My mistress' eyes are nothing like the sun ; Coral is far more red than her lips' red ; If snow be white, why then her breasts are dun ; If hairs be wires, black wires grow on her head. I have seen roses damask'd, red and white, But no such roses see... Works - Page 485by William Shakespeare - 1874Full view - About this book
| William Shakespeare - 1843 - 596 pages
...finders walk — ] In the old copy, "thy" is misprinted tJuir, the error most common in the quarto, 1609. I have seen roses damask'd, red and white, But no...more delight Than in the breath that from my mistress reeks. I love to hear her speak, yet well 1 know That music hath a far more pleasing sound : I grant... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1844 - 532 pages
...in possession so ; Had, having, and in quest to have , extreme; A bliss in proof, — and prov'd , a very woe ; Before, a joy propos'd; behind, a dream....more delight Than in the breath that from my mistress reeks. I love to hear her speak , yet well I know That music hath a far more pleasing sound : I grant... | |
| Charles Knight - 1849 - 574 pages
...her breasts are dun ; If hairs be wires, black wires grow on her head. I have seen roses damaek'd, red and white, But no such roses see I in her cheeks...more delight Than in the breath that from my mistress reeks. I love to hear her speak, — yet well I know That music hath a far more pleasing sound ; I... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1850 - 482 pages
...her breasts are dun ; If hairs be wires, black wires grow on her head. I have seen roses damasked, red and white, But no such roses see I in her cheeks...more delight Than in the breath that from my mistress reeks. I love to hear her speak, — yet well I know That music hath a far more pleasing sound ; I... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1851 - 446 pages
...her breasts are dun ; If hairs be wires, black wires grow on her head. I have seen roses damasked, red and white, But no such roses see I in her cheeks...more delight Than in the breath that from my mistress reeks. I love to hear her speak, — yet well I know That music hath a far more pleasing sound ; I... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1851 - 624 pages
...in possession so ; Had, having, and in quest to have, extreme ; A bliss in proof, — and prov'd, a very woe; Before, a joy propos'd ; behind, a dream...more delight Than in the breath that from my mistress reeks. I love to hear her speak, — yet well I know That music hath a far more pleasing sound ; I... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1852 - 546 pages
...red: If hairs be wires, black wires grow on her head. If snow be white, why then her breasts are dun ; I have seen roses damask'd, red and white, But no...more delight Than in the breath that from my mistress reeks. I love to hear her speak,—yet well I know I grant I never saw a goddess go,— That music... | |
| William Shakespeare, John Payne Collier - 1853 - 484 pages
...possession so ; Had, having, and in quest to have, extreme : A bliss in proof, — and prov'd, a very woe j1 Before, a joy propos'd ; behind, a dream. All this...more delight Than in the breath that from my mistress reeks. I love to hear her speak, yet well I know That music hath a far more pleasing sound : I grant... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1855 - 280 pages
...virginal was a kind of spinet, and in form resembled a small/Jjiano-forte. I have seen roses damasked, red and white, But no such roses see I in her cheeks...more delight Than in the breath that from my mistress reeks. I love to hear her speak, — yet well I know That music hath a far more pleasing sound; I grant... | |
| William Shakespeare, Henry Howard Earl of Surrey, George Gilfillan - 1856 - 364 pages
...in quest to have, extreme ; A bliss in proof, — and proved, a very woe ; Before, a joy proposed ; behind, a dream ; All this the world well knows :...more delight Than in the breath that from my mistress reeks. I love to hear her speak, — yet well I know That music hath a far more pleasing sound ; I... | |
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