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" When in the chronicle of wasted time I see descriptions of the fairest wights, And beauty making beautiful old rhyme, In praise of ladies dead and lovely knights, Then in the blazon of sweet beauty's best, Of hand, of foot, of lip, of eye, of brow, I... "
Shakspeare and His Times: Including the Biography of the Poet, Criticisms on ... - Page 386
by Nathan Drake - 1838 - 660 pages
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Works, Volume 6

William Shakespeare - 1874 - 588 pages
...perceiv'd !] So in Sonnet Lxxvn., — v( ' 476 SONNETS. CVI. When in the chronicle of wasted time I see descriptions of the fairest wights, And beauty...best, Of hand, of foot, of lip, of eye, of brow," I see their antique pen would have express'd Even such a beauty as you master now. So all their praises...
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English Sonnets: A Selection

John Dennis - Sonnets, English - 1873 - 280 pages
...beauty's summer dead. W : ' It AH 1 364 - 1616. THE FAIREST FAIR. WHEN in the chronicle of wasted time I see descriptions of the fairest wights, And beauty...beauty's best, Of hand, of foot, of lip, of eye, of brow, I see their antique pen would have expressed Even such a beauty as you master now. So all their praises...
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The Academy, Volume 4

Books - 1873 - 500 pages
...the German. For example, the first quatrain of Sonnet 106 : " When in the chronicle of wasted time I see descriptions of the fairest wights, And beauty...rhyme, In praise of ladies dead and lovely knights ;" is rendered thus :-^" Wenn in verschwundner Zeit Erinnerungen Die Anmuth ich beschrieben seh' und...
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Characteristics of English Poets from Chaucer to Shirley

William Minto - English poetry - 1874 - 506 pages
...beauty's best" without distinction to ladies and lovely knights— "When in the chronicle of wasted time I see descriptions of the fairest wights, And beauty...beauty's best, Of hand, of foot, of lip, of eye, of brow, I see their antique pen would have express'd Ev'n such a beauty as you master now." Further, Mr Massey,...
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Characteristics of English Poets from Chaucer to Shirley

William Minto - English poetry - 1874 - 518 pages
...best " without distinction to ladies and lovely knights — "When in the chronicle of wasted time I see descriptions of the fairest wights, And beauty...beauty's best, Of hand, of foot, of lip, of eye, of brow, I see their antique pen would have express'd Ev'n such a beauty as you master now." Further, Mr Massey,...
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Lyrics of love, from Shakespeare to Tennyson, selected and ..., Issue 651

Lyrics, William Davenport Adams - 1874 - 312 pages
...Henry, Earl of Surrey. xc. LOVES PRAISES. BEAUTY PREFIGURED. WHEN in the chronicle of wasted time I see descriptions of the fairest wights, And beauty...blazon of sweet beauty's best Of hand, of foot, of lips, of eye, of brow, I see their antique pen would have exprest Ev'n such beauty as you master now....
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Characteristics of English Poets from Chaucer to Shirley

William Minto - English poetry - 1874 - 508 pages
...best " without distinction to ladies and lovely knights — " When in the chronicle of wasted time I see descriptions of the fairest wights, And beauty...beautiful old rhyme In praise of ladies dead and lovely hnights; Then in the blazon of sweet beauty's best, Of hand, of foot, of lip, of eye, of brow, I see...
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A New Library of Poetry and Song, Volume 2

William Cullen Bryant - American poetry - 1876 - 599 pages
...ADMIRATION. WHEN IN THE CHRONICLE OF WASTED TIME. SONNET. WHEN in the chronicle of wasted time • I see descriptions of the fairest wights, And beauty...beauty's best Of hand, of foot, of lip, of eye, of brow, I see their antique pen would have expressed Even such a beauty as you master now. So all their praises...
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Chaucer to Burns

Rossiter Johnson - English poetry - 1876 - 840 pages
...alone ; Which three, till now, never kept seat in one. CVI. When in the chronicle of wasted time I see descriptions of the fairest wights, And beauty...beauty's best, Of hand, of foot, of lip, of eye, of brow, I see their antique pen would have expresg'd Even such a beauty as you master now. So all their praises...
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A Letter on Shakspere's Authorship of The Two Noble Kinsmen: And on the ...

William Spalding, John Hill Burton - Two noble kinsmen - 1876 - 162 pages
...wasted time ['page 75] I see description of the fairest wights, And beauty making beautiful old ryme In praise of ladies dead and lovely knights; Then...beauty's best, Of hand, of foot, of lip, of eye, of brow, I see this antique pen would have expresst Even such a beauty as you master now. Sonnet i06. In the...
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