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" Small is the worth Of beauty from the light retired; Bid her come forth, Suffer herself to be desired, And not blush so to be admired. Then die, that she The common fate of all things rare May read in thee, How small a part of time they share, That are... "
The Poetical Works and Remains of Henry Kirke White - Page 360
by Henry Kirke White - 1881 - 491 pages
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The New Mirror, Volume 3

George Pope Morris, Nathaniel Parker Willis - 1844 - 530 pages
...the light retir'd : Bid her come forth. Suffer herself tobe desir'd, And not blush so to be admir'd. Then die ! that she The common fate of all things...time they share That are so wondrous sweet and fair ! Carew, whom I have before mentioned, selects the fuga, ciousness of the Rose to enforce a similar...
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Cyclopædia of English Literature: A History, Critical and ..., Volume 1

Robert Chambers - American literature - 1844 - 692 pages
...the light retir'd ; Bid her come forth, Suffer herself to be desir'd, And not blush so to be admir'd. rs ! Old Aye and DeaOi. The seas are quiet when the winds give o'er ; So calm ore we when passions are...
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The Ladies' Companion, Volumes 3-4

American literature - 1835 - 638 pages
...must have uncommended died. Small is the worth Of beauty from the light retired ; Bid her come forth, Suffer herself to be desired, And not blush so to...The common fate of all things rare May read in thee, SELECTIONS. Woman's Hand. There is scarcely in the whole scope of our en joyment — (it is a hold...
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The Rose Annual

Roses - 1914 - 300 pages
...blossoming if confined to the desert, "where no men abide," and then, somewhat ruthlessly, the lover bids it "die" — That she the common fate of all things rare,...time they share, That are so wondrous sweet and fair. Beauty, adaptability and evanescence are, then, the attributes of the Rose that stirred the imagination...
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A Book of Love Poetry

Jon Stallworthy - Literary Criticism - 1986 - 422 pages
...must have uncommended died. Small is the worth Of beauty from the light retired: Bid her come forth, Suffer herself to be desired, And not blush so to...time they share That are so wondrous sweet and fair ! William Shakespeare FESTE'S SONG/nw* TWELFTH NIGHT O mistress mine, where are you roaming ? O ! stay...
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The Female Body: Figures, Styles, Speculations

Laurence Goldstein - Body, Human - 1991 - 348 pages
...her time and me That now she knows, When I resemble her to thee, How sweet and fair she seems to be. Then die! that she The common fate of all things rare...time they share That are so wondrous sweet and fair! Over a decade ago, still reading The Dialectic of Sex and planning the ultimate revolution (the one...
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The Columbia Granger's Dictionary of Poetry Quotations

Edith P. Hazen - Literary Criticism - 1992 - 1172 pages
...That now she knows. When I resemble her to thee, How sweet and fair she seems to be. (1. 1 —5) 2 eemable. 16 Footfalls echo in the memory Down the passage which we did (1. 16-18) AWP; BoLoP; CTC; ELP; EnLoPo; FF; GBL; GoJo; GTBS; GTBS-P; HAP; HelP; InPK; JCP; MePo: NAEL-1;...
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Thomas Hardy: The Excluded and Collaborative Stories

Thomas Hardy - Fiction - 1992 - 464 pages
...and bride were comfortably housed in a quiet hotel of the seaport town above mentioned. 21 had] hired How small a part of time they share That are so wondrous sweet and fair! They remained three days at Melport without having come to any 5 decision on their future movements....
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Community, Religion, and Literature: Essays

Cleanth Brooks - Literary Criticism - 1995 - 364 pages
...must have uncommended died. Small is the worth Of beauty from the light retired; Bid her come forth, Suffer herself to be desired, And not blush so to...time they share That are so wondrous sweet and fair! "Go, Lovely Rose" is a graceful, tender, and an altogether charming appeal to the young woman to accept...
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The Columbia Anthology of British Poetry

Carl R. Woodring, James Shapiro - Literary Criticism - 1995 - 936 pages
...have uncommended died, 10 Small is the worth Of beauty from the light retired; Bid her come forth, Suffer herself to be desired, And not blush so to...time they share, That are so wondrous sweet and fair. 20 John Milton ( I 608- 1 674) A Londoner, Milton was educated at St. Paul's School and then at Christ's...
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