A violet in the youth of primy nature, Forward, not permanent--sweet, not lasting; The perfume and suppliance of a minute; No more.
William ShakespeareShe is mine own, And I as rich in having such a jewel As twenty seas, if all their sand were pearl, The water nectar, and the rocks pure gold.
William ShakespeareO, train me not, sweet mermaid, with thy note, to drown me in thy sisterโs flood of tears.
William Shakespeare