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" The crow doth sing as sweetly as the lark, When neither is attended ; and I think The nightingale, if she should sing by day, When every goose is cackling, would be thought No better a musician than the wren. "
The Works of William Shakespeare: In Nine Volumes - Page 72
by William Shakespeare - 1810
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The Plays of Shakespeare: The Text Regulated by the Old Copies, and by the ...

William Shakespeare - 1853 - 916 pages
...: Methinks, it sounds much sweeter than by day. Ner. Silence bestows that virtue on it, madam. Por. season 'd are To their right praise, and true perfection ! — Peace ! now the moon sleeps with Endymion,...
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The plays of Shakspere, carefully revised [by J.O.] with ..., Part 166, Volume 1

William Shakespeare - 1853 - 746 pages
...: Methinks it sounds much sweeter than by day. Ner. Silence bestows that virtue on it, madam. Por. The crow doth sing as sweetly as the lark, When neither...musician than the wren. How many things by season seasoned are To their right praise and true perfection ! — Peace, hoa ! the moon sleeps with Endymion,...
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The Wisdom and Genius of Shakespeare: Comprising Moral Philosophy ...

William Shakespeare - 1853 - 608 pages
...without respect ; Methinks, it sounds much sweeter than by day. . . . Silence bestows that virtue on it The crow doth sing as sweetly as the lark, When neither...better a musician than the wren. How many things by seasons season'd are To their right praise and true perfection ! 9 — v. 1 .208. Music. Do but note...
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A cyclopædia of poetical quotations, arranged by H.G. Adams

Cyclopaedia - 1853 - 772 pages
...the silent heaven Thy lone and melancholy voice was given. Dana. SEASONS. 565 SEASONS. THE crow does sing as sweetly as the lark, When neither is attended;...musician than the wren. How many things by season season d are To their right praise, and true perfection! Shakspere. Perceivest thou not the process...
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The Life and Beauties of Shakespeare: Comprising Careful Selections from ...

William Shakespeare - 1853 - 420 pages
...shines a good deed in a naughty world. KOTIIING GOOD OUT OP SEiSON. The crow doth sing as sweetly as Ihe lark, When neither is attended; and, I think, The...musician than the wren. How many things by season seasoned are To their right praise, and true perfection I—- Peace, hoaf the moon sleeps with Endymion,...
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The Works of William Shakespeare: Comprising His Dramatic and ..., Volume 1

William Shakespeare - 1853 - 508 pages
...Mclhinks, it sounds much sweeter than tiy day. Лег. Silence bestows that virtue on it, rri;id:im. Por. The crow doth sing as sweetly as the lark, When neither...sing by day, When every goose is cackling, would be thuuphl No better a musician than the wren. How many things by season seat-on'd are To their right...
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The Plays of William Shakspeare: Accurately Printed from the Text ..., Volume 2

William Shakespeare - 1854 - 424 pages
...; Methinks, it sounds much sweeter than by day. JVer. Silence bestows that virtue on it, madam Por. The crow doth sing as sweetly as the lark, When neither...musician than the wren. How many things by season seasou'd are J To their right praise, and true perfection ! — Peace, hoa ! the moon sleeps with Endymion,...
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A Commonplace Book of Thoughts, Memories, and Fancies: Original and Selected ...

Mrs. Jameson (Anna) - Art and literature - 1855 - 398 pages
...morning, and which then seemed nothing but bustle." i _ And in the same spirit Portia moralises :— The nightingale, if she should sing by day, When every...musician than the wren. How many things by season, seasoned are To their right praise and true perfection ! Nor will Coleridge allow the song of the nightingale...
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Laconics, Or, The Best Words of the Best Authors: In Three Volumes, Volume 2

Aphorisms and apothegms - 1856 - 372 pages
...no more be delighted with a lie, than '.he will can choose an apparent evil. — Dryden. DCCCXLIIL The crow doth sing as sweetly as the lark, When neither...musician than the wren. How many things by season season 'd are To their nght praise and true perfection ! Shakspeare. DCCCXLIV. As a looking-glass,...
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The North British review

1857 - 584 pages
...syllable in the metrical section, as in the following lines from the " Merchant of Venice :" — " The crow doth sing as sweetly as the lark When neither...would be thought No better a musician than the wren." In these blank trimeters, properly read, there is a major and a minor accent in even' section. Shakespeare,...
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