 | William Shakespeare - 1788 - 442 pages
...Shakspere makes the south steal odour from the violet. In his pgth Sonnet the violet is made the thief: ," The forward violet thus did I chide : " Sweet thief,...sweet that smells, ' .. " If not from my love's breath •?" MALONE. the sweet south,] The old copy reads • ' sweet sound, which Mr. Rowe changed into wind,... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1804 - 268 pages
...of all those : Yet seem'd it winter still, and you away, As with your shadow I with Ihese did play. The forward violet thus did I chide; Sweet thief!...thy sweet that smells, If not from my love's breath I The purple pride, Which on thy soft cheek for complexion dwells, In my love's veins thou hast too... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1808 - 224 pages
...The forward violet thus did I chide ; [smells. Sweet thief ! whence didst thou steal thy sweet that If not from my love's breath ? The purple pride, Which...I condemned for thy hand, And buds of marjoram had stol'n thy hair ; The roses fearfully on thorns did stand, One blushing shame, another white despair... | |
 | Philadelphia (Pa.) - 1808 - 436 pages
...poets; on the contrary, we imagery is not so different from the European as we are apt to imagine. The forward -violet thus did I chide : " Sweet thief...smells, If not from my love's breath ? The purple priuc, Which on thy soft cheek for complexion dwells. In mv L ove's veins thou hast too grossly dyed."... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1812 - 380 pages
...of all those : Yet seem'd it winter still, and you away, As with your shadow, I with these did play. The forward violet thus did I chide ; Sweet thief...love's veins thou hast too grossly dy'd : The lily I condemned4 for thy hand, And buds of marjoram had stol'n thy hair ; The roses fearfully on thorns did... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1812 - 372 pages
...The forward violet thus did I chide ; [smells, Sweet thief ! whence didst thou steal thy sweet that If not from my love's breath ? The purple pride, Which...I condemned for thy hand, And buds of marjoram had stol'n thy hair ; The roses fearfully on thorns did stand, One blushing shame, another white despair... | |
 | Almanacs, English - 1816 - 420 pages
...flower in this month. The sweet violet (viola odorata) sheds its delicious perfumes in this month. The forward violet thus did I chide : Sweet thief!...complexion dwells, In my love's veins thou hast too grossly dyed. SHAKSPEARE 1 . 1 To a TUFT of early VIOLETS. Sweet flow'rs ! that from your humble beds Thus... | |
 | Almanacs, English - 1817 - 494 pages
...violet thus did I chide ;— Sweet thief, whence didst thou steal thy sweet that smells, If not from ray love's breath ? The purple pride Which on thy soft...complexion dwells, In my love's veins thou hast too grossly dyed. The lily I condemned for thy hand, And buds of marjoram had stolen thy hair ; The roses fearfully... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1821 - 528 pages
...Shakspeare makes the wind steal odour from the violet. In his 99th Sonnet, the violet is made the thief : " The forward violet thus did I chide : " Sweet thief,...sweet that smells, " If not from my love's breath ? " MALONE. ' > Of what VALIDITY and pitch soe'er,] Validity is here used for value. MALONE. So, in... | |
 | Richard Alfred Davenport - English literature - 1823 - 470 pages
...thou must leave ere long. SHAKSPEARE. THE forward violet thus did I chide : — Sweet thief, where didst thou steal thy sweet that smells, If not from...complexion dwells, In my love's veins thou hast too grossly dyed. The lily I condemned for thy hand, And buds of marjoram had stolen thy hair r The roses fearfully... | |
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The forward violet thus did I chide: Sweet thief, whence didst thou steal thy sweet that smells, If not from my love's breath? 
