...purple pride, Which on thy foft cheek lor complexion dwells, In my love's veins thou haft too grofly dy'd : The lily I condemned for thy hand, And buds of marjoram had Itol'n thy hair ;_The rofes fearfully on thorns did ltand, One blufhing flume, another white defpair...

...purple pride, Which on thy foft cheek for complexion dwells, In my love's veins thou haft too grofly dy'd : The lily I condemned for thy hand, And buds of marjoram had flol'n thy hair; The rofes fearfully on thorns did ftand, One blufhing ftiame, another white defpair;...

...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,...

...purple pride Which on thy foft cheek for complexion dwelb, ïn my love's veins thou haft toogrofsly dy'd. The lily I condemned for thy hand, And buds of marjoram had Holen thy hair : The rc'fes fearfully on thorns did ¡land, One blufhing fhame, another white dcfpair;...

...purple pride Which on thy foft cheek for complexion dwells, In my love's veins thou haft too grofsly dy'd. The lily I condemned for thy hand, And buds of marjoram had ftolen thy hair : The rofes fearfully on thorns did ftand, One blufhing mame, another white defpair...

...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...

...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."...

...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...I condemned for thy hand, And buds of marjoram had stolen thy hair : The roses fearfully on thorns did stand, One blushing shame, another white despair...

...from my love's breath ? The purple pride Which oo thy soft cheek for complexion dwells, '" my tare's veins thou hast too grossly dy'd. The lily I condemned for thy hand. And bods of marjoram had stolen thy hair : The roses fearfully on thorns did stand, (** blushing shame,...

...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...