...virtues as well, and it is fitting that this volume be dedicated to her. Prologue They that have pow'r to hurt, and will do none, That do not do the thing...Others but stewards of their excellence. The summer's flow'r is to the summer sweet, Though to itself it only live and die; But if that flow'r with base...

...strong will and self-discipline, indeed people whom we could legitimately call Rsis. He says of them: They that have power to hurt and will do none, That...themselves as stone, Unmoved, cold, and to temptation slow. Note that he does not say they resist all temptations, but simply that they are sfow to react to them....

...coldness of the figures being praised and the divine reward they are said to merit: They that have pow'r to hurt, and will do none, That do not do the thing...graces, And husband nature's riches from expense[.] ( 1-6) It has proven particularly difficult for modem readers to see how being unmoved can be imagined...

...paradoxical lack of what Belsey might call "subjectivity" in men with power like the aristocratic beloved: They that have power to hurt and will do none, That...themselves as stone, Unmoved, cold, and to temptation slow . . . (1-4) Even when these men say and "do" nothing, their nothing has an effect, particularly on...

...ambiguities and suppressions of the language make it virtually impossible to distinguish praise from blame: "They that have power to hurt and will do none, /...as stone, / Unmoved, cold, and to temptation slow" (94.1-4). The speaker cannot seem to decide whether "they" are admirably controlled, "to temptation...

...up straight, and walks into the adjoining room.) Everyone. He's on his way. END They that have pow'r to hurt and will do none, That do not do the thing...stone, Unmoved, cold, and to temptation slow — They righdy do inherit heaven's graces, And husband Nature's riches from expense; They are the lords and...

...not do the thing, they most do showe, Who moving others, are themselves as stone, Unmooved. could, and to temptation slow: They rightly do inherit heaven's graces. And husband nature's ritches from expence. (lines 1 6) It has proven particularly difficult for modern readers to see how...

...none, That do not do things they most do show, Who, moving others, are themselves as stone, Unmovéd, cold, and to temptation slow; They rightly do inherit...Others but stewards of their excellence. The summer's flow'r is to the summer sweet, Though to itself it only live and die; But if that flow'r with base...

...Wheeler. (Donna stands and walks to the bench.) DONNA. (Reciting Sonnet #94.) "They that have the pow'r to hurt, and will do none, That do not do the thing they most do show, Who moving others... who moving others are themselves as stone, Unmoved, cold, and to temptation slow, They rightly do inherit...

...and groaning under the weight of a great heart. It's avoiding that of which Shakespeare spoke: Those who, moving others, are themselves as stone, Unmoved, cold and to temptation slow. Citing the climactic outburst at the end of Romans 9, 10, and 11, Martyn Lloyd-Jones makes as strong...