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" 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 Complete Works of William Shakespeare - Page 83
by William Shakespeare - 1907
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The Works of Mr. William Shakespear: In Six Volumes ; Adorn'd with Cuts

William Shakespeare, Nicholas Rowe - 1709 - 590 pages
...And that high Royalty was ne'sr pluck'd off: The Faiths of Men, ne'er ftained with Revolt : Frefli Expectation troubled not the Land With any long'd-for Change, or better State. Sal. Therefore to be poffefc'd with double Pomp, To guard a Title that w^s richkefore ; To gild refined Gold, to paint the...
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The Works of Shakespeare ...

William Shakespeare - 1907 - 196 pages
...before, And that high royalty was ne'er pluck'd off, 5 The faiths of men ne'er stained with revolt; Fresh expectation troubled not the land With any long'd-for...the violet, To smooth the ice, or add another hue I. against crown'd] Ff I, 2. 130. doubtless and secure] without jectures " to," for we may take doubt...
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Macbeth. King John

William Shakespeare - 1788 - 480 pages
...revolt; 130 Fresh expedtation troubled not the land, With any long'd-for change, or better state. Sal. Sal. Therefore, 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 on the violet, To smooth the ice, or add...
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The Plays of William Shakespeare: Accurately Printed from the Text ..., Volume 4

William Shakespeare - 1803 - 412 pages
...before. And that high royalty was ne'er pluck' cl off; The faiths of men ne'er stained with revolt ; Fresh expectation troubled not the land, With any...double pomp, To guard' a title that was rich before, To gild refined gold, to paint the lily, To throw a perfume on the violet, To smooth the ice, or add...
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The Plays of William Shakespeare, Volume 4

William Shakespeare - 1803 - 632 pages
...crown'd before, And that high royalty was ne'er pluck'd off; The faiths of men ne'er stained with revolt; Fresh expectation troubled not the land, With any...double pomp, To guard a title that was rich before, To gild refined gold, to paint the lily, To throw a perfume on the violet, To smooth the ice, or add...
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The plays of William Shakspeare, pr. from the text of the ..., Volume 5

William Shakespeare - 1805 - 488 pages
...crown'd before, And that high royalty was ne'er pluck'd off; The faiths of men ne'er stained with revolt; Fresh expectation troubled not the land, With any...Sal. Therefore, to be possess'd with double pomp, To guard5 a title that was rich before, To gild refined gold, to paint the lily, To throw a perfume on...
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The Plays of William Shakespeare : Accurately Printed from the ..., Volume 5

William Shakespeare - 1805 - 480 pages
...crown'd before, And that high royalty was ne'er pluck'd off; The faiths of men ne'er stained with revolt; Fresh expectation troubled not the land, With any...Sal. Therefore, to be possess'd with double pomp, To guard5 a title that was rich before, To gild refined gold, to paint the lily, To throw a perfume on...
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The Invisible Enemy, Or, The Mines of Wielitska: A Polish ..., Volume 1

Thomas Pike Lathy - 1806 - 328 pages
...have added another charm would have been superfluous ; as, in the words of our immortal poet— To gild refined gold, to paint the lily, To throw a perfume...ice, or add another hue Unto the rainbow, or, with taper lijht, To seek the beauteous eye of hcav'n to garnish, » Is wasteful and ridiculous excess....
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The Plays of William Shakespeare ...: With the Corrections and ..., Volume 7

William Shakespeare - 1806 - 428 pages
...Malone. It should he rememhered, that King John was at present crowned for ihefaurth time. Steevens. To gild refined gold, to paint the lily, To throw a perfume...violet, To smooth the ice, or add another hue Unto the rainhow, or with taper-light To seek the heauteous eye of heaven to garnish, Is wasteful, and ridiculous...
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The Plays of William Shakespeare: With the Corrections and ..., Volume 7

William Shakespeare - 1806 - 434 pages
...Johnson. It should he rememhered, that King John was at present crowned for ii:e fourth time. Steevem. To gild refined gold, to paint the lily, To throw a perfume...violet, To smooth the ice, or add another hue Unto the rainhow, or with taper-light To seek the heauteous eye of heaven to garnish, Is wasteful, and ridiculous...
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