 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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...troubled not the land With any longed-for change or better state. SALISBURY Therefore, to be possessed with double pomp, To guard a title that was rich before,...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, 15 Is wasteful... | |
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