 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 the rt. hon. lord Byron - Page 32by George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1824Full view - About this book
 | Robert Anderson - 1820 - 596 pages
...articles when in. them consisted all I knew of the lady. Besides, you ha,ve yourself seen her, and •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... | |
 | John Moore - 1820 - 600 pages
...articles when in them consisted all I knew of the lady. Besides, you have yourself seen her, and To gild refined gold, to paint the lily, To throw a perfume on the violet. To smooth the ice, or add another hu e Unto the rainbow, or with taper-light To seek the beauteous... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1821 - 232 pages
...perfume to the violet.'' This version by no means improves the original, which is as follows : " To gild refined gold, to paint the lily, " To throw a...&c. KING JOHN. A great poet quoting another should be correct ; he should also be accurate, when he accuses a Parnassian brother of that dangerous charge... | |
 | 1822 - 436 pages
...manners and the ^imes. To dwell upon the memory of Kemble, and for us to praise him, would be " To gild refined gold, to paint the lily, To throw a perfume on the violet ;" nevertheless, we must reserve our remarks upon Mr. Vandenhnff's original and borrowed beauties till... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1823 - 372 pages
...state. Sal. Therefore, to be possess'd with double pomp, To guard8 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 another hue Unto the rainbow, or with taper-light To seek the beauteous eye... | |
 | 1834 - 442 pages
...— to dilute and versify one of the finest dramatic poems that any age has produced, is indeed, " to gild refined gold, to paint the lily, to throw a perfume on the violet ;" and we wish for his own sake, that an author who at times exhibits considerable powers, should not... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1823 - 504 pages
...state. Sal. Therefore, to be possess'd with double pomp, To guard 5 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 another hue Unto the rainbow, or with taper-light To seek the beauteous eye... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1824 - 370 pages
...slate. Sal. Therefore, to be posiess'd with double porno, 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 another hne Unto the rainbow, or with taper-light To seek the beauteous eye... | |
 | British poets - 1824 - 676 pages
...could bear , That, when the sea was calm, all boats alike Show'd mastership in floating PERFECTION. 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... | |
 | William Shakespeare, William Dodd - 1824 - 428 pages
...applause is paid him, and when every tongue is big with his boundless fame. He himself tells us, To gild refined gold, to paint the lily, To throw a perfume on the violet, To smooth the ice, or add another hue To seek the beauteous eye of heav'n to garnish, Unto the rainbow,... | |
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