 The charter of thy worth gives thee releasing ; My bonds in thee are all determinate. For how do I hold thee but by thy granting ? And for that riches where is my deserving? The cause of this fair gift in me is wanting, And so my patent back again is...  The Christian Examiner - Page 4281862Full view - About this book
 | William Shakespeare - 1881 - 362 pages
...again is swerving. Thyself thou gavest, thy own worth then not knowing, Or me, to whom thou gavest it, else mistaking ; So thy great gift, upon misprision growing, Comes home again, on better judgement making. Thus have I had thee, as a dream doth flatter, In sleep a king, but waking no such... | |
 | William Shakespeare - Sonnets, English - 1881 - 354 pages
...elfe miftaking ; So thy great gift, upon mifprifion growing, Comes home again, on better judgement making. Thus have I had thee, as a dream doth flatter, In fleep a king, but waking no fuch matter. txxxvni. When thou fhalt be difpofed to set me light, And... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1881 - 336 pages
...elfe miftaking ; So thy great gift, upon mifprifion growing, Comes home again, on better judgement making. Thus have I had thee, as a dream doth flatter, In fleep a king, but waking no fuch matter. LXXXVIII. When thou (halt be difpofed to set me light, And... | |
 | Charles Anderson Dana - American poetry - 1882 - 906 pages
...my deserving? The cause of this fair gift in me is wanting, And so my patent back again is swerving. Thyself thou gav'st, thy own worth then not knowing,...flatter : In sleep a king ; but waking no such matter. SOME say thy fault is youth, some wantonness; Some say thy grace is youth and gentle sport : Both grace... | |
 | Kegan Paul - 1883 - 332 pages
...deserving ? The cause of this fair gift in me is wanting, And so my patent back again is swerving. Thyself thou gav'st, thy own worth then not knowing,...flatter, In sleep a king, but waking no such matter. When thou shalt be dispos'd to set me light, And place my merit in the eye of scorn, Upon thy side... | |
 | William Shakespeare - English drama - 1883 - 596 pages
...my deserving? The cause of this fair gift in me is wanting, And so my patent back again is swerving. Thyself thou gav'st, thy own worth then not knowing,...flatter, In sleep a king, but, waking, no such matter. cxxi. * The last in the series of ten on " Rivalry," beginning with the LXSVI. ** So tlie original,... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1883 - 972 pages
...this fair gift in me is wanting, And so my patent back again is swerving. Thyself thou gav'st, tl.y own worth then not knowing, Or me, to whom thou gav'st...flatter, In sleep a king, but, waking, no such matter. cxxi. • The last in the series of ten on "Rivalry," beginning with the LXXTI. ** So the original,... | |
 | Georg Gottfried Gervinus, Fanny Elizabeth Bunnett - 1883 - 1070 pages
...Or me, to whom thou gavest it, else mistaking ; So thy great gift, upou misprision growing, Conies home again, on better judgment making. Thus have I...flatter, In sleep a king, but waking, no such matter. However resolute this letter of renunciation sounds, it was not so seriously intended. The strength... | |
 | Russ McDonald - Drama - 1994 - 324 pages
...secretes a king in "mistaking," "making," and "waking," thereby rendering true the closing couplet, Thus have I had thee as a dream doth flatter, In sleep a king, but waking no such matter. Often, the reason for Shakespeare's use of particular words (here, the -aking words) is not evident... | |
 | Peter Erickson - Literary Criticism - 1991 - 244 pages
...of Sonnet 87 employs the imagery of class hierarchy to insist with equal authority on the opposite: "Thus have I had thee as a dream doth flatter, / In sleep a king, but waking no such matter." Moreover, contrary to Cheney's interpretation, Angelou herself does not set aside class. Her identification... | |
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