When I have seen the hungry ocean gain Advantage on the kingdom of the shore, And the firm soil win of the watery main, Increasing store with loss, and loss with store; When I have seen such interchange of state, Or state itself confounded to decay, Ruin... The Plays and Poems of William Shakspeare - Page 283by William Shakespeare - 1821Full view - About this book
| Charles Granville Gepp - 1871 - 208 pages
...ocean gain 5 When I have seen such interchange of state, Or state itself confounded to decay ; 10 Kuin hath taught me thus to ruminate, That Time will come...choose But weep to have that which it fears to lose. 1, 2. When I have seen cast down by the hand of Time the memorials of men who have perished in the... | |
| Mrs. Carey Brock - 1871 - 192 pages
...plea, Whose action is no stronger than a flower ? " Ruin hath tanght me thus to ruminate — That Tune will come and take my love away : This thought is...choose But weep to have that which it fears to lose." WILLIAM ВПАКЕОРЕАRЕ. THE had been, for several hours, in a humor reverse from agreeable:... | |
| Society for promoting Christian knowledge - 1872 - 266 pages
...store ; — When I have seen such interchange of state, Gr state itself confounded to decay ; — Bum hath taught me thus to ruminate ; — That time will...choose But weep to have that which it fears to lose. SHAKSPEABE. THOU, too, groat father of the British floods ! With joyful pride survey'st our lofty woods... | |
| Poetry - 1872 - 710 pages
...rose ! I never thought to ask ; I never knew, sword ; BE-A.TJTY. BE-A-TJTY. 910. BEAUTY, Exposure of. constant in plea, Whose action is no stronger than a flower ? O, how shall summer's honey breath hold out Against... | |
| John Dennis - Sonnets, English - 1873 - 280 pages
...main, Increasing store with loss and loss with store ; When I have seen such interchange of state, Or state itself confounded to decay ; Ruin hath taught...choose But weep to have that which it fears to lose. WII.UAM SHAKESPEARE. 1564 — 1616. HOW TO DEFEAT TIME. SINCE brass, nor stone, nor earth, nor boundless... | |
| James Schiffer - Drama - 2000 - 500 pages
...I have seen . . . when I have seen") until he gathers his observations into a personal application: "Ruin hath taught me thus to ruminate, / That time will come and take my love away" (11-12). In the sonnets after 126, the poet himself is the location of interchange and loss. 15. The... | |
| Erin Sullivan - Body, Mind & Spirit - 2000 - 452 pages
...flower of love, and the weating down by the elements and ultimately Time and Death and he despairs: Ruin hath taught me thus to ruminate That Time will...choose But weep to have that which it fears to lose. The 'remover', of course, can be Death. Shakespeare knew that love in its Uranian ideal alters not,... | |
| A. B. Taylor - Literary Criticism - 2000 - 240 pages
...itself: When I have scene such interchange of state, Or state it selfe confounded, to decay, Ruine hath taught me thus to ruminate That Time will come...This thought is as a death which cannot choose But weepe to have, that which it feares to loose. (64.9-14) Claims for poetry's immortalizing power are... | |
| Cees Koster - History - 2000 - 266 pages
...keiner! Nie! Es sei denn, dies trifft zu: Aus meiner Tinte Schwarz, draus leuchtest du. 65 Shakespeare: Since brass, nor stone, nor earth, nor boundless sea,...their power, How with this rage shall beauty hold a plea, Whose action is no stronger than a flower? Oh how shall summer's honey breath hold out Against... | |
| G. Wilsin Knight - Drama - 2002 - 368 pages
...watery main, Increasing store with loss and loss with store; When I have seen such interchange of state, Or state itself confounded to decay; Ruin hath taught...choose But weep to have that which it fears to lose. (Sonnet LXIV) The 'hungry ocean'; a usual thought. So is the word 'rage'. Or again, Since brass, nor... | |
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