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" The forward violet thus did I chide: Sweet thief, whence didst thou steal thy sweet that smells, If not from my love's breath? "
The Dramatic Works of William Shakspeare, from the Text of Johnson, Stevens ... - Page 487
by William Shakespeare - 1862
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Twelfth night. Winter's tale

William Shakespeare - 1788 - 442 pages
...Shakspere makes the south steal odour from the violet. In his pgth Sonnet the violet is made the thief: ," The forward violet thus did I chide : " Sweet thief,...sweet that smells, ' .. " If not from my love's breath •?" MALONE. the sweet south,] The old copy reads • ' sweet sound, which Mr. Rowe changed into wind,...
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Poems, with illustrative remarks [ed. by W.C. Oulton]. To which is ..., Volume 2

William Shakespeare - 1804 - 268 pages
...of all those : Yet seem'd it winter still, and you away, As with your shadow I with Ihese did play. The forward violet thus did I chide; Sweet thief!...thy sweet that smells, If not from my love's breath I The purple pride, Which on thy soft cheek for complexion dwells, In my love's veins thou hast too...
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The Poems of William Shakespeare: Comprehending Venus and Adonis, Tarquin ...

William Shakespeare - 1808 - 224 pages
...The forward violet thus did I chide ; [smells. Sweet thief ! whence didst thou steal thy sweet that If not from my love's breath ? The purple pride, Which...dy'd : The lily I condemned for thy hand, And buds of marjoram had stol'n thy hair ; The roses fearfully on thorns did stand, One blushing shame, another...
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The Port Folio

1808 - 436 pages
...poets; on the contrary, we imagery is not so different from the European as we are apt to imagine. The forward -violet thus did I chide : " Sweet thief...smells, If not from my love's breath ? The purple priuc, Which on thy soft cheek for complexion dwells. In mv L ove's veins thou hast too grossly dyed."...
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The Works of the English Poets, from Chaucer to Cowper, Volume 5

Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 746 pages
...thus did I chide ; — [smells, Sweet thief, whence didst thou steal thy sweet that If not from ray love's breath ? The purple pride Which on thy soft...dy'd. The lily I condemned for thy hand, And buds of marjoram had stolen thy hair : The roses fearfully on thorns did stand, One blushing shame, another...
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The Works of William Shakespeare, Volume 9

William Shakespeare - 1812 - 380 pages
...of all those : Yet seem'd it winter still, and you away, As with your shadow, I with these did play. The forward violet thus did I chide ; Sweet thief...love's veins thou hast too grossly dy'd : The lily I condemned4 for thy hand, And buds of marjoram had stol'n thy hair ; The roses fearfully on thorns did...
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The Works of William Shakespeare: In Nine Volumes, Volume 9

William Shakespeare - 1812 - 372 pages
...The forward violet thus did I chide ; [smells, Sweet thief ! whence didst thou steal thy sweet that If not from my love's breath ? The purple pride, Which...dy'd : The lily I condemned for thy hand, And buds of marjoram had stol'n thy hair ; The roses fearfully on thorns did stand, One blushing shame, another...
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Time's Telescope for ... ; Or, A Complete Guide to the Almanack

1816 - 420 pages
...flower in this month. The sweet violet (viola odorata) sheds its delicious perfumes in this month. The forward violet thus did I chide : Sweet thief!...complexion dwells, In my love's veins thou hast too grossly dyed. SHAKSPEARE 1 . 1 To a TUFT of early VIOLETS. Sweet flow'rs ! that from your humble beds Thus...
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Time's Telescope for ... ; Or, A Complete Guide to the Almanack

1817 - 494 pages
...violet thus did I chide ;— Sweet thief, whence didst thou steal thy sweet that smells, If not from ray love's breath ? The purple pride Which on thy soft...complexion dwells, In my love's veins thou hast too grossly dyed. The lily I condemned for thy hand, And buds of marjoram had stolen thy hair ; The roses fearfully...
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The Plays and Poems of William Shakspeare, Volume 20

William Shakespeare - 1821 - 486 pages
...subsequent line the words drawn and pattern relate only to their external appearance. MALONE. Yet seem'd it winter still, and, you away, As with your shadow...dy'd. The lily I condemned for thy hand '\ And buds of marjoram had stolen thy hair : The roses fearfully on thorns did stand, One blushing shame, another...
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