Samuel Johnson [1765], The plays of William Shakespeare, in eight volumes, with the corrections and illustrations of Various Commentators; To which are added notes by Sam. Johnson (Printed for J. and R. Tonson [and] C. Corbet [etc.], London) [word count] [S11001].
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SCENE V.
Enter Celia, with a writing.
Ros.
Peace, here comes my Sister reading; stand
aside.
Cel.
Why should this a Desert be,
For it is unpeopled? No;
Tongues I'll hang on every tree,
That shall civil sayings show.5 note
Some, how brief the life of man
Runs his erring pilgrimage;
That the stretching of a span
Buckles in his sum of age;
Some of violated vows,
'Twixt the souls of friend and friend;
But upon the fairest boughs,
Or at every sentence end,
Will I Rosalinda write;
Teaching all, that read, to know,
This Quintessence of every Sprite
Heaven would in little show.
-- 54 --
Therefore heaven nature charg'd,6 note
That one body should be fill'd
With all graces wide enlarg'd;
Nature presently distill'd
Helen's cheeks, but not her heart,
Cleopatra's majesty;
Atalanta's better part;7 note
8 noteSad Lucretia's modesty.
Thus Rosalind of many parts
By heav'nly synod was devis'd;
Of many faces, eyes and hearts,
To have the Touches9 note dearest priz'd.
Heav'n would that she these gifts should have,
And I should live and die her slave.
Ros.
O most gentle Jupiter!1 note
—what tedious homily
of love have you wearied your Parishioners withall,
and never cry'd, Have patience good people?
-- 55 --
Cel.
How now? back-friends!—shepherd, go off
a little—go with him, sirrah.
Clo.
Come, shepherd, let us make an honourable
retreat; tho' not with bag and baggage, yet with scrip
and scrippage.
[Exeunt Corin and Clown.
Samuel Johnson [1765], The plays of William Shakespeare, in eight volumes, with the corrections and illustrations of Various Commentators; To which are added notes by Sam. Johnson (Printed for J. and R. Tonson [and] C. Corbet [etc.], London) [word count] [S11001].
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