal prince, Restored me to my hon... ...ve me! [Exeunt BUCKINGHAM and Train ]. First Gentleman : O, this is full of pity! Sir, it calls, I fear, too many curses on their beads That were the... ...eet at first to acquire,—after this process, To give her the avaunt! it is a pity Would move a monster. Old Lady : Hearts of most... ...a stranger now again. ANNE: So much the more Must pity drop upon her. Verily, I swear, ’tis better to be lowly born, And ra... ...d, Not your demand; it values not your asking: Our mistress’ sorrows we were pitying. Chamberlain: It was a gentle business, and becoming The action ... ...N KATHARINE : Sir, I desire you do me right and justice; And to bestow your pity on me: for I am a most poor woman, and a stranger, Born out of your ... ...d all such false professors! would you have me— If you have any justice, any pity; If ye be any thing but churchmen’s habits— Put my sick cause into h...

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...ly compos?d, hath been ever held the gravest, moralest, and most profitable of all other Poems: therefore said by Aristotle to be of power by raising pity and fear, or terror, to purge the mind of those and such like passions, that is to temper and reduce them to just measure with a kind of delight, stirr?d up by reading or seeing those passions well imitated. Nor is Natur...

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... of all other Poems: therefore said by Aristotle to be of power by raising pity and fear, or terror, to purge the mind of those and such like passio... ...me perhaps; And Love hath oft, well meaning, wrought much wo, Yet always pity or pardon hath obtain’d. Be not unlike all other, not austere 815...

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... XII The ?quantitative parts? of Tragedy defined. XIII (Plot continued.) What constitutes Tragic Action. XIV (Plot continued.) The tragic emotions of pity and fear should spring out of the Plot itself. XV The element of Character in Tragedy....

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...constitutes T ragic Action. XIV (Plot continued.) The tragic emotions of pity and fear should spring out of the Plot itself. XV The element of Cha... ...rate parts of the play; in the form of ac- tion, not of narrative; through pity and fear effecting the proper purgation of these emotions. By ‘languag... ...n imitation not only of a complete action, but of events inspiring fear or pity. Such an effect is best produced when the events come on us by sunrise... ... persons. This recognition, combined, with Reversal, will pro- duce either pity or fear; and actions producing these effects are those which, by our d... ...but on the complex plan. It should, moreover, imitate actions which excite pity and fear, this being the dis- tinctive mark of tragic imitation. It fo... ... virtuous man brought from prosperity to adversity: for this moves neither pity nor fear; it merely shocks us. Nor, again, that of a bad man passing f... ...ingle tragic quality; it neither satisfies the moral sense nor calls forth pity or fear. Nor, again, should the downfall of the utter villain be exhib... ... would, doubtless, satisfy the moral sense, but it would in- spire neither pity nor fear; for pity is aroused by unmerited misfortune, fear by the mis... ... stage as friends at the close, and no one slays or is slain. XIV Fear and pity may be aroused by spectacular means; but they may also result from the...

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................................................................................................................................................. 22 The Pity of the Leaves ....................................................................................................................................................................................... 23 Aaron Stark ..........

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........................................................................ 22 The Pity of the Leaves ......................................................... ...ear Friends Dear friends, reproach me not for what I do, Nor counsel me, nor pity me; nor say That I am wearing half my life away For bubble work that... ...There was in the tone Of his complaint such quaver and such moan That I took pity on him and obeyed, And long stood looking where his hands had laid A... ...defence Throbbing, the pulse, the divine heart of man. 23 E.A. Robinson The Pity of the Leaves Vengeful across the cold November moors, Loud with anc... ...ving with a staff; And oftentimes there crept into his ears A sound of alien pity, touched with tears, — And then (and only then) did Aaron laugh. 24... ...e sign Of the white life I lost for him,” she said; “No, do not curse him, — pity him instead; Forgive him! — forgive me! … God’s anodyne For human ha... ...ty him instead; Forgive him! — forgive me! … God’s anodyne For human hate is pity; and the wine That makes men wise, forgiveness. I have read Love’s m... ...n the cast of his inward spirit; So mark mine well. But why do you smile so? Pity, or what? Is it written all over, This face of mine, with a brute’s ... ...e pleasure I felt was not their pleasure, Nor my sorrow — a kind of nameless pity For something, I knew not what — their sorrow. And thus was I taught...

