Both Uses of
blithe
in
Much Ado About Nothing
- Sigh no more, ladies, sigh no more,
Men were deceivers ever,
One foot in sea and one on shore,
To one thing constant never.
Then sigh not so, but let them go,
And be you blithe and bonny,Scene 2.3 *blithe = carefree and happy
- Then sigh not so, But let them go, And be you blithe and bonny, Converting all your sounds of woe Into Hey nonny, nonny.†
Scene 2.3
Definitions:
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(1)
(blithe) carefree and happy -- often unaware of or ignoring something that should be of concern
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)