...Constance is grief stricken over the death of her child, Arthur, Duke of Bretagne and nephew of King John. Grief fills the room up of my absent child, Lies in...his form; Then have I reason to be fond of Grief. Fare you well. Had you such loss as I, I could give better comfort than you do. I will not keep this...

...several of the poems that were written around the same time. All which reflect my pain and longing. Grief fills the room up of my absent child, Lies in...parts. Stuffs out his vacant garments with his form. — William Shakespeare MAHALO SWEET HAWAII Hawaii, land of sun and land of love you call to me upon...

...best readers and editors I could wish for. And Evelyn, for her unfailing love, support, and wisdom. Grief fills the room up of my absent child, Lies in...parts, Stuffs out his vacant garments with his form. — King John, WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE PROLOGUE The marlin was the color of the ocean at twenty fathoms,...

...makes his owner stoop. Constance — King John IILi Grief fills the room up of my absent child, Lies on his bed, walks up and down with me, Puts on his pretty...parts, Stuffs out his vacant garments with his form. Constance — King John III.iv Sorrow concealed, like an oven stopp'd, Doth burn the heart to cinders...

...feeling, but never, in my mind, more truly or beautifully than when he makes Constance exclaim — Grief fills the room up of my absent child, Lies in...with his form: — Then have I reason to be fond of Grief.8 In the course of the day, however, the kindly acts and expressions of my new neighbours, and...

...Augustine's point. She defends her right to grieve, explaining the emotion's psychological function: Grief fills the room up of my absent child, Lies in...his form; Then, have I reason to be fond of grief? (KJ 3.4.93-8) Alexander Leggatt notes the same phenomenon in Richard II. When Leggatt observes that...

...has lost her son she has had a true awakening to the real experience of grief and says, profoundly: Grief fills the room up of my absent child, Lies in...his form; Then have I reason to be fond of grief? Grief is no longer great, nor proud. (m.iv.93-8) As we started to rehearse the play, I already knew...

...insisting on her grief, she replies with an eloquent simplicity that breaks free from the tangled plot: Grief fills the room up of my absent child, Lies in...parts, Stuffs out his vacant garments with his form. (3.4.93-97) If there is no secure link between these lines and the death of Hamnet, there is, at the...

...p. 1054) reflect Shakespeare's own grief at the death of his son Hamnet in August, 1596: Constance: "Grief fills the room up of my absent child, Lies...parts, Stuffs out his vacant garments with his form;" The Buddha raised his hand. There was one proviso: each mustard seed had to come from a house where...

...aged 1 1 . His father, writing King John, has Constance, whose son has disappeared, poignantly say: 'Grief fills the room up of my absent child, Lies...gracious parts, Stuffs out his vacant garments with his fom He arrived in London and, by the age of 27, had tasted success as an actor and writer, with several...