The Winter's Tale by William Shakespeare
page 76 of 136 (55%)
page 76 of 136 (55%)
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Pol. Wherefore (gentle Maiden) Do you neglect them Perd. For I haue heard it said, There is an Art, which in their pidenesse shares With great creating-Nature Pol. Say there be: Yet Nature is made better by no meane, But Nature makes that Meane: so ouer that Art, (Which you say addes to Nature) is an Art That Nature makes: you see (sweet Maid) we marry A gentler Sien, to the wildest Stocke, And make conceyue a barke of baser kinde By bud of Nobler race. This is an Art Which do's mend Nature: change it rather, but The Art it selfe, is Nature Perd. So it is Pol. Then make you Garden rich in Gilly' vors, And do not call them bastards Perd. Ile not put The Dible in earth, to set one slip of them: No more then were I painted, I would wish This youth should say 'twer well: and onely therefore Desire to breed by me. Here's flowres for you: Hot Lauender, Mints, Sauory, Mariorum, |
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