 Beauty is but a vain and doubtful good, A shining gloss, that fadeth suddenly ; A flower that dies, when first it 'gins to bud ; A brittle glass, that's broken presently : A doubtful good, a gloss, a glass, a flower, Lost, faded, broken, dead within an...  Conversation; or, Shades of difference - Page 34by Heron - 1821Full view - About this book
 | William Shakespeare - 1843 - 596 pages
...flower that dies, when first it 'gins to bud ; A brittle glass, that's broken presently : A doubtful good, a gloss, a glass, a flower, Lost, faded, broken, dead within an hour. And as goods lost are seld or never found, As faded gloss no rubbing will refresh ; As flowers dead... | |
 | William Shakespeare, John Payne Collier - 1843 - 606 pages
...flower that dies, when first it 'gins to bud ; A brittle glass, that's broken presently : A doubtful good, a gloss, a glass, a flower, Lost, faded, broken, dead within an hour. And as goods lost are seld or never found, // -' ' ^ As faded gloss no rubbing will refresh^. _ —... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1844 - 532 pages
...flower that dies , when first it 'gins to bud; A brittle glass , that 's broken presently : A doubtful good, a gloss, a glass, a flower, Lost, faded, broken, dead within an hour. And as goods lost are seld or never found , As faded gloss no rubbing will refresh ; As flowers dead... | |
 | Elizabeth Caroline Grey - 1845 - 958 pages
...flower that dies, when first it 'gins to bud A brittle glass, that's broken presently ; A doubtful good, a gloss, a glass, a flower, Lost, faded, broken, dead within an hour." SIIAKSFE UIE'S FORMs. EVER since the year 1810 to the present period, there have been many changes... | |
 | Questions and answers - 1871 - 734 pages
...; And thinking they would cheat the Lord, Thev made the back i : part shabby." COKNUD. "A doubtful good, A gloss, a glass, a flower, Lost, faded, broken, Dead within an hour." Dux. Loris DE ROCHECHOUART. — I have an old portrait bearing the inscription " Louis de Rochecliouart... | |
 | Henry Mandeville - Elocution - 1850 - 368 pages
...bewail, These times bewail not I. Beauty is but a vain, a fleeting good : A shining gloss that fadeth suddenly : A flower that, dies when almost in the bud : A brittle glass that breaketh presently : A fleetfng good, a glass, a gloss, a flower, Lost, faded, broken, dead, within the hour. As goods, when... | |
 | Henry Mandeville - Readers - 1851 - 396 pages
...bewail, These times bewail not I. Beauty is but a vain, a fleeting good : A shining gloss that fadeth suddenly : A flower that dies when almost in the bud:...glass, a flower, Lost, faded, broken, dead, within the hour. As goods, when lost, we know are seldom found, As fading gloss no rubbing can excite, As... | |
 | Charles Simmons - Aphorisms and apothegms - 1852 - 564 pages
...A flower that dies when first it 'gins to bud; A brittle glass, that's broken presently: A doubtful good, a gloss, a glass, a flower, Lost, faded, broken, dead within an hour. Outward beauty fades; internal beauty endureth forever. External beauty may captivate ; internal will... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1852 - 548 pages
...flower that dies, when first it 'gins to bud ; A brittle glass, that's broken presently : A doubtful good, a gloss, a glass, a flower, Lost, faded, broken, dead within an hour. And as goods lost are seld or never found, As faded gloss no rubbing will refresh, As flowers dead,... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1852 - 546 pages
...flower that dies, when first it 'gins to bud; A brittle glass, that's broken presently: A doubtful good, a gloss, a glass, a flower, Lost, faded, broken, dead within an hour. And as goods lost are seld or never found, As faded gloss no rubbing will refresh, As flowers dead,... | |
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