William Shakespeare ( 10 of 368 )
Stained
With grief, that's beauty's canter.
Stained
With grief, that's beauty's canter.
O, what a world of vile ill-favored faults
Looks handsome in three hundred pounds a year.
O, what a world of vile ill-favored faults
Looks handsome in three hundred pounds a year.
Through tattered clothes small vices do appear;
Robes and furred gowns hide all.
Through tattered clothes small vices do appear;
Robes and furred gowns hide all.
A heart unspotted is not easily daunted.
A heart unspotted is not easily daunted.
Rich gifts wax poor, when givers prove unkind.
Rich gifts wax poor, when givers prove unkind.
We may outrun,
By violent swiftness, that which we run at,
And lose by over-running.
We may outrun,
By violent swiftness, that which we run at,
And lose by over-running.
Now out of this nettle, danger, will I pluck the flower, safety.
Now out of this nettle, danger, will I pluck the flower, safety.
By that sin fell the angels.
By that sin fell the angels.
Win us with honest trifles, to betray us
In deepest consequence.
Win us with honest trifles, to betray us
In deepest consequence.
In time the rod
Becomes more mocked than feared.
In time the rod
Becomes more mocked than feared.
