Venus and Adonis (Shakespeare poem)

Venus and Adonis (1593) is a poem by Shakespeare on a theme drawn from the Metamorphoses of Ovid. It was probably his first published work. Quotes Hunting he lov'd, but love he laugh'd to scorn. Line 4 Bid me discourse, I will enchant thine ear,Or like a fairy trip upon the green,Or, like a nymph, with long dishevell'd 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. Line 145 Affection is a coal that must be cool'd;Else, suffer'd, it will set the heart on fire. Line 387 Foul words and frowns must not repel a lover;What though the rose have prickles, yet 'tis pluck'd:Were beauty under twenty locks kept fast,Yet love breaks through and picks them all at last. Line 573 For where Love reigns, disturbing JealousyDoth call himself Affection's sentinel;Gives false alarms, suggesteth mutiny. Line 649 This carry-tale, dissentious Jealousy,That sometime true news, sometime false doth bring. Line 657 Danger deviseth shifts; wit waits on fear. Line 690 Love comforteth like sunshine after rain. Line 799 Lo! here the gentle lark, weary of rest,From his moist cabinet mounts up on high,And wakes the morning, from whose silver breast The sun ariseth in his majesty. Line 853 Grief hath two tongues: and never woman yet,Could rule them both without ten women's wit. Line 1007 For he being dead, with him is beauty slain,And, beauty dead, black chaos comes again. Line 1019 External links Venus and Adonis Category:Poetry