 When in the chronicle of wasted time I see descriptions of the fairest wights, And beauty making beautiful old rhyme, In praise of ladies dead, and lovely knights ; Then, in the blazon of sweet beauty's best, Of hand, of foot, of lip, of eye, of brow,...  The Dramatic Works of Shakespeare - Page 72by William Shakespeare - 1826 - 830 pagesFull view - About this book
 | William Shakespeare - 1843 - 596 pages
...fairest wights, And beauty making beautiful old rhyme, In praise of ladies dead, and lovely knights ; Then, in the blazon of sweet beauty's best, Of hand,...look'd but with divining eyes, They had not skill enough3 your worth to sing : For we, which now behold these present days, Have eyes to wonder, but... | |
 | Nathan Drake - 1843 - 690 pages
...fairest wights. And beauty making beautiful old rhyme, In praise of ladies dead, and lovely knights ; Then, in the blazon of sweet beauty's best, Of hand,...have express'd Even such a beauty as you master now." Son. 106. It is a striking proof of the poetical inferiority of the few sonnets which Shilspeare has... | |
 | Nathan Drake - English literature - 1843 - 970 pages
...fairest wights, And beauty making beautiful old rhyme, In praise of ladies dead, and lovely knights ; Then, in the blazon of sweet beauty's best, Of hand,...of eye, of brow, I see their antique pen would have expresa'd Even such a beauty as you master now." Son. 106. It is a striking proof of the poetical inferiority... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1843 - 606 pages
...fairest wights, And beauty making beautiful old rhyme, In praise of ladies dead, and lovely knights ; Then, in the blazon of sweet beauty's best, Of hand,...foot, of lip, of eye, of brow, I see their antique pen \vould have expressed Even such a beauty as you master now. So all their praises are but prophecies... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1843 - 672 pages
...all their praises are hut prophecies Of this our time, all you prefiguring ; And for they looked hut with divining eyes, They had not skill enough your worth to sing : For we which now hehold these present days, Have eyes to wonder hut lack tongues to praise. Not mine own fears, nor... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1844 - 532 pages
...fairest wights , And beauty making beautiful old rhyme , In praise of ladies dead , and lovely knights ; Then , in the blazon of sweet beauty's best , Of hand,...such a beauty as you master now. So all their praises ard but prophecies Of this our time, all you prefiguring; And for they look'd but with divining eyes... | |
 | William John Birch - Religion in literature - 1848 - 574 pages
...leads him, in the next atanza (cvi.), to descend still further ( into the details of religion: — So all their praises are but prophecies Of this our...worth to sing : For we, which now behold these present days, Have eyes to wonder, but lack tongues to praise. He says (stanza cviii.) there is nothing in... | |
 | William John Birch - Religion in literature - 1848 - 570 pages
...given leads him, in the next stanza (cvi.), to descend still further into the details of religion: — So all their praises are but prophecies Of this our time, all you prefiguring ; And, tor they look'd but with divining eyes, They had not skill enough your worth to sing : For we, which... | |
 | Charles Knight - 1849 - 574 pages
...fairest wights, And beauty making beautiful old rhyme, In praise of ladies dead and lovely knights, Then in the blazon of sweet beauty's best, Of hand,...worth to sing; For we, which now behold these present days, Have eyes to wonder, but lack tongues to praise. — 106. Not mine own fears, nor the prophetic... | |
 | Charles Knight - 1849 - 582 pages
...old rhyme, In praise of ladies dead and lovely knights, Then in the blazon of sweet beauty's beat, Of hand, of foot, of lip, of eye, of brow, I see their...worth to sing; For we, which now behold these present days, Have eyes to wonder, but lack tongues to praise. — 106. Not mine own fears, nor the prophetic... | |
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