Shakespeare Words
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Dawn
Popularized in Henry V“ | That beats upon the high shore of this world. | |
No, not all these, thrice-gorgeous ceremony, | ||
Not all these, laid in bed majestical, | ||
Can sleep so soundly as the wretched slave, | ||
Who, with a body filled and vacant mind, | ||
Gets him to rest, crammed with distressful bread; | ||
Never sees horrid night, the child of hell, | ||
But, like a lackey, from the rise to set | ||
Sweats in the eye of Phoebus, and all night | ||
Sleeps in Elysium; next day after dawn, | ||
Doth rise and help Hyperion to his horse, | ||
And follows so the ever-running year | ” |
The Old English word dagian eventually became day, so we can see how dawn isn't that far off. Dawn was originally used as a verb, but Shakespeare went ahead and turned in into a noun—like he loved to do. |
Tag: Henry V