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" Coral is far more red than her lips' red: If snow be white, why then her breasts are dun; If hairs be wires, black wires grow on her head. I have seen roses damask'd, red and white, But no such roses see I in her cheeks; And in some perfumes is there... "
A Dictionary of Quotations from English and American Poets - Page 135
by Henry George Bohn, Anna Lydia Ward - 1911 - 761 pages
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The Works of the English Poets, from Chaucer to Cowper, Volume 5

Alexander Chalmers - English poetry - 1810 - 746 pages
...world well knows ; yet none knows well To shun the Heaven that leads men to this Hell. SONNET CXXX. Mr mistress' eyes are nothing like the Sun ; Coral is...her head. I have seen roses damask'd, red and white, But no each roses see I in her cheeks ; And in some perfumes is there more delight Than in the breath...
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The Works of William Shakespeare: In Nine Volumes, Volume 9

William Shakespeare - 1812 - 372 pages
...esteem : Yet so they mourn, becoming of their woe, That every tongue says beauty should look so. My mistress" eyes are nothing like the sun ; Coral is...wires, black wires grow on her head. I have seen roses, damask, red and white ; But no such roses see I in her cheeks ; And in some perfumes there is more...
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The Works of William Shakespeare, Volume 9

William Shakespeare - 1812 - 380 pages
...esteem : Yet so they mourn, becoming of their woe, That every tongue says beauty should look so. My mistress' eyes are nothing like the sun ; Coral is...wires, black wires grow on her head, I have seen roses, damask, red and white ; But no such roses see I in her cheeks ; And in some perfumes there is more...
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The Plays and Poems of William Shakspeare: With the Corrections ..., Volume 20

William Shakespeare - 1821 - 486 pages
...woe ;] The quarto is here evidently corrupt. It reads : " and prov'd and very woe." MALONE. cxxx. My mistress' eyes are nothing like the sun ; Coral is...head , I have seen roses damask'd, red and white, But no such roses see I in her cheeks ; And in some perfumes is there more delight Than in the breath...
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New elegant extracts; a selection from the most eminent British ..., Volume 3

New elegant extracts - 1823 - 402 pages
...More flowers I noted, but I none could see But sweet or colour it had stolen from thee. SHAKSPEARE. MY mistress' eyes are nothing like the sun, Coral is...her head. I have seen roses, damask'd red and white, But no such roses see I in her cheeks ; And in some perfumes there is more delight Than in the breath...
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New Elegant Extracts: A Unique Selection from the Most Eminent ..., Volume 3

Richard Alfred Davenport - English literature - 1823 - 406 pages
...More flowers I noted, but I none could see But sweet or colour it had stolen from thee. SHAKSPEARE. MY mistress' eyes are nothing like the sun, Coral is...her head. I have seen roses, damask'd red and white, But no such roses see I in her cheeks ; And in some perfumes there is more delight Than in the breath...
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New Elegant Extracts: A Unique Selection from the Most Eminent ..., Volume 3

Richard Alfred Davenport - English literature - 1823 - 470 pages
...More flowers I noted, but I none could see But sweet or colour it had stolen from thee. SHAKSPEARE. MY mistress' eyes are nothing like the sun, Coral is...her head. I have seen roses, damask'd red and white, But no such roses see I in her cheeks ; And in some perfumes there is more delight Than in the breath...
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The Dramatic Works of William Shakspeare, Volume 8

William Shakespeare, William Harness - 1830 - 638 pages
...the world well knows ; yet none knows well To shun the heaven that leads men to this hell. cxxx. My mistress' eyes are nothing like the sun ; Coral is...her head. I have seen roses damask'd, red and white, But no such roses see I in her cheeks ; And in some perfumes is there more delight Than in the breath...
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The Dramatic Works of William Shakspeare, Volume 8

William Shakespeare, William Harness - 1830 - 654 pages
...the world well knows ; yet none knows well To shun the heaven that leads men to this hell. cxxx. My mistress' eyes are nothing like the sun ; Coral is...her head. I have seen roses damask'd, red and white, But no such roses see I in her cheeks; And in some perfumes is there more delight Than in the breath...
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The Parterre, Volume 2

1835 - 428 pages
...following sonnet, from among those attributed to Lope's great English «¡temporary, Shakspeare. My mistress* eyes are nothing like the sun ; Coral is...lips' red: If snow be white, why then her breasts are dim ; If hairs be wires, black wires grow on her head. 1 have seen roses damask'd, red and white, But...
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