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: