num_pages: 120
description: CHORUS. O for a Muse of fire, that would ascend The brightest heaven of invention, A kingdom for a stage, princes to act, And monarchs to behold the swelling scene! Then should the warlike Harry, like himself, Assume the port of Mars; and at his heels, Leash'd in like hounds, should famine, sword, and fire, Crouch for employment. But pardon, gentles all, The flat unraised spirits that hath dar'd On this unworthy scaffold to bring forth So great an object. Can this cockpit hold The vasty fields of France? Or may we cram Within this wooden O the very casques That did affright the air at Agincourt? O, pardon! since a crooked figure may Attest in little place a million; And let us, ciphers to this great accompt,
language: English
title: The Life of King Henry the Fifth
titlecomplete: The Life of King Henry the Fifth
characters: Fluellen, Ancient Pistol, Catherine de Valois, Richard of Conisburgh, 3rd Earl of Cambridge, John of Lancaster, 1st Duke of Bedford, Charles VI of France, Bardolph, Edward of Langley, 2nd Duke of York, Henry V of England, Mistress Nell Quickly, Corporal Nim, Humphrey of Lancaster, 1st Duke of Gloucester
genres: Literature, Fiction, Poetry, Historical Fiction, Theatre, Plays, School, Historical, Drama, Classics
ratings_count: 48770
places: Troyes, Southampton, England, Agincourt
series: Wars of the Roses
publisher: 1st World Publishing