 | 1884 - 888 pages
...poet was the some as that of Shakespeare in the Sonnets. In the 80th sonnet Shakespeare says : — " 0 how I faint when I of you do write. Knowing a better spirit doth u*- j,o*r name., A nd in the praue thereof spend* all ki* might, To make me tongue-tied, speaking of... | |
 | William Henry Burr - 1886 - 110 pages
...repetition, of the sentiments expressed by " Ignoto " ? Again, in Shakspere's Sonnet Ixxx we read : " O how I faint when I of you do write, Knowing a better...might, To make me tongue-tied, speaking of your fame !" Spenser praises Essex in one of the Sonnets prefixed to his " Faery Queen," which antedates the... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1887 - 334 pages
...Then thank him not for that which he doth fay, Since what he owes thee thou thyfelf doft pay. LXXX. O, how I faint when I of you do write, Knowing a better fpirit doth ufe your name, And in the praife thereof fpends all his might, To make me tongue-tied,... | |
 | Gerald Massey - 1888 - 512 pages
...dnst But thon art all my Art, and dost advance say, O, how I faiut when I of you do write, KnDwing a better spirit doth use your name, And in the praise thereof spends all his might, To mi,ke mo tongue-tied, speaking of your fame ! But since your worth—wide as the ocean is— The humble... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1889 - 824 pages
...behaviour ; beauty doth he give, And found it in thy check ; he can afford LXXX. O, how I faint when I ef you do write, Knowing a better spirit doth use your...his might, To make me tongue-tied, speaking of your tame ! But since your worth (wide as the ocean is) — • The humble as the proudest sail doth bear,... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1889 - 648 pages
...Then thank him not for that which he doth fay, Since what he owes thee thou thyfelf doft pay. LXXX. O, how I faint when I of you do write, Knowing a better fpirit doth ufe your name, And in the praife thereof fpends all his might, To make me tongue-tied,... | |
 | Georg Gottfried Gervinus - 1892 - 1026 pages
...from true love. As he says in the 80th sonnet, U how I faint when I of you do write, Knowing a tetter spirit doth use your name, And in the praise thereof...might, To make me tongue-tied, speaking of your fame. The modest man, as if he must still hold in honour the choice of his friend, painful as it is to him,... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1893 - 820 pages
...Then thank him not for that which he doth say, Since what he owes thee thou thyself dost pay. LXXX. O, how I faint when I of you do write, Knowing a better...fame ! But since your worth, wide as the ocean is, 5 The humble as the proudest sail doth bear, My saucy bark, inferior far to his, On your broad main... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1894 - 392 pages
...Then thank him not for that which he doth say, Since what he owes thee thou thyself dost pay. LXXX. 0, how I faint when I of you do write, Knowing a better spirit47 doth use your name, And in the praise thereof spends all his might, To make me tongue-tied,... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1904 - 210 pages
...live. Then thank him not for that which he doth say, Since what he owes thee them thyself dost pay, HOW I faint when I of you do write, • Knowing a...might, To make me tongue-tied, speaking of your fame 1 But since your worth, wide as the ocean is, 5 The humble as the proudest sail doth bear, My saucy... | |
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O, how I faint when I of you do write, Knowing a better spirit doth use your name, And in the praise thereof spends all his might, To make me tongue-tied, speaking of your fame... 
