William Shakespeare ( 10 of 368 )
And what love can do, that does love attempt.
And what love can do, that does love attempt.
Whose own hard dealings teaches them suspect
The thoughts of others.
Whose own hard dealings teaches them suspect
The thoughts of others.
And with them words of so sweet breath composed
As made the things more rich.
And with them words of so sweet breath composed
As made the things more rich.
I would have thee gone,
And yet no further than a wanton's bird,
Who lets it hop read more
I would have thee gone,
And yet no further than a wanton's bird,
Who lets it hop a little from her hand,
Like a poor prisoner in his twisted gyves,
And with a silk thread plucks it back again.
My ventures are not in one bottom trusted.
My ventures are not in one bottom trusted.
Time shall unfold what plaited cunning hides.
Time shall unfold what plaited cunning hides.
As wither'd roses yield a late perfume.
As wither'd roses yield a late perfume.
The silence often of pure innocence
Persuades, when speaking fails.
The silence often of pure innocence
Persuades, when speaking fails.
Is the sun dimmed, that gnats do fly in it?
Is the sun dimmed, that gnats do fly in it?
We but teach
Bloody instructions, which, being taught, return
To plague the inventor.
We but teach
Bloody instructions, which, being taught, return
To plague the inventor.
