 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.  The Works of Shakespeare ... - Page 95by William Shakespeare - 1907Full view - About this book
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...state. Stl. Therefore, to be possess'd with double pomp, To guard1 a title that was rich before, Toeild refined gold, to paint the lily, To throw a perfume on the violet, To smooth the ice, or odd another hue I'nto the rainbow, or with taper-light To seek the beauteous eye of heaven to garnish,1... | |
 | Laconics - 1829 - 358 pages
...name a mere Ajax, a man-killing idiot!—Drydex. MLXXXVIL To gild refined gold, to paint the lill - , To throw a perfume on the violet, To smooth the ice, or add another hue To seek the beauteous eye of heaven to garnish, Unto the rainbow, or with taper-light Is wasteful,... | |
 | L. T. Ventouillac - Best books - 1829 - 630 pages
...so frequently and so justly bestowed, were indeed — f " To gild refined gold, to paint the lily, I 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." In support... | |
 | John B. Bremner - Language Arts & Disciplines - 1980 - 424 pages
...ridiculous excess" of John's second coronation. To crown him a second time, says Salisbury, is "To gild refined gold, to paint the lily, / To throw a...the violet, / To smooth the ice, or add another hue / Unto the rainbow." Go paint the lily, or gild the clouds with sunshine, but don't gild the lily.... | |
 | Deborah T. Curren-Aquino - Biography & Autobiography - 1989 - 220 pages
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...OF SALISBURY. Therefore, to be possest with double pomp. To guard a title that was rich before, To gild refined gold, to paint the lily. To throw a perfume...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... | |
 | Connie Robertson - Reference - 1998 - 686 pages
...Kingjohn Life is as tedlous as a twice-told tale. Vexing the dull ear of a drowsy man. 10305 Kingjohn To London all that life can afford. 5095 Boswell - Life...argument is against it [ghostsl; but all belief is f Unto the rainbow, or with taper light To seek the beauteous eye of heaven to garnish. Is wasteful and... | |
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...SALISBURY Therefore, to be possessed with double pomp, To guard a title that was rich before, io To gild refined gold, to paint the lily, To throw a perfume on the violet, i again crowned) F}; against crown'd FI 8 longed-for change] F4; long'd-for-changc FI in 1203) and... | |
 | Thomas Leech - Business & Economics - 2001 - 328 pages
...be creative. Use your head; explore the whole body of available options. 216 Don't Gild the Lily To gild refined gold, to paint the lily, To throw a perfume...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... | |
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...Edward— Richard III IILi 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...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... | |
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