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" Coral is far more red than her lips' red: If snow be white, why then her breasts are dun; If hairs be wires, black wires grow on her head. I have seen roses damasked, red and white, But no such roses see I in her cheeks; And in some perfumes is there... "
The Plays and Poems of William Shakespeare: Printed from the Text of J ... - Page 430
by William Shakespeare - 1844
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Works: Macbeth. Timon of Athens. Hamlet. Troilus and Cressida. Cymbeline ...

William Shakespeare - 1889 - 824 pages
...and in quest to have, extreme ; A bliss in proof,— and prov'd, a very woe ; Before, a joy proposal; behind, a dream: All this the world well knows ; yet...her head. I have seen roses damask'd, red and white, ]3ut no such roses see I in her cheeks; And in some perfumes is there more delight Than in the breath...
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The Works of William Shakespeare: The Plays Edited from the ..., Volumes 1-2

William Shakespeare, Richard Grant White - 1889 - 1032 pages
...have, extreme; A bliss in proof, — and prov'd, a very woe; Before, a joy propos'd; behind, a dream. CXXX. My mistress' eyes are nothing like the sun,...cheeks; And in some perfumes is there more delight Thau in the breath that from my mistress reeks. I love to hear her speak ; yet well I know That music...
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Shakespeare's Sonnets

William Shakespeare - Sonnets, English - 1890 - 204 pages
...expense of spirit in a waste of shame Is lust in action ; and till action, lust Is perjur'd, murtherous, bloody, full of blame, Savage, extreme, rude, cruel,...head. I have seen roses damask'd, red and white, But ho such roses see I in her cheeks; And in some perfumes is there more delight Than in the breath that...
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Shakespeare's Sonnets

William Shakespeare - Sonnets, English - 1890 - 356 pages
...most highly valued in Shakespeare's time. The poet could note in her " a thousand errors : " — " My mistress' eyes are nothing like the sun ; Coral is...and white, But no such roses see I in her cheeks. " She had not even — so it would seem — the charm of a soft and melodious voice : — " I love...
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Sonnets

William Shakespeare - 1891 - 200 pages
...exgensg of spirit in a waste of shame Is lust in action ; and till action, lust Is perjur'd, murtherous, bloody, full of blame, Savage, extreme, rude, cruel,...; If hairs be wires, black wires grow on her head. -f I have seen roses dainask'd, red and white, \Tfr-11 n *Vft ' But no such roses see iTn her cheeks...
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The Works of Shakespeare: Julius Caesar. Antony and Cleopatra. Titus ...

William Shakespeare - 1891 - 500 pages
...To shun the heaven that leads men to this hell. My mistress' eyes are nothing like the sun ; ( oral is far more red than her lips' red : If snow be white,...her head. I have seen roses damask'd, red and white, Hut no such roses see I in her cheeks ; And in some perfumes is there more delight Than in the breath...
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Queen's Quarterly, Volume 35

Humanities - 1928 - 710 pages
...Barleycorn. As in Tasso's poem, nothing is left to vanity. Take these familiar lines: —146— My mistress' eyes are nothing like the sun; Coral is...dun; If hairs be wires, black wires grow on her head. "Dun" suggests the color of Shakespeare's favorite beverage. "Black wires" probably indicate the way...
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Antony and Cleopatra. Cymbeline. Pericles. Poems

William Shakespeare - 1894 - 512 pages
...having, and in quest to have, extreme; A bliss in proof, and proved, a very woe; Before, a joy proposed ; behind, a dream. All this the world well knows; yet...be white, why then her breasts are dun; If hairs be wire's, black wires grow on her head. I have seen roses damask'd, red and white, But no such roses...
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William Shakespeare: A Study in Elizabethan Literature

Barrett Wendell - 1894 - 460 pages
...and in quest to have, extreme ; A bliss in proof, and proved, a very woe ; Before, a joy proposed ; behind, a dream. All this the world well knows; yet...If snow be white, why then her breasts are dun; If hair be wires, black wires grow on her head. I have seen roses damask'd, red and white, But no such...
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William Shakspere: A Study in Elizabethan Literature

Barrett Wendell - 1894 - 458 pages
...and in quest to have, extreme ; A bliss in proof, and proved, a very woe ; Before, a joy proposed ; behind, a dream. All this the world well knows; yet...If snow be white, why then her breasts are dun; If hair be wires, black wires grow on her head. I have seen roses damask'd, red and white, But no such...
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