 A blank, my lord : She never told her love, But let concealment, like a worm i' the bud, Feed on her damask cheek : she pined in thought ; And, with a green and yellow melancholy, She sat like patience on a monument, Smiling at grief.  Elements of Criticism - Page 192by Lord Henry Home Kames - 1788Full view - About this book
 | Great Britain - 1853 - 572 pages
...froze her gaiety; she — she — shade of Shakspeare, help me out! I have it!— " She never told her love, But let concealment, — like a worm i' the bud, Feed on her damask cheek ! " Miss Amelia Musgrave saw her uneasiness, guessed at its secret cause, and took occasion... | |
 | Great Britain - 1850 - 584 pages
...loud lamentation, was for that very reason the more poignant and heart-felt ; she never shed a tear, " but let concealment, like a worm i' the bud, feed on her damask cheek ;" she pined in thought ; and, with a green and yellow melancholy, she sat like Patience... | |
 | James Hogg - 1837 - 382 pages
...her heart to any one, and imagined her love for Duncan a profound secret — no, " She never to!d her love ; But let concealment, like a worm i' the bud, Feed on her damask cheek ; — she pined in thought ; And, with a tfreen and yellow melancholy, She sat like patience... | |
 | 1837 - 648 pages
...maid is prodigal enough, If she unmask her beauty to the moon :' And in another : ' She never told her love, But let concealment, like a worm i' the bud, Feed on her damask cheek. She pin'd in thought, And with a green and yellow melancholy, She sat like Patience on... | |
 | London female mission - 1838 - 444 pages
...sustained by " trifles light as air." On one side, hear the poet describe her who " Never told her love, But let concealment, like a worm i' the bud, Feed on her damask cheek ; she pined in thought ; And, with a green and yellow melancholy, She siil, like Patience... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1838 - 484 pages
...For still her cheeks possess the same, Which native she doth owe.p 8 — i. 2. 109 She never told her love, But let concealment, like a worm i' the bud, Feed on her damask cheek : she pined in thought ; And, with a green and yellow melancholy, She sat (like Patience... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1838 - 1130 pages
...woman, I should your lordship. Duke. And what's her history 1 Via. A blank, my lord : She never told her are damask cheek : she pin'd in thought And, with a green and yellow melancholy, She sat like patience... | |
 | English literature - 1871 - 608 pages
...him, with that love which was her doom.' It is the conventional thing for a damsel never to tell her love, but ' let concealment, like a worm i' the bud, feed on her damask cheek.' Elaine does tell her love, and no sullying thought or suspicion is awakened by her burst... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1838 - 790 pages
...1 should your lordship. Duke. And what'» her history ? Vio. A blank, my lord : She never told her M /! jt 9 1 damask cheek : she piu'd in thought; And, with a green and yellow melancholy, She eat like patience... | |
 | Graves Champney Haughton - Reasoning - 1839 - 292 pages
...this figure, he may be quoted for some charming instances ; as when he says — " She never told her love, But let Concealment, like a worm i' the bud, Feed on her damask cheek : she pined in thought ; And with a green and yellow melancholy, She sat, like Patience... | |
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