“ Poor women's faces are their own fault's books. ”
William Shakespeare, The Rape of Lucrece (1594). copy citation
| Author | William Shakespeare |
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| Source | The Rape of Lucrece |
| Topic | books women |
| Date | 1594 |
| Language | English |
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| Weblink | http://shakespeare.mit.edu/Poetry/RapeOfLucrece.html |
Context
“Lays open all the little worms that creep;
In men, as in a rough-grown grove, remain
Cave-keeping evils that obscurely sleep:
Through crystal walls each little mote will peep:
Though men can cover crimes with bold stern looks,
Poor women's faces are their own fault's books. No man inveigh against the wither'd flower,
But chide rough winter that the flower hath kill'd:
Not that devour'd, but that which doth devour,
Is worthy blame. O, let it not be hild
Poor women's faults, that they are so fulfill'd
” source
In men, as in a rough-grown grove, remain
Cave-keeping evils that obscurely sleep:
Through crystal walls each little mote will peep:
Though men can cover crimes with bold stern looks,
Poor women's faces are their own fault's books. No man inveigh against the wither'd flower,
But chide rough winter that the flower hath kill'd:
Not that devour'd, but that which doth devour,
Is worthy blame. O, let it not be hild
Poor women's faults, that they are so fulfill'd
” source
