The Oxford Dictionary of Quotations Preface

Why dost thou pine within and suffer dearth,
Painting thy outward walls so costly gay?
Why so large cost, having so short a lease,
Dost thou upon thy fading mansion spend?
Sonnet 146
So shalt thou feed on Death, that feeds on men,
And Death once dead, there’s no more dying then.
Sonnet 146
Past cure I am, now Reason is past care,
And frantic-mad with evermore unrest;
My thoughts and my discourse as madmen’s are,
At random from the truth vainly expressed;
For I have sworn thee fair, and thought thee bright,
Who art as black as hell, as dark as night.
Sonnet 147
7.66.41 Sonnets To Sundry Notes Of Music
Live with me and be my love,
And we will all the pleasures prove.
That hills and valleys, dales and fields,
And all the craggy mountains yields.
‘Sonnets To Sundry Notes Of Music’ 5.
7.66.42 Venus And Adonis
If the first heir of my invention prove deformed, I shall be sorry it had so noble a godfather.
‘Venus And Adonis’ (1593) dedication
Hunting he loved, but love he laughed to scorn.
‘Venus And Adonis’ (1593) l. 4
Bid me discourse, I will enchant thine ear,
Or like a fairy trip upon the green,
Or, like a nymph, with long dishevelled hair,
Dance on the sands, and yet no footing seen:
Love is a spirit all compact of fire,
Not gross to sink, but light, and will aspire.
‘Venus And Adonis’ (1593) l. 145
Round-hoofed, short-jointed, fetlocks shag and long,
Broad breast, full eye, small head and nostril wide,
High crest, short ears, straight legs and passing strong,
Thin mane, thick tail, broad buttock, tender hide:
Look, what a horse should have he did not lack,