Twelth Night Act1 sc1 Lines 1-15

Question 1

Give me excess of it, the, surfeiting,

Answer 1

The appetite may sicken, and so die.

Question 2

The appetite may sicken, and so die.

Answer 2

That strain again! It had a dying fall:

Question 3

That strain again! It had a dying fall:

Answer 3

O, it came o’re my ear like the sweet sound,

Question 4

O, it came o’re my ear like the sweet sound.

Answer 4

That breaths upon a bank of violets,

Question 5

That breaths upon a bank of violets,

Answer 5

Stealing and giving odour! Enough; no more:

Question 6

Stealing and giving odour! Enough; no more:

Answer 6

‘Tis not so sweet now as it was before.

Question 7

‘Tis not so sweet now as it was before.

Answer 7

O spirit of love! How quick and fresh art thou,

Question 8

O spirit of love! how quick and fresh art thou,

Answer 8

That, notwithstanding thy capacity

Question 9

That, notwithstanding thy capacity

Answer 9

Receiveth as the sea, nought enters there,

Question 10

Receiveth as the sea, nought enters there,

Answer 10

Of what validity and pitch soe’er,

Question 11

Of what validity and pitch soe’re,

Answer 11

But falls into abatement and low price,

Question 12

But falls into abatement and low price,

Answer 12

Even in a minute: so full of shapes is fancy

Question 13

Even in a minute: so full of shapes is fancy

Answer 13

That it alone is high fantastical.

Question 14

That it alone is high fantastical.

Answer 14

O, when mine eyes did see Olivia first,

Question 15

O, when mine eyes did see Olivia first,

Answer 15

Methought she purged the air of pestilence!

Question 16

Methought she purged the air of pestilence!

Answer 16

That instant was I turn’d into a hart;

Question 17

That instant was I turn’d into a hart;

Answer 17

And my desires, like fell and cruel hounds,

Question 18

And my desires, like fell and cruel hounds,

Answer 18

E’er since pursue me.

Question 19

If music be the food of love, play on;

Answer 19

Give me excess of it, that surfeiting,