 Farewell! thou art too dear for my possessing, And like enough thou know'st thy estimate ; The charter of thy worth gives thee releasing ; My bonds in thee are all determinate. For how do I hold thee but by thy granting ? And for that riches where is...  Life. Hist. drama. Poems - Page 169by William Shakespeare - 1887Full view - About this book
 | William Shakespeare, Henry Norman Hudson - 1881 - 686 pages
...thence : But, when your countenance fill'd up his line, Then lack'd I matter ; that enfeebled mine. 87. Farewell ! thou art too dear for my possessing, And...so my patent back again is swerving. Thyself thou gavest, thy own worth then not knowing, Or me, to whom thou gavest it, else mistaking ; So thy great... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1881 - 328 pages
...thence : But, when your countenance fill'd up his line, Then lack'd I matter ; that enfeebled mine. 87. Farewell ! thou art too dear for my possessing, And...so my patent back again is swerving. Thyself thou gavest, thy own worth then not knowing, Or me, to whom thou gavest it, else mistaking ; So thy great... | |
 | David M. Main - 1880 - 506 pages
...hath my pen — Where breath most breathes, — even in the mouths of men. LXXXI (87) "T^AREWELL ! thou art too dear for my possessing. And like enough...patent back again is swerving. Thyself thou gav"st, thy own worth then not knowing, Or me, to whom thou gav'st it, else mistaking ; So thy great gift,... | |
 | David M. Main - Sonnets, English - 1880 - 490 pages
...virtue hath my pen — Where breath most breathes, — even in the mouths of men. LXXXI (87) T^AREWELL ! thou art too dear for my possessing, •*• And like...where is my deserving ? The cause of this fair gift jn me is wanting, And so my patent back again is swerving. Thyself thou gav"st, thy own worth then... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - American poetry - 1880 - 1124 pages
...— From death to life thou mightst him yet recover. MICHAEL DRAYTON. FAREWELL! THOU ART TOO DEAR. ales ; — And, Jordan, those sweet banks of thine,...MOORE. THE VALE OF CASHMERE. FROM "THE LIGHT OF THE fuir gift in me is wanting, \nd so my patent hack again is swerving. Thyself thou gav'st, thy own worth... | |
 | David M. Main (ed) - 1881 - 496 pages
...virtue hath my pen— Where breath most breathes,—even in the mouths of men. LXXXI (87) "C* AREWELL! thou art too dear for my possessing, And like enough...patent back again is swerving. Thyself thou gav'st, thy own worth then not knowing, Or me, to whom thou gav'st it, else mistaking; So thy great gift, upon... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1881 - 360 pages
...intelligence, As victors, of my silence cannot boast ; I was not sick of any fear from thence : UCXXVII. Farewell ! thou art too dear for my possessing, And...so my patent back again is swerving. Thyself thou gavest, thy own worth then not knowing, Or me, to whom thou gavest it, else mistaking ; So thy great... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1881 - 362 pages
...countenance fill'd up his line, Then lack'd I matter ; that enfeebled mine. LXXXVII. Farewell ! them art too dear for my possessing, And like enough thou...so my patent back again is swerving. Thyself thou gavest, thy own worth then not knowing, Or me, to whom thou gavest it, else mistaking ; So thy great... | |
 | George T. Wright - Poetry - 1988 - 366 pages
...always) run the risk of seeming comic, they may impart a playful spirit to the lines. Thus, Sonnet 87: Farewell, thou art too dear for my possessing, And...patent back again is swerving. Thyself thou gav'st, thy own worth then not knowing, Or me, to whom thou gav'st it, else mistaking; So thy great gift, upon... | |
 | Bruce Henricksen, Thaïs E. Morgan - Education - 1990 - 292 pages
...short poem intentionally because lyrics seem least likely to lend themselves to historical analysis. Farewell, thou art too dear for my possessing, And...patent back again is swerving. Thyself thou gav'st, thy own worth then not knowing, Or me, to whom thou gav'st it, else mistaking; So thy great gift, upon... | |
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