 To gild refined gold, to paint the lily, To throw a perfume on the violet, To smooth the ice, or add another hue Unto the rainbow, or with taper-light To seek the beauteous eye of heaven to garnish, Is wasteful, and ridiculous excess.  Characters of Shakespeare's Plays - Page 240by William Hazlitt - 1818 - 352 pagesFull view - About this book
 | William Shakespeare - 1843 - 418 pages
...Therefore, to be possess'd with double pomp, To guard2 a title that was rich before, To gild refined gold, to paint the lily, To, throw a perfume on the violet, To smooth the ice, or add another hue Unto the rainbow, or with taper-light To seek the beauteous eye of heaven to garnish,... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1843 - 508 pages
...Therefore , to be possess'd with double pomp , To guard a title that was rich before , To gild refined gold , to paint the lily, To throw a perfume on the violet, To smooth the ice , or add another hue Unto the rainbow, or with taper-light To seek the beauteous eye of heaven to garnish... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1845 - 512 pages
...Therefore to be possessed with double pomp, To guard a title that was rich before, To gild refined gold, to paint the lily, To throw a perfume on the violet, To smooth the ice, or add another hoe Unto the rainbow, or with taper light To seek the beauteous eye of heav'n to garnish,... | |
 | John Smith (of Malton.) - 1845 - 456 pages
...by those who consider the discoveries of man superior to the teachings of nature. " To gild refined gold, to paint the lily, To throw a perfume on the violet, To smooth the ice, or add another hue Unto the rainbow, or with taper light To seek the beauteous eye of heaven to garnish,—... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1845 - 510 pages
...Therefore to be possessed with double pomp, To guard a title that was rich before, To gild refined gold, to paint the lily, To throw a perfume on the violet, To smooth the ice, or add another hue Unto the rainbow, or with taper light To seek the beauteous eye of heav'n to garnish,... | |
 | William Shakespeare, Alexander Chalmers - 1847 - 506 pages
...Therefore, to be possess "d with double pomp, To guard * a title that was rich before, To gild refined gold, to paint the lily, To throw a perfume on the violet, To smooth the ice, or add another hue Unto the rainbow, or with taper-light To seek the beauteous eye of heaven to garnish,... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1847 - 578 pages
...Therefore, tobe possessM with double pomp, To guard2 a title that was rich before, To gild refined gold, to paint the lily, To throw a perfume on the violet, To smooth the ice, or add another hue Unlo the rainbow, or with taper-light To seek the beauteous eye of heaven to garnish,... | |
 | 1847 - 526 pages
...because they do aspire, Throws down one mountain, to cast up a higher. SHAKSPEARE. 3. To gild refined gold, to paint the lily, To throw a perfume on the violet, To smooth the ice, or add another hue Unto the rainbow. SHAKSPEARE. 4. Man, proud man, Dress'd in a little brief authority,... | |
 | 1847 - 648 pages
...thee, f' My dove, my undented — Rejoice ! rejoice !" AR 0. A BIBLE CONVERT. •• To gild refined gold, to paint the lily, ,| To throw a perfume on the violet. To smooth the ice, or add another hue Unto the rainbow, or with taper light To seek the beauteous eye wf heaven to garnish,... | |
 | 1847 - 540 pages
...because they do aspire, Throws down one mountain, to cast up a higher. SHAKSPEARE. 3. To gild refined gold, to paint the lily, To throw a perfume on the violet, To smooth the ice, or add another hue Unto the rainbow. SHAKSPEAKE. 4. Man, proud man, Dress'd in a little brief authority,... | |
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