...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,...

...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...

...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...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 white despair...

...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."...

...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...

...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...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 white despair...

...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...

...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...

...Shakspeare makes the wind steal odour from the violet. In his 99th 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. ' > Of what VALIDITY and pitch soe'er,] Validity is here used for value. MALONE. So, in...

...thou must leave ere long. SHAKSPEARE. THE forward violet thus did I chide : — Sweet thief, where didst thou steal thy sweet that smells, If not from...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 r The roses fearfully...