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... And not sit beside the nest, Pouring pity in their breast; And not sit the cradle ne... ...ong. Beneath them sit the aged men, wise guardians of the poor; Then cherish pity, lest you drive an angel from your door. 10 ... ... The Divine Image To Mercy, Pity, Peace, and Love All pray in their distres... ... Return their thankfulness. For Mercy, Pity, Peace, and Love Is God, our father dear, ... ... Is God, our father dear, And Mercy, Pity, Peace, and Love Is Man, his child and car... ... For Mercy has a human heart, Pity a human face, And Love, the human form div... ... Prays to the human form divine, Love, Mercy, Pity, Peace. 16 And all must love the human fo... ... In heathen, turk, or jew; Where Mercy, Love & Pity dwell There God is dwelling too. ... ... Now return and weep for me.” Pitying, I drop’d a tear; But I saw a glow worm...

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...s own smiles; Heaven and earth to peace beguiles. DIVINE IMAGE To Mercy, Pity, Peace, and Love, All pray in their distress, And to these virtues... ... And to these virtues of delight Return their thankfulness. For Mercy, Pity, Peace, and Love, Is God our Father dear; And Mercy, Pity, Peace, ... ..., and Love, Is man, his child and care. For Mercy has a human heart Pity, a human face; And Love, the human form divine; And Peace, the hum... ...at prays in his distress, Prays to the human form divine: Love, Mercy, Pity, Peace. And all must love the human form, In heathen, Turk, or Jew... ... love the human form, In heathen, Turk, or Jew. Where Mercy, Love, and Pity dwell, There God is dwelling too. 9 William Blake HOLY THURSDAY ... ... Beneath them sit the aged man, wise guardians of the poor. Then cherish pity, lest you drive an angel from your door. NIGHT The sun descending in... ... their bed. 10 William Blake When wolves and tigers howl for prey, They pitying stand and weep; Seeking to drive their thirst away, And keep them... ...rit. And there the lion s ruddy eyes Shall flow with tears of gold: And pitying the tender cries, And walking round the fold: Saying: Wrath by... ... father sigh? Now they look abroad to see, Now return and weep for me. Pitying, I dropped a tear: But I saw a glow-worm near, Who replied, What...

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...- 11 - A SONG Blake: Songs of Innocence & Experience DIVINE IMAGE To Mercy, Pity, Peace, and Love, All pray in their distress, And to these virtues... ...ss, And to these virtues of delight Return their thankfulness. For Mercy, Pity, Peace, and Love, Is God our Father dear; And Mercy, Pity, Peace, ... ... Peace, and Love, Is man, his child and care. For Mercy has a human heart Pity, a human face; And Love, the human form divine; And Peace, the hum... ... That prays in his distress, Prays to the human form divine: Love, Mercy, Pity, Peace. And all must love the human form, In heathen, Turk, or Jew... ...must love the human form, In heathen, Turk, or Jew. Where Mercy, Love, and Pity dwell, There God is dwelling too. - 12 - DIVINE IMAGE Blake: Songs... ...g: Beneath them sit the aged man, wise guardians of the poor. Then cherish pity, lest you drive an angel from your door. - 13 - HOLY THURSDAY Blake... ...ad, And sit down by their bed. When wolves and tigers howl for prey, They pitying stand and weep; Seeking to drive their thirst away, And keep th... ...herit. And there the lion’s ruddy eyes Shall flow with tears of gold: And pitying the tender cries, And walking round the fold: Saying: ‘‘Wrath b... ...r father sigh? Now they look abroad to see, Now return and weep for me.’’ Pitying, I dropped a tear: But I saw a glow-worm near, Who replied, ‘‘W...

