“ My love to thee is sound, sans crack or flaw. ”
William Shakespeare, Love's Labour's Lost (1598). copy citation
| Author | William Shakespeare |
|---|---|
| Source | Love's Labour's Lost |
| Topic | love |
| Date | 1598 |
| Language | English |
| Reference | |
| Note | Written between 1595 and 1596 |
| Weblink | http://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/1109/pg1109-images.html |
Context
“I do forswear them; and I here protest, By this white glove- how white the hand, God knows!-
Henceforth my wooing mind shall be express'd In russet yeas, and honest kersey noes. And, to begin, wench- so God help me, law!-
My love to thee is sound, sans crack or flaw. ROSALINE. Sans 'sans,' I pray you.
BEROWNE. Yet I have a trick
Of the old rage; bear with me, I am sick; I'll leave it by degrees. Soft, let us see-
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Henceforth my wooing mind shall be express'd In russet yeas, and honest kersey noes. And, to begin, wench- so God help me, law!-
My love to thee is sound, sans crack or flaw. ROSALINE. Sans 'sans,' I pray you.
BEROWNE. Yet I have a trick
Of the old rage; bear with me, I am sick; I'll leave it by degrees. Soft, let us see-
” source
Meaning and analysis
