 | Astrid Fitzgerald - Spiritual life - 2001 - 390 pages
...us, for us to satisfy others, or for us to satisfy ourselves in any way at all. — Marsilio Ficino What you do Still betters what is done. When you speak,...them too: when you do dance, I wish you A wave o' the sea, that you might ever do Nothing but that; move still, still so, And own no other function:... | |
 | G. Wilsin Knight - Drama - 2002 - 368 pages
...Perdita we have thoughts of music, dance, and sun-glittering sea together : . . . when you sing, I'ld have you buy and sell so, so give alms, Pray so; and...them too: when you do dance, I wish you A wave o' the sea, that you might ever do Nothing but that. (iv. iii. 137) This scene, with its springtime festivity,... | |
 | Anna Murphy Jameson - Literary Criticism - 2005 - 472 pages
...impression of her perfect beauty and airy elegance of demeanour is conveyed in two exquisite passages: What you do Still betters what is done. When you speak,...them too. When you do dance, I wish you A wave o' the sea, that you might ever do Nothing but that; move still, still so, and own No other function.... | |
 | Russ McDonald - Literary Criticism - 2006 - 173 pages
...and other rhythmic pleasures, the exceptional, awe-struck quality of his feelings: What you do 135 Still betters what is done. When you speak, sweet,...buy and sell so; so give alms, Pray so; and for the ord'ring your affairs, To sing them too. When you do dance, I wish you 140 A wave o' th' sea, that... | |
 | Anthony David Nuttall - Literary Criticism - 2007 - 196 pages
...perpetually in its stillness1 where the metaphysical intention is clear. But the best is Shakespeare's What you do Still betters what is done. When you speak,...them too: when you do dance, I wish you A wave o' the sea, that you might ever do Nothing but that; move still, still so, And own no other function:... | |
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What you do, Still betters what is done. When you speak, sweet, I'd have you do it ever: when you sing, I'd have you buy and sell so; so give alms; Pray so ; and, for the ordering your affairs, To sing them too : When you do dance, I wish you A wave o... 
