_Archbishop of York_. Against ill chances, men are ever merry;
But heaviness foreruns the good event.
_West_. Therefore be merry, cos; since sudden sorrow
Serves to say thus,--Some good thing comes to-morrow.
_Arch_. Believe me, I am passing light in spirit.
_Mow_. So much the worse, if your own rule be true."
Second Part of _King Henry IV._, Act iv. Sc. 2.
In the last act of _Romeo and Juliet_, Sc. 1, Romeo comes on, saying,--
"If I may trust the flattering eye of sleep,
My dreams presage some joyful news at hand:
My bosom's lord sits lightly on his throne;
And, all this day, an unacustom'd spirit
Lifts me above the ground with cheerful thoughts."
Immediately a messenger comes in to announce Juliet's death.
In Act iii. Sc. 2., of _King Richard III._, Hastings is represented as
rising in the morning in unusually high spirits. This idea runs through
the whole scene, which is too long for extraction. Before dinner-time he
is beheaded.
X.Z.
_Norfolk Popular Rhymes_.--On looking over an old newspaper, I stumbled
on the following rhymes, which are there stated to be prevalent in the
district in which these parishes are situated, viz.
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