“ From women's eyes this doctrine I derive.They sparkle still the right Promethean fire;They are the books, the arts, the academes,That show, contain, and nourish, all the world,Else none at all in aught proves excellent. ”
William Shakespeare, Love's Labour's Lost (1598). copy citation
Author | William Shakespeare |
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Source | Love's Labour's Lost |
Topic | women beauty eyes |
Date | 1598 |
Language | English |
Reference | |
Note | Written between 1595 and 1596 |
Weblink | http://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/1109/pg1109-images.html |
Context
“Make heaven drowsy with the harmony. Never durst poet touch a pen to write Until his ink were temp'red with Love's sighs; O, then his lines would ravish savage ears, And plant in tyrants mild humility. From women's eyes this doctrine I derive. They sparkle still the right Promethean fire; They are the books, the arts, the academes, That show, contain, and nourish, all the world, Else none at all in aught proves excellent. Then fools you were these women to forswear; Or, keeping what is sworn, you will prove fools. For wisdom's sake, a word that all men love; Or for Love's sake, a word that loves all men; Or for men's sake, the authors of these women;”
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