 Our poesy is as a gum, which oozes From whence 'tis nourish'd : the fire i' the flint Shows not till it be struck ; our gentle flame Provokes itself and like the current flies Each bound it chafes.  The Shakespeare Society Papers - Pagina 40door Shakespeare Society (Great Britain) - 1845Volledige weergave - Over dit boek
 | William Shakespeare - 1807 - 354 pagina’s
...are rapt, sir, in some work, some dedication To the great lord. Poet. A thing slipp'd idly from me. Our poesy is as a gum, which oozes From whence 'tis nourish'd : The fire i'the flint Shows not, till it be struck ; our gentle flame Provokes itself, and, like the current,... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1821 - 588 pagina’s
...continual. • i 1. e. Exceeds, goes beyond common bounds. VoL. V. F ff Poet. A thing slipp'd idly from me. Our poesy is as a gum, which oozes From whence 'tis nourish'd : the fire i' the flint Shews not, till it be struck ; our gentle tiame Provokes itself, and, like the current, flies... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1838 - 484 pagina’s
...128 O, for a muse of fire, that would ascend The brightest heaven of invention! 20 — i. Chorus. 129 Our poesy is as a gum, which oozes From whence 'tis nourish'd: The fire i' the flint Shews not, till it be struck ; our gentle flame Provokes itself, and, like the current, flies... | |
 | William Shakespeare, Thomas Price - 1839 - 480 pagina’s
...128 O, for a muse of fire, that would ascend The brightest heaven of invention. 20 — i. Chorus. 129 Our poesy is as a gum, which oozes From whence 'tis nourish'd : The fire i' the flint Shows not, till it be struck ; our gentle flame Provokes itself, and, like the current, flies... | |
 | William Shakespeare, John Payne Collier - 1842 - 606 pagina’s
...are rapt, sir, in some work, some dedication To the great lord. Poet. A thing slipp'd idly from me. Our poesy is as a gum, which oozes' From whence 'tis nourish'd : the fire i' the flint Shows not, till it be struck ; our gentle flame Provokes itself, and, like the current, flies... | |
 | 1844 - 680 pagina’s
...came o'er my ear like the sweet south ;" whereas the poet's text is " the sweet sound," which Popo felicitously changed to " South." Dr. Johnson altered...From whence 'tis nourish'd. The fire i' th' flint Shows not till it be struck : our gentle flame Provokes itself." The old copies of Shakespeare read... | |
 | Shakespeare Society (Great Britain) - 1845 - 184 pagina’s
...which means nothing. How many of us think we are quoting Shakespeare when we say of Music — " 0 ! it came o'er my ear like the sweet south ;" whereas...Mr. Douce is of opinion that sound is right, and Mr. Gilford thinks that Shakespeare wrote way of life, that being (he says) a phrase of the times. It is... | |
 | Joseph Hunter - 1845 - 428 pagina’s
...condition of men that he could not endure the company of him that was of his own disposition. I. 1. POET. Our poesy is as a gum, which oozes From whence 'tis nourish'd ; the fire i'the flint Shews not till it be struck ; our gentle flame Provokea itself, and, like the current,... | |
 | Joseph Hunter - 1845 - 390 pagina’s
...of men that he could not endure the company of him that was of his own disposition. I. 1. POET. Onr poesy is as a gum, which oozes From whence 'tis nourish'd; the fire i'the flint Shews not till it be struck ; our gentle flame Provokes itself, and, like the current,... | |
 | Joseph Hunter - 1845 - 390 pagina’s
...condition of men that he could not endure the company of him that was of his own disposition. I. 1. POET. Our poesy is as a gum, which oozes From whence 'tis nonrish'd ; the fire i'the flint Shews not till it be struck ; our gentle flame Provokes itself, and,... | |
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