 When in the chronicle of wasted time I see descriptions of the fairest wights, And beauty making beautiful old rhyme, In praise of ladies dead, and lovely knights ; Then, in the blazon of sweet beauty's best, Of hand, of foot, of lip, of eye, of brow,...  The Works of William Shakespeare - Page 385by William Shakespeare - 1881Full view - About this book
 | William Shakespeare - 1775 - 290 pages
...fee their antic pen would have exprcfs'd Even fuch a beauty as you m after now. So all their praifes are but prophecies Of this our time, all you prefiguring;...for they look'd but with divining eyes, They had not ftill enough your worth to fing : For we who now behold thefe prcfent days, flaye eyes {p wonder, but... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1790 - 752 pages
...their antique pen would have exprefs'd Even fach a beauty as you matter now1. So all their praifes are but prophecies Of this our time, all you prefiguring;...for they look'd but with divining eyes, They had not (kill enough your worth to fing'r For we, which now behold thefe prefent days. Have eyes to wonder,... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1804 - 268 pages
...of wasted time, I see descriptions of the fairest wights, And beauty making beautiful old rhime, Tn praise of ladies dead, and lovely knights; Then in...beauty's best, Of hand, of foot, of lip, of eye, of brow, J see their antic pen would have express'd E'en such a beauty as you master now. So all their praises... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1808 - 224 pages
...affords. Fair, kind, and true, have often liv'd alone :' Which three, till now, have never sate in one. And beauty making beautiful old rhyme, In praise of...hand, of foot, of lip, of eye, of brow, I see their antick pen would have express'd Even such a beauty as you master now. So all their praises are but... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1810 - 728 pages
...seat in one. SONNET CVI. in the chronicle of wasted lime I see descriptions of the fairest wights, And beauty making beautiful old rhyme. In praise of...look'd but with divining eyes. They had not skill enough your worth to sing : For we, which now behold these present days, Have eyes to wonder, but lack... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - English poetry - 1810 - 746 pages
...in one. SONNET CVI. WHEN in the chronicle of wasted time I see descriptions of the fairest wights. And beauty making beautiful old rhyme, In praise of...our time, all you prefiguring; And, for they look'd hut with divining eyes, They had not skill enough your worth to sing : For we, which now behold these... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1812 - 372 pages
...affords, Fair, kind, and true, have often liv'd alone : Which three, till now, have never sate in one. And beauty making beautiful old rhyme, In praise of...hand, of foot, of lip, of eye, of brow, I see their antick pen would have express'd Even such a beauty as you master now. So all their praises are but... | |
 | Nathan Drake - Dramatists, English - 1817 - 708 pages
...chronicle of wasted time, I see descriptions of the fairest wights, And beauty making beautiful old rhime, In praise of ladies dead, and lovely knights ; Then,...have express'd Even such a beauty as you master now." Son. 106. It is a striking proof of the poetical inferiority of the few sonnets which Shakspeare has... | |
 | English literature - 1835 - 564 pages
...taste and reading — " When in the chronicle of wasted time I see descriptions of the fairest wights, And beauty making beautiful old rhyme, In praise of...have express'd Even such a beauty as you master now !"1T Shakspeare was ever beautifully unenvious. He alludes more than once to one or two of his contemporaries,... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1821 - 486 pages
...kept seat in one. CVI. When in the chronicle of wasted time I see descriptions of the fairest wights, And beauty making beautiful old rhyme, In praise of...beauty's best, Of hand, of foot, of lip, of eye, of brow 9, I see their antique pen would have express'd Even such a beauty as you master now '. 1 So your sweet... | |
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