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...ler, quicker to feel, and much more constant to retain, all tenderness and pity, self-denial and devotion, than the nature of men. And, perhaps, unlea... ...or fellow? I came all this way to see him in his new clothes.’ ‘ Ah what a pity!’ cried Jemima. ‘He’ll break his heart, when he hears his mother has b... ...dle was generally known in the family. ‘There again!’ said Jemima. ‘What a pity! Father took his dinner with him this morning, and isn’t coming home t... ...ows always elevated, and her head always drooping; who was always ready to pity her- self, or to be pitied, or to pity anybody else; and who had a sur... ...en to him, and how his hopes were set upon a later stage of his existence. Pity may appear a strange word to connect with anyone so haughty and so col... ...ied that he thought not also, judging from Paul’s looks, and that it was a pity, for it need be. He then asked Paul if he were going to begin with Cor... ... my protector and guardian! How very, very much, I feel obliged to you and pity you!’ said Walter, squeezing both his hands, and hardly knowing, in hi... ...vere, though he had flushed at the moment, and wondered why Johnson should pity him. It was the more questionable justice, Paul thought, in the Doctor... ...otten everybody there but him and Floy, and been so full of tenderness and pity. ‘Floy! this is a kind good face!’ said Paul. ‘I am glad to see it aga...

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...id) to make the effect of a personal gesture. He pitied others; he did not pity himself. In the last year of his life he attained a clear vision of w... ... this book is not concerned with Poetry. The subject of it is War, and the pity of War. The Poetry is in the pity. Yet these elegies are not to this g... ...something has been left, Which must die now. I mean the truth untold, The pity of war, the pity war distilled. Now men will go content with what we s... ...aucity that never was simplicity. By choice they made themselves immune To pity and whatever mourns in man Before the last sea and the hapless stars; ... ... Institutes, And do what things the rules consider wise, And take whatever pity they may dole. To-night he noticed how the women’s eyes Passed from hi...

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...AND: O, let me pray before I take my death! To thee I pray; sweet Clifford, pity me! CLIFFORD: Such pity as my rapier’s point affords. RUTLAND: I n... ...D: But ’twas ere I was born. Thou hast one son; for his sake pity me, Lest in revenge thereof, sith God is just, He be as miserably sl... ...inged my vow. CLIFFORD: My gracious liege, this too much lenity And harmful pity must be laid aside. To whom do lions cast their gentle looks? Not to... ... young’s defence? For shame, my liege, make them your precedent! Were it not pity that this goodly boy Should lose his birthright by his father’s faul... ...t but thy pride? Hadst thou been meek, our title still had slept; And we, in pity of the gentle king, Had slipp’d our claim until another age. GEORGE:... ... windy tempest of my heart, Upon thy words, that kill mine eye and heart! O, pity, God, this miserable age! What stratagems, how fell, how butcherly, ... ...ef more than common grief! O that my death would stay these ruthful deeds! O pity, pity, gentle heaven, pity! The red rose and the white are on his fa... ... to fly, nor strength to hold out flight: The foe is merciless, and will not pity; For at their hands I have deserved no pity. The air hath got into m... ...dst love York, and I am son to York. EDWARD: Thou pitied’st Rutland; I will pity thee. GEORGE: Where’s Captain Margaret, to fence you now? WARWICK: ...

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...e will not believe that sword shall be your destruction, and that is great pity. With that the damosel departed, making great sorrow. Anon after, Bali... ...ll do unto you, my Lord Arthur, great honour and kindness; and it is great pity he shall not endure but a while, for of his strength and hardiness I k... ...ere met they put off their helms and kissed together, and wept for joy and pity. Then Balan said, I little weened to have met with you at this sudden ... ...night, for he shall not long endure. Alas, said King Arthur, that is great pity; for I am much be- holden unto him, and I have ill deserved it unto hi... ...s, for he abode all knights. Alas he might not endure, the which was great pity, that so worthy a knight as he was one should be overmatched, that of ... ..., and that was the most worshipful man that lived in those days, and great pity it was of his hurt, for through that stroke, turned to great dole, tra... ...in great danger, for by your shield ye should have been known; it is great pity of you as ever was of knight, for of thy prowess and hardiness thou ha... ...ey will pray for our souls. And so all the ladies and gentlewomen wept for pity. Then anon Balan died, but Balin died not till the midnight after, and... ...were buried both in one tomb. Alas, said King Arthur, this is the greatest pity that ever I heard tell of two knights, for in the world I know not suc...

