 That do not do the thing they most do show, Who, moving others, are themselves as stone, Unmoved, cold, and to temptation slow, They rightly do inherit heaven's graces And husband nature's riches from expense; They are the lords and owners of their faces,...  The Plant-lore & Garden-craft of Shakespeare - Page 339by Henry Nicholson Ellacombe - 1884 - 438 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Mrs. Jameson (Anna) - England - 1838 - 256 pages
...gentleman, and fair complexioned." " A good for nothing," saith Dean Swift. — ED.] LADY DENHAM. " For sweetest things turn sourest by their deeds — Lilies that fester, smell far worse than weeds !" SHAKSPEARE. THIS beautiful woman is interesting from the poetical fame of her husband, and... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1838 - 484 pages
...from expense; They are the lords and owners of their faces, Others but stewards of their excellence. The summer's flower is to the summer sweet, Though to itself it only li ve and die ; But if that flower with base infection meet, The basest weed outbraves his dignity:... | |
 | William Shakespeare, Thomas Price - 1839 - 478 pages
...Others but stewards of their excellence. The summer's flower is to the summer sweet, Though to jtself it only live and die; But if that flower with base...sourest by their deeds ; Lilies that fester, smell far worso than weeds. /' 253 Prediction. Against ill chances, men are ever merry ; But heaviness foreruns... | |
 | William Shakespeare, Thomas Price - 1839 - 480 pages
...from expense ; They are the lords and owners of their faces, Others but stewards of their excellence. The summer's flower is to the summer sweet, Though...infection meet, The basest weed outbraves his dignity : * Traiton. f James i. 13, 14. { Attendanta. For sweetest things turn sourest by their deeds ; Lilies... | |
 | David Lester Richardson - English literature - 1840 - 396 pages
...thee remains. I am to wait, though waiting so, be hell ; Not blame your pleasure, be it ill or well. For sweetest things turn sourest by their deeds ; Lilies that fester, smell far worse than weeds. For we, that now behold these present days, Have eyes to wonder, but lack tongues to praise.... | |
 | David Lester Richardson - English literature - 1840 - 370 pages
...remains. I am to wait, though waiting so, be hell ; Not blame your pleasure, be it ill or well. - . For sweetest things turn sourest by their deeds ; Lilies that fester, smell far worse than weeds. For we, that now behold these present days, Have eyes to wonder, but lack tongues to praise.... | |
 | David Lester Richardson - 1840 - 364 pages
...thee remains. I am to wait, though waiting so, be hell ; Not blame your pleasure, be it ill or well. For sweetest things turn sourest by their deeds ; Lilies that fester, smell far worse than weeds. For we, that now behold these present days, Have eyes to wonder, but lack tongues to praise.... | |
 | Gardening - 1900 - 550 pages
..." For Thy pleasure they were created," was the confession of the adoring twenty-four. " The summer flower is to the summer sweet, Though to itself it only live and die ; " was Shakespeare's floral creed. Of its progeny, June is favourite, and she repays parental preference.... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1842 - 338 pages
...from expense ; They are the lords and owners of their faces, Others but stewards of their excellence. The summer's flower is to the summer sweet, Though...their deeds ; Lilies that fester smell far worse than weeds. xcv. How sweet and lovely dost thou make the shame. Which, like a canker in the fragrant rose,... | |
 | William Shakespeare, John Payne Collier - 1843 - 594 pages
...from expense ; They are the lords and owners of their faces, Others but stewards of their excellence. The summer's flower is to the summer sweet, Though...their deeds : Lilies that fester smell far worse than weeds. XCV. How sweet and lovely dost thou make the shame, Which, like a canker in the fragrant rose,... | |
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