To gild refined gold, to paint the lily, To throw a perfume on the violet, To smooth the ice, or add another hue Unto the rainbow, or with taper-light To seek the beauteous eye of heaven to garnish, Is wasteful, and ridiculous excess. The Works: Of Shakespear. In which the Beauties Observed by Pope, Warburton ... - Sida 336 efter William Shakespeare - 1771 Obegränsad förhandsgranskning -
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