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" The canker-blooms have full as deep a dye, As the perfumed tincture of the roses ; Hang on such thorns, and play as wantonly When summer's breath their masked buds discloses ; But, for their virtue* only is their show, They live unwoo'd, and unrespected... "
The Works of William Shakespeare: A glossary to Shakespeare - Page 64
by William Shakespeare - 1867
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Poets of England and America: Being Selections from the Best Authors of Both ...

Poets, American - 1853 - 560 pages
...doth give ! The rose looks fair, but fairer we it deem For that sweet odour which doth in it live. The canker-blooms have full as deep a dye, As the...wantonly When summer's breath their masked buds discloses ; But, for their virtue only is their shew, They live unwooed, and unrespected fade ; Die to themselves...
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The Wisdom and Genius of Shakespeare: Comprising Moral Philosophy ...

William Shakespeare - 1853 - 608 pages
...doth give ! The rose looks fair, but fairer we it deem For that sweet odour which doth in it live. The canker-blooms have full as deep a dye, As the...wantonly, When summer's breath their masked buds discloses ; But, for their virtue only is their show, They live unwoo'd, and unrespected fade ; Die to themselves;...
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The Works of Shakespeare: The Text Regulated by the Recently ..., Volume 8

William Shakespeare, John Payne Collier - 1853 - 484 pages
...rose looks fair, but fairer wo it deem For that sweet odour which doth in it live. The canker1 -blooms have full as deep a dye. As the perfumed tincture...wantonly When summer's breath their masked buds discloses ; But, for their virtue only is their show, They live unwoo'd, and unrespected fade ; Die to themselves....
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Cyclopaedia of English Literature: A Selection of the Choicest Productions ...

Robert Chambers - Authors, English - 1853 - 716 pages
...in it live. The canker-blooms have full as deep a dye, A» the perfumed tincture of the roses, Hanc on such thorns, and play as wantonly When summer's breath their masked buds discloses ; But, for their virtue only is their show, They live unwoo'd and unrcspected fade ; Die to themselves....
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Flowers and Flower-gardens

David Lester Richardson - Floriculture - 1855 - 296 pages
...doth give : The rose looks fair, but fairer we it deem For that sweet odour which doth in it live. The canker-blooms have full as deep a dye As the perfumed...wantonly, When summer's breath their masked buds discloses ; But for their virtue only is their show, They live unwoo'd and unrespected fade ; Die to themselves....
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The Flowering Plants of Great Britain, Volume 1

Anne Pratt - Botany - 1855 - 422 pages
...rose looks fair, but fairer it we deem For that sweet odour which doth in it live; The canker blooms have full as deep a dye As the perfumed tincture of...When summer's breath their masked buds discloses; But (for their virtue only is their show) They live unwoo'd and unrespected fade, Die to themselves....
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The Flowering Plants and Ferns of Great Britain: By Anne Pratt, Volume 2

Anne Pratt - Botany - 1855 - 566 pages
...fairer we it deem For that sweet odour which doth in it live ; VOL. II. HH The canker blooms have i'ull as deep a dye As the perfumed tincture of the roses,...wantonly, When summer's breath their masked buds discloses ; But (for their virtue only is their show) They live unwoo'd and unrespected fade, Die to themselves....
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Great Truths by Great Authors: A Dictionary of Aids to Reflection ...

Aphorisms and apothegms - 1856 - 570 pages
...doth give ! The Rose looks fair, but fairer we it deem For that sweet odour which doth in it live. The canker-blooms have full as deep a dye, As the...When summer's breath their masked buds discloses; But, for their Virtue only is their show, They live unwoo'd, and uninspected fade ; Die to themselves...
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The Poetical Works of William Shakespeare and the Earl of Surrey

William Shakespeare, Henry Howard Earl of Surrey, George Gilfillan - 1856 - 364 pages
...rose looks fair, but fairer we it deem For that sweet odour which doth in it live. The canker-blooms3 have full as deep a dye, As the perfumed tincture...wantonly When summer's breath their masked buds discloses : But, for their virtue only is their show, They live unwoo'd, and unrespected fade ; Die to themselves....
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The works of William Shakspere. Knight's Cabinet ed., with ..., Volume 11

William Shakespeare - 1856 - 424 pages
...rose looks fair, but fairer we it deem For that sweet odour which doth in it live. The canker-blooms b have full as deep a dye As the perfumed tincture of...as wantonly When summer's breath their masked buds disclose*: But, for their virtue only is their show, They live unwoo'd, and unrespected fade ; Die...
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