Take a fellow of plain and uncoined constancy; for he perforce must do thee right, because he hath not the gift to woo in other places: for these fellows of infinite tongue, that can rhyme themselves into ladies' favours, they do always reason themselves out again. What! a speaker is but a prater; a rhyme is but a ballad. A good leg will fall; a straight back will stoop; a black beard will turn white; a curled pate will grow bald; a fair face will wither; a full eye will wax hollow: but a good heart is the sun and the moon; or rather the sun and not the moon; for it shines bright and never changes, but keeps his course truly. If thou would have such a one, take me. Henry V., v. 2. MAY. Where the bee sucks, there suck I; There I couch when owls do cry. After summer, merrily: Merrily, merrily, shall I live now, Under the blossom that hangs on the bough. Tempest, v. 1. More matter for a May morning. Twelfth Night, iii. 4. I know the gentleman To be of worth and worthy estimation. Two Gentlemen of Verona, ii. 4. I cannot flatter; I do defy The tongues of soothers; but a braver place In my heart's love hath no man than yourself. First Part of Henry IV