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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 works of the rt. hon. lord Byron - Page 32
by George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1824
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The Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare: Accurately Printed from ..., Volume 1

William Shakespeare - 1824 - 518 pages
...state. .v. / Therefore, to be poraess'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 another hue Unto the rainbow, or with taper-light To seek the beauteous eye...
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The Oriental Herald, Volume 2

1824 - 662 pages
...they have both put forth would never have been needed. " 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 hue Unto the rainbow, or with taper light To seek the beauteous eye...
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The British Theatre: Or, A Collection of Plays, which are Acted at ..., Volume 8

Mrs. Inchbald - 1824 - 556 pages
...state. &>/• 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, Is wasteful and ridiculous excess. K. John. Some reasons of this double coronation I have possess'd...
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Oriental Herald and Colonial Review, Volume 2

James Silk Buckingham - 1824 - 658 pages
...they have both, put forth would never have bee» needed. " 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 llit ice, or add another hue Unto the rainbow, or with taper light To seek the beauteous...
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The Plays, Volume 4

William Shakespeare - 1824 - 344 pages
...state. Sal. Therefore, to be possess'd with double pomp, To guard ta 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...
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The Philomathic journal, Volume 2

Philomathic institution - 1825 - 518 pages
...stimulate the delights of the festive board, to embellish the triumph of victory. Its province was To gild refined gold, to paint the lily, To throw a perfume on the violet ; to magnify the greatest actions, add fresh lustre to the most glorious deeds, give sweetness to the...
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The microcosm [ed. by G. Canning and others]. [Another]

George Canning - 1825 - 312 pages
...external testimony in proof of such excellence, borders on the charge of ridiculous anxiety — it is ' To gild refined gold, to paint the lily, To throw a perfume on the violet.' " For one hint, as it is given by Johnson, I shall make no apology : ' Addison is now despised by some,...
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The Works of Shakspeare: From the Text of Johnson, Steevens, and Reed

William Shakespeare - 1825 - 1010 pages
...s'tate. Sal. Therefore, to bepoasess'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 another hoe Unto the rainbow, or with taper-light To seek the beauteous eye...
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The Dramatic Works of William Shakspeare: With Glossarial Notes, a Sketch of ...

William Shakespeare - 1825 - 936 pages
...ш<е. $a¡. Therefore, to be pouesH'd with double pomp, To guard • a title that wu 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 I'nto the rainbow, or with Uper-Iignt To seek the beauteous eye...
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Tremaine: Or, The Man of Refinement, Volume 1

Robert Plumer Ward - 1825 - 370 pages
...Evelyn, " not to rich or dazzling, but scarcely less pleasing, and certainly more philosophical : " ' 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...
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