 A thing slipp'd idly from me. Our poesy is as a gum, which oozes • From whence 'tis nourished : The fire i' the flint Shows not till it be struck ; our gentle flame Provokes itself, and, like the current, flies Each bound it chafes.  Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Page 301876Full view - About this book
 | William Shakespeare - 1859 - 790 pages
...You are rapt, sir, in some work, some dedication To the great lord. POST. A thing slipp'd idly from me. Our poesy is as a gum, which oozes * From whence 'tis nourished. The tire i' the flint Shows not, till it be struck ; our gentle flame Provokes itself, and, like the current,... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1860 - 792 pages
...You are rapt, sir, in some work, some dedication To the great lord. POET. A thing slipp'd idly from me. Our poesy is as a gum, which oozes* From whence 'tis nourished. The tire ¡' the flint Shows not, till it be struck ; our gentle flame Provokes itself, and, like the current,... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1862 - 578 pages
...You are apt, Sir, in some work, some dedication To the great lord. Poet. A thing slipp'd idly from me. Our poesy is as a gum, which oozes From whence 'tis nourished : The fire i" the flint Shows not, till it be struck ; our gentle flame Provokes itself, and, like the current,... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1863 - 374 pages
...You are rapt, sir, in some work, some dedication To the great lord. Poet. A thing slipp'd idly from me. Our poesy is as a gum, which oozes From whence 'tis nourished. The fire i' the flint Shews not till it be struck ; our gentle flame Provokes itself, and, like the current,... | |
 | Scotland - 1865 - 838 pages
...' ' Dowie Dens ' ' has been produced under analogous conditions ? Shakespeare teaches us that — " Our poesy is as a gum which oozes From whence 'tis nourished ; " and certainly the honey does not more clearly possess the flavour of the heather, the lichen does... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1865 - 476 pages
...You are rapt, sir, in some work, some dedication To the great lord. Poet. A thine slipp'd idly from me. Our poesy is as a gum, which oozes From whence 'tis nourish'd: the fire i'the flint Shows not till it be struck ; our gentle flame Provokes itself, and,... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1867 - 188 pages
...and in thy cheeks, And death's pale flag is not advanced there. Act 5, Sc. 3. TIMON OF ATHENS. Poet. Our poesy is as a gum, which oozes From whence 'tis nourished: the fire i' the flint Shows not till it be struck ; our gentle flame Provokes itself, and, like the current,... | |
 | 1867 - 262 pages
...not profess to be a poet, although he is by nature a creator. He might say, in Shakespeare's words, Our poesy is as a gum, which oozes From whence 'tis nourished : the fire i' the Hint Shows not till it be struck ; our gentle flame Provokes itself. His gentle flame first... | |
 | William Shakespeare - Drama - 1867 - 364 pages
...You are rapt, sir, in some work, some dedication To the great lord. Poet. A thing slipp'd idly from me. Our poesy is as a gum, which oozes From whence 'tis nourish'd : the fire i' the flint Shows not till it be struck ; our gentle flame Provokes itself, and,... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1867 - 722 pages
...You are rapt, sir, in some work, some dedication To the great lord. Poet. A thing slipp'd idly from me. Our poesy is as a gum, which oozes From whence 'tis nourish'd : the fire i' the flint Shows not till it be struck ; our gentle flame Provokes itself, and,... | |
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