 A woman's face with Nature's own hand painted Hast thou, the master-mistress of my passion; A woman's gentle heart, but not acquainted With shifting change, as is false women's fashion; An eye more bright than theirs, less false in rolling, Gilding the...  On Renascence Drama: Or, History Made Visible - Page 121by William Thomson - 1880 - 359 pagesFull view - About this book
 | William Shakespeare - 1785 - 456 pages
...the beam of her view gilded my foot, sometimes my portly belly .] So, in our author's soth sonnet : " An eye more bright than theirs, less false in rolling, " Gilding the objeft whereupon it gazeth." MALONE. 381. eyelids:' ] This word is differently spelt in all the copies.... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1798 - 306 pages
...is falfe women's fafhion ; An eye more bright than theirs, lefs falfe in rolling, Gilding the objeft whereupon it gazeth ; A man in hue, all hues in his controlling, Which fteals men's eyes, and women's fouls amazeth. And for a woman wert thou firft created ; Till nature,... | |
 | Ralph Griffiths, George Edward Griffiths - 1800 - 570 pages
...attempt an explanation of the 2oth Sonnet, in a raanucr which is not consistent with sound criticism: * " A woman's face, with nature's own hand painted, Hast...but not acquainted With shifting change, as is false women's fashion ; An eye, more bright than theirs, less false in rolling, Gilding the object, whereupon... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1804 - 268 pages
...tongue. THE EXCHANGE. A woman's face, with nature's own hand painted, Hast thou the master, mistress of my passion. A woman's gentle heart, but not acquainted With shifting change, as is false women's fashion. An eye more bright than theirs, less false in rolling: Gilding the object whereupon... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1808 - 224 pages
...tongue. THE EXCHANGE. A woman's face, with nature's own hand painted, Hast thou, the master, mistress of my passion ; A woman's gentle heart, but not acquainted With shifting change, as is false women's fashion; An eye more bright than theirs, less false in rolling, Gilding the object whereupon... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1810 - 728 pages
...Vet, do ray worst, old Time : despite thy wrong, My kn« shall in my ven« evtr live yonng. SONNET XX. A WOMAN'S face, with Nature's own hand painted, Hast...but not acquainted With shifting change, as is false women's fashion ; An eye more bright than theirs, less false in rolling, Gilding the object whereupon... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - English poetry - 1810 - 746 pages
...of my passion ; A woman's gentle heart, but not acquainted With shifting change, as is false women's fashion ; An eye more bright than theirs, less false...gazeth ; A man in hue, all hues in his controlling, [eth. Which steals men's eyes, and women's souls amazAnd for a woman wert thou first created ; Till... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1812 - 372 pages
...tongue. THE EXCHANGE. A woman's face, with nature's own hand painted, Hast thou, the master, mistress of my passion ; A woman's gentle heart, but not acquainted With shifting change, as is false women's fashion; An eye more bright than theirs, less false in rolling, Gilding the object whereupon... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1812 - 380 pages
...tongue. THE ExCHANGE. A woman's face, with nature's own hand painted, Hast thou, the master, mistress of my passion ; A woman's gentle heart, but not acquainted With shifting change, as is false women's fashion ; An eye more bright than theirs, less false in rolling, Gilding the object whereupon... | |
 | English literature - 1835 - 564 pages
...the youth had an effeminate grace — " A woman's face, with nature's own hand painted, Hast-thou, the master-mistress of my passion ; A woman's gentle...but not acquainted With shifting change, as is false women's fashion !"* These allusions, however, it is clear, owe their immediate origin to that distracting... | |
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