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" When I do count the clock that tells the time, And see the brave day sunk in hideous night, When I behold the violet past prime, And sable curls all silver'd o'er with white, When lofty trees I see barren of leaves Which erst from heat did canopy the... "
The Monthly Magazine, Or, British Register - Page 160
1837
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The Port Folio, Volumes 1-2

1806 - 852 pages
...Shakspeare's favourite idea. — The images in the former part of the poem are of the ordinary kind : When I do count the clock that tells the time, And...behold the violet past prime, And sable curls all silverM o'er with white ; When lofty trees I see barren of leaves, Which erst from heat did canopy...
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The lyre of love [ed. by P.L. Courtier].

Lyre - 1806 - 208 pages
...that April wears: But first set my poor heart free, Bound in those icy chains by thee! SONNETS. WBEM I do count the clock, that tells the time, And see...sunk in hideous night; When I behold the violet past prune, And sable curls all slver'd o'er with white ; When lofty trees I see barren of leaves, Which...
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The Works of the English Poets, from Chaucer to Cowper: Including ..., Volume 5

Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 728 pages
...should'st print more, nor let that copy die. SONNET XII. WHEN I do count the clock that tells the tarn« And see the brave day sunk in hideous night ¿ When...behold the violet past prime, And sable curls, all silver1«) o'or with white ; When lofty trees I see barren of leaves, Which erst from hrat did canopy...
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The Works of the English Poets, from Chaucer to Cowper, Volume 5

Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 740 pages
...print more, nor let that сорт die. SONNET XII. WHEN I do count the clock that tells the time, .nd see the brave day sunk in hideous night; When I behold the violet past prime, ind sable curls, all silver'd o'er with white; Vhen lofty trees I see barren of leaves, Л'Ысп erst...
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The Works of William Shakespeare, Volume 9

William Shakespeare - 1812 - 380 pages
...She carv'd thee for her seal, and meant thereby, Thou should'st print more, not let that copy die. When I do count the clock, that tells the time, And...When I behold the violet past prime, And sable curls are silver'd o'er with white ; When lofty trees I see barren of leaves, Which erst from heat did canopy...
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Shakespeare and His Times: Including the Biography of the Poet ..., Volume 2

Nathan Drake - 1817 - 708 pages
...disastrous changes incident to human life, he exclaims in a style highly figurative and picturesque : — " When I do count the clock that tells the time, And...behold the violet past prime, And sable curls, all silver'd o'er with white; When lofty trees I see barren of leaves, Which erst from heat did canopy...
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Shakespeare and His Times: Including the Biography of the Poet ..., Volume 2

Nathan Drake - 1817 - 702 pages
...changes incident to human life, he exclaims in a style highly figurative and picturesque : — •• When I do count the clock that tells the time, And...night ; When I behold the violet past prime, And sable curb, all silver'd o'er with white ; When lofty trees I see barren of leaves, Which erst from bent...
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The Plays and Poems of William Shakspeare, Volume 20

William Shakespeare - 1821 - 492 pages
...carv'd thee for her seal, and meant thereby, Thou should'st print more, nor let that copy die2. XII. When I do count the clock that tells the time, And...behold the violet past prime, And sable curls, all silver'd o'er with white 3 ; When lofty trees I see barren of leaves, Which erst from heat did canopy...
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The Plays and Poems of William Shakspeare: With the Corrections ..., Volume 20

William Shakespeare - 1821 - 486 pages
...hideous night; When I behold the violet past prime, And sable curls, all silver'd o'er with white 3 ; When lofty trees I see barren of leaves, Which erst from heat did canopy the herd 4 , 9 — for store,] ie to be preserved for use. MALONB. 1 Look, whom she best endow'd, she gave THEE...
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The Dramatic Works of Shakespeare

William Shakespeare - 1826 - 216 pages
...shouldst print more, nor let that copy die. XIC. When I do count the clock that tells the time, And seethe brave day sunk in hideous night; When I behold the violet past prime, And sable curls, all silver'd o'er with white ; When lofty trees I see barren of leaves, Which erst from heat did canopy...
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