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" My mistress' eyes are nothing like the sun; Coral is far more red than her lips' red; If snow be white, why then her breasts are dun; If hairs be wires, black wires grow on her head. I have seen roses damask'd, red and white, But no such roses see I in... "
The Parterre of fiction, poetry, history [&c.]. - Page 158
1835
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The Plays and Poems of William Shakspeare: In Ten Volumes ..., Volume 10

William Shakespeare - 1790 - 752 pages
...head. 1 have feen rofes damafk'd, red and white, But no fuch rofes fee I in her cheeks ; And in feme perfumes is there more delight Than in the breath that from my miftrefs reeks. I love to hear her fpeak, — yet well I know That mufick hath a far more pleafing...
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A Complete Edition of the Poets of Great Britain..: Spenser. Shakespeare ...

1792 - 774 pages
...head. I have fccn rofcs damafk'd, red and white, But no fuch rofcs fee I in her checks ; And in lerne perfumes is there more delight Than in the breath that from my millreis reeks. ] love to hear her fpeak, — yet well I know That mufic hath a far mure pleafing found;...
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The poems of William Shakspeare, with mr. Capell's History of the ..., Volume 18

William Shakespeare - 1798 - 306 pages
...head. I have feen rofes damafk'd, red and white, But no fuch rofes fee I in her cheeks ; And in fome perfumes is there more delight Than in the breath that from my miftrefs reeks. I love to hear her fpeak, — yet well I know That mufick hath a far more pleafing...
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Poems, with illustrative remarks [ed. by W.C. Oulton]. To which is ..., Volume 2

William Shakespeare - 1804 - 268 pages
...tongue says beauty should look so. IN PRAISE OF HER BEAUTY, THOUGH BLACI. I have seen roses, damask, red, and white ; But no such roses see I in her cheeks; And in some perfumes there is more delight, Than in the breath that from my mistress reeks. I love to hear her speak, yet...
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The Poems of William Shakespeare: Comprehending Venus and Adonis, Tarquin ...

William Shakespeare - 1808 - 224 pages
...becoming of their woe, That every tongue says beauty should look so. And in some perfumes there is more delight, Than in the breath that from my mistress...reeks. I love to hear her speak, yet well I know, That musick hath a far more pleasing sound : I grant I never saw a goddess go ; My mistress, when she walks,...
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The Works of the English Poets, from Chaucer to Cowper: Including ..., Volume 5

Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1810 - 728 pages
...dim j It hairs be wires, black wires grow on her head. I have seen roses damask'd, red and white, Hut no such roses see I in her cheeks ; And in some perfumes...Than in the breath that from my mistress reeks. I lore to hear her speak, — yet well I know That music hath a far more pleasing sound ; 1 grant 1 never...
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The Works of the English Poets, from Chaucer to Cowper, Volume 5

Alexander Chalmers - English poetry - 1810 - 746 pages
...lips' red : If snow be white, why then her breasts are dun ; If hairs be wires, black wires grow on her head. I have seen roses damask'd, red and white, But no each roses see I in her cheeks ; And in some perfumes is there more delight Than in the breath that...
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The Works of William Shakespeare, Volume 9

William Shakespeare - 1812 - 380 pages
...then her breasts are dun ; If hairs be wires, black wires grow on her head, I have seen roses, damask, red and white ; But no such roses see I in her cheeks ; And in some perfumes there is more delight, Than in the breath that from my mistress reeks, I love to hear her speak, yet...
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The Works of William Shakespeare: In Nine Volumes, Volume 9

William Shakespeare - 1812 - 372 pages
...then her breasts are dun ; If hairs be wires, black wires grow on her head. I have seen roses, damask, red and white ; But no such roses see I in her cheeks ; And in some perfumes there is more delight, Than in the breath that from my mistress reeks. I love to hear her speak, yet...
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The Plays and Poems of William Shakspeare: With the Corrections ..., Volume 20

William Shakespeare - 1821 - 486 pages
...lips' red : If snow be white, why then her breasts are dun ; If hairs be wires, black wires grow on her head , I have seen roses damask'd, red and white,...I love to hear her speak, — yet well I know That musick hath a far more pleasing sound; I grant I never saw a goddess go, — My mistress, when she...
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