 | William Shakespeare - 1825 - 1010 psl.
...s'tate. Sal. Therefore, to bepoasess'd with double pomp, To guard a title that was rich before, To gering could I never thrive, Fur the ram it rainvth...t-very day. But when I came unto my bedt With hey, ho hoe Unto the rainbow, or with taper-light To seek the beauteous eye of heaven to garnish, Is wasteful,... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1825 - 508 psl.
...better s!sa. Sal. Therefore, to be po*se*>'d with J«e» To guard* a title that was neb before, [p&To gild refined gold, to paint the lily, To throw a perfume on the violet. To smooth the ice, or add another bat Unto the rainbow, or with taper-light To seek the beauteous eye of heaven topIs wasteful, and ridiculous... | |
 | Philomathic institution - 1825 - 518 psl.
...stimulate the delights of the festive board, to embellish the triumph of victory. Its province was To gild refined gold, to paint the lily, To throw a perfume on the violet ; to magnify the greatest actions, add fresh lustre to the most glorious deeds, give sweetness to the honiest... | |
 | George Canning - 1825 - 312 psl.
...external testimony in proof of such excellence, borders on the charge of ridiculous anxiety — it is ' To gild refined gold, to paint the lily, To throw a perfume on the violet.' " For one hint, as it is given by Johnson, I shall make no apology : ' Addison is now despised by some,... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1825 - 906 psl.
...perfume to the violet.» This version by no means improves the original, which is as follows : « To gild refined gold, to paint the lily, To throw a perfume on the violet,- etc. King John. A great poet qnoting another should be correct; he should also be accurate, when he... | |
 | John Arliss - 1825 - 382 psl.
...to every one that has reud his invaluable works. Shuk•speare tells us • To gild reIined Itold, to paint the lily, To throw a perfume on the violet, * To imooth the ice, or add another bue Unto the rainhow, or with taper-light To seek the heanteous eye... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1826 - 514 psl.
...state. Sal. Therefore, to be possess'd with double pomp, To guard5 a title that was rich before, . To gild refined gold, to paint the lily, To throw a perfume...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. Pem.... | |
 | John B. Bremner - 1980 - 424 psl.
...ridiculous excess" of John's second coronation. To crown him a second time, says Salisbury, is "To gild refined gold, to paint the lily, / To throw a...smooth the ice, or add another hue / Unto the rainbow." Go paint the lily, or gild the clouds with sunshine, but don't gild the lily. GLAMOUR A Scottish variant... | |
 | Deborah T. Curren-Aquino - 1989 - 220 psl.
...revolt; Salisbury. Therefore, to be possess'd with double pomp, To guard a title that was rich before, To gild refined gold, to paint the lily, To throw a perfume...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. [Your... | |
 | Jan Glete - 1994 - 536 psl.
...trouble about his character : he has settled that matter fur himself; and it would henceforth be ' With taper light To seek the beauteous eye of heaven to garnish,' if any one else were to attempt to illustrate what he has made so very clear."— Letter I. p. 1 10,... | |
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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. 
