 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
 | Rossiter Johnson - English poetry - 1876 - 840 pages
...fairest wights, And beauty making beautiful old rhyme, In praise of ladies dead, and lovely knights, ch, nor go, norstand : Such one was Avarice, the fourth...band ! And next to him malicious Envy rode Upon a r expresg'd Even such a beauty as you master now. So all their praises are but prophecies Of this our... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - American poetry - 1876 - 599 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 expressed Even such a beauty as you master now. So all their praises are but prophecies Of this our... | |
 | John Fletcher, William Shakespeare - 1876 - 156 pages
...fairest wights, And beauty making beautiful old ryme 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, I see this antique pen would have expresst Even such a beauty as you master now. Sonnet 106. In the Arrangement... | |
 | James Russell Lowell - Birds - 1876 - 454 pages
...old rhyme In praise of ladies dead and lovely knights, I see their antique pen would have expressed Even such a beauty as you master now ; So all their praises are but prophecies Of this our time, all yorfl prefiguring, And, for they looked but with divining eyes, They had not skill enough your worth... | |
 | William Spalding, John Hill Burton - 1876 - 360 pages
...the fairest wights, And beauty making beautiful old ryme 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, I see this antique pen would have expresst Even such a beauty as you master now. ' pag« 75] Sonnet 106.... | |
 | Alicia Amy Leith - Gift books - 1877 - 292 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. SAaktspt.nr. October 3rd. SOMETIMES Spirits unseen upon my footsteps wait, And minister strange music,... | |
 | C. A. Patrides - English literature - 1989 - 370 pages
...remind ourselves, the rhythm adheres to the basic iambic pattern. Shakespeare, for instance, wrote of sweet beauty's best, Of hand, of foot, of lip, of eye, of brow .... (Sonnet CVI, ll. 5-6) Donne could be just as regular when the occasion demanded: the great soule... | |
 | Poetry - 460 pages
...the fairest wights, And beauty making beautiful old rime 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, I sec their antique pen would have expressed Even such a beauty as you master now. So all their praises... | |
 | Edith P. Hazen - Literary Criticism - 1992 - 1172 pages
...fairest wights. And beauty making beautiful old rhyme In praise of ladies dead and lovely knights. ustice draw? Oh curst Effects of necessary Law! How...Alexander's Feast; or, The Power of Music 5 Softly days, Have eyes to wonder, but lack tongues to praise. (1. 1-14) AWP; BLPL; CTC; E1L; EnLoPo; FaBoCh;... | |
 | William Shakespeare - Poetry - 1992 - 220 pages
...rhyme, In praise of Ladies dead, and lovely Knights, Then in the blazon of sweet beauty 's best, 5 Of hand, of foot, of lip, of eye, of brow, I see their...prophecies Of this our time, all you prefiguring, 10 And for they lool(d but with divining eyes, They had not s\ill enough your worth to sing: For we... | |
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