 By that sweet ornament which truth doth give ! The rose looks fair, but fairer we it deem For that sweet odour which doth in it live. The canker-blooms have full as deep a dye As the perfumed tincture of the roses, Hang on such thorns and play as wantonly...  The Dramatic Works of Shakespeare - Page 66by William Shakespeare - 1826 - 830 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Electronic journals - 1886 - 574 pages
...tbe perfumed tincture of the roses, Bang on such thorns, and play as wantonly When summer's breath their masked buds discloses : But for their virtue...unwoo'd, and unrespected fade : Die to themselves, tiwcct roses do not so; Of their sweet deaths are sweetest odours made. Sonnet liv. In the " National... | |
 | Robert Chambers - English literature - 1850 - 710 pages
...the perfumed tincture of the roues, Hang on such thorns, and play as wantonly When summer's breath on a merry milkmaid's. Thou slecpest worse, than if a mouse should be forced to uninspected fade ; Die to themselves. Sweet roses do not so ; Of their sweet deaths are sweetest odours... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1850 - 484 pages
...the perfumed tincture of the roses, Hang on such thorns, and play as wantonly When summer's breath their masked buds discloses: But, for their virtue only is their show, They live unwooed, and unrespected fade ; Die to themselves. Sweet roses do not so ; Of their sweet deaths are... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1851 - 458 pages
...summer's breath their masked buds discloses: But, for their virtue only is their show, They live unwooed, and unrespected fade ; Die to themselves. Sweet roses do not so ; Of their sweet deaths are sweetest odors made: And so of you, beauteous and lovely youth, When that shall fade, by verse distils your... | |
 | Joseph Breck - Floriculture - 1851 - 346 pages
...the perfumed tincture of the Roses, Hang on such thorns, and play as wantonly, When summer's breath their masked buds discloses. But, for their virtue only is their show, They live unmoved, and unrespected fade ; Die to themselves ; sweet Roses do not so ; Of their sweet deaths are... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1851 - 446 pages
...the perfumed tincture of the roses, Hang on such thorns, and play as wantonly When summer's breath their masked buds discloses : But for their virtue only is their show, They live unwooed, and unrespected fade ; Die to themselves. Sweet roses do not so ; Of their sweet deaths are... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1852 - 548 pages
...necklace. § Portrait. II Attire. T !• e. the plentiful season, the autumn. * " Canker-rose, or dog-rose. But, for* their virtue only is their show, They live...beauteous and lovely youth, When that shall fade, my verse distils your truth. LV. Not marble, nor the gilded monuments Of princes, shall outlive this powerful... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1852 - 546 pages
...summer's breath their masked buds discloses: Hang on such thorns, and play as wantonly * (Fear of). But, for* their virtue only is their show, They live...beauteous and lovely youth, When that shall fade, my verse distils your truth. LV. Not marble, nor the gilded monuments Of princes, shall outlive this powerful... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1851 - 624 pages
...the perfumed tincture of the roses, Hang on such thorns, and play as wantonly When summer's breath their masked buds discloses : But for their virtue...so ; Of their sweet deaths are sweetest odours made : » There is a somewhat similar thought in ' Henry IV., Part I. : ' — " My state, Seldom but sumptuous,... | |
 | William Shakespeare, John Payne Collier - 1853 - 484 pages
...the perfumed tincture of the roses; Hang on such thorns, and play as wantonly When summer's breath their masked buds discloses ; But, for their virtue...beauteous and lovely youth, When that shall fade, my3 verse distils your truth. LV. Not marble, nor the gilded monuments Of princes, shall out-live this... | |
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