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...ut help she cannot get; She bathes in water, yet her fire must burn: "O! pity," ’gan she cry, "flint-hearted boy: ’Tis but a kiss I beg; why art t... ...t, her object will away, And from her twining arms doth urge releasing: "Pity," she cries; "some favor some remorse!" Away he springs, and hasteth... ...locks kept fast, Yet love breaks through and picks them all at last. For pity now she can no more detain him; The poor fool prays her that he may de... ...lt a kind of fear Whenas I met the boar, that bloody beast, Which knows no pity, but is still severe; Then, gentle shadow, truth I must confess, ... ...eing gone, Play with his locks: then would Adonis weep; And straight, in pity of his tender years, They both would stive who first should dry his ...

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...ut help she cannot get; She bathes in water, yet her fire must burn: "O! pity," ’gan she cry, "flint-hearted boy: ’Tis but a kiss I beg; why art t... ...t, her object will away, And from her twining arms doth urge releasing: "Pity," she cries; "some favor some remorse!" Away he springs, and hasteth... ...locks kept fast, Yet love breaks through and picks them all at last. For pity now she can no more detain him; The poor fool prays her that he may de... ...lt a kind of fear Whenas I met the boar, that bloody beast, Which knows no pity, but is still severe; Then, gentle shadow, truth I must confess, ... ...eing gone, Play with his locks: then would Adonis weep; And straight, in pity of his tender years, They both would stive who first should dry his ...

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...e not holpen, that goodly man shall die of that wound, and that were great pity. Then that knight at the desire of the hermit gat a cart, and in that ... ...r kneeled down, and either wept 14 Thomas Malory upon other, that all had pity to behold them. Then came Dame Elaine and she there made them great ch... ...tle with his lady, and forsaketh your worship. Alas, shall some say, it is pity that ever he was made knight, or that ever he should have the love of ... ...ave the love of a lady. Also what shall queens and ladies say of me? It is pity that I have my life, that I will hold so noble a knight as ye are from... ... and yet is Sir Palomides un- christened. Alas, said Sir Galleron, that is pity that so good a knight and so noble a man of arms should be unchristene...

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... faith I should, When all’s spent, he ‘ld be cross’d then, an he could. ’Tis pity bounty had not eyes behind, That man might ne’er be wretched for his... ...g hath been amiss—a noble nature May catch a wrench—would all were well—’tis pity;— And so, intending other serious matters, After distasteful looks a... ... to him, So much I love his heart: but, I perceive, Men must learn now with pity to dispense; For policy sits above conscience. [Exeunt.] SCENE III: ... ...tor : Now, captain? ALCIBIADES: I am an humble suitor to your virtues; For pity is the virtue of the law, And none but tyrants use it cruelly. It pl... ...prithee, beat thy drum, and get thee gone. ALCIBIADES: I am thy friend, and pity thee, dear Timon. TIMON: How dost thou pity him whom thou dost trou... ...igh viced city hang his poison In the sick air: let not thy sword skip one: Pity not honor’d age for his white beard; He is an usurer: strike me the... ... That through the window bars bore at men’s eyes, Are not within the leaf of pity writ, But set them down horrible traitors: spare not the babe, Whose... ...’st Flinty mankind; whose eyes do never give But thorough lust and laughter. Pity’s sleeping: Strange times, that weep with laughing, not with weeping... ...eastly, mad brain’d war, Then let him know, and tell him Timon speaks it, In pity of our aged and our youth, I cannot choose but tell him, that I care...

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...m; you’ll be whipped for taxation one of these days. TOUCHSTONE: The more pity, that fools may not speak wisely what wise men do foolishly. CELIA: B... ...e little delight in it, I can tell you; there is such odds in the man. In pity of the challenger’s youth I would fain dissuade him, but he will not b... ... upon no other argument But that the people praise her for her virtues And pity her for her good father’s sake; And, on my life, his malice ‘gainst th... ...moothness, Her very silence and her patience Speak to the people, and they pity her. Thou art a fool: she robs thee of thy name; And thou wilt show m... ... oppress’d And faints for succor. CORIN: Fair sir, I pity her And wish, for her sake more than for mine own, My fortunes were mo... ... man’s feast, If ever from your eyelids wiped a tear And know what ’tis to pity and be pitied, Let gentleness my strong enforcement be: In the which h... ...hurch And sat at good men’s feasts and wiped our eyes Of drops that sacred pity hath engender’d: And therefore sit you down in gentleness And take upo... ...re lay he, stretched along, like a wounded knight. ROSALIND: Though it be pity to see such a sight, it well becomes the ground. 45 As You Like It Act... ...me not thou near me: and when that time comes, Afflict me with thy mocks, pity me not; As till that time I shall not pity thee. ROSALIND: And why, I...

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...ed cur shed one tear: he is a stone, a very pebble stone, and has no more pity in him than a dog: a Jew would have wept to have seen our parting; wh... ...eus make return. JULIA: O, know st thou not his looks are my soul s food? Pity the dearth that I have pined in, By longing for that food so long a ti... ...have said to thee, That I may venture to depart alone. EGLAMOUR: Madam, I pity much your grievances; Which since I know they virtuously are placed, I... ... dost thou cry alas ? JULIA: I cannot choose But pity her. PROTEUS: Wherefore shouldst thou pity her? JULIA: B... ...at has forgot her love; You dote on her that cares not for your love. Tis pity love should be so contrary; And thinking of it makes me cry alas! PR... ...ertain d A fox to be the shepherd of thy lambs. Alas, poor fool! why do I pity him That with his very heart despiseth me? Because he loves her, he de... ...iseth me? Because he loves her, he despiseth me; Because I love him I must pity him. This ring I gave him when he parted from me, To bind him to remem... ...ome, a hand from either: Let me be blest to make this happy close; T were pity two such friends should be long foes. PROTEUS: Bear witness, Heaven, ...

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... and burnt and slew clean afore them, both cities and castles, that it was pity to hear. Alas, said Arthur, yet had I never rest one month since I was... ...ed, and well made of his limbs, that all knights that saw him said it were pity that such a knight should die in prison. So Sir Damas and he were agre... ...alse treason that was wrought for him to have had him slain, she had great pity that so good a knight and such a man of worship should so be destroyed... ...ent. Alas, said Sir Ontzlake, that is 21 Le Morte Darthur – Book IV great pity that ever so noble a man as ye are of your deeds and prowess, that any... ... found him with my wife, and she shall have the same death anon. That were pity, said Morgan le Fay. Now, what say ye, knight, is it truth that he sai... ...y, while it lasteth, and our quarrels are not great, and therefore it were pity to do you hurt, for I feel ye are passing feeble. Ah, said Sir Gawaine... ...ights as well on foot as on horseback. Alas, said Sir Gawaine, it is great pity of him; and after this night I will seek him to-morrow, in this forest... ...so oft, rather than I would suffer that despite; but I trust she will have pity upon me at the last, for love causeth many a good knight to suffer to ... ...court of King Arthur, and his sister’s son. Truly, said she, that is great pity, for he was a passing good knight of his body, but of all men alive I ...

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...ver my riches so much as doth my poverty. Then Sir Percivale wept for very pity when that he knew it was his aunt. Ah, fair nephew, said she, when hea... ...ld. Damosel, said Sir Percivale, who hath disherited you? for I have great pity of you. Sir, said she, I dwelled with the greatest man of the world, a... ...and so drove me from mine heritage, and so disherited me, and he had never pity of me nor of none of my council, nor of my court. And sithen, sir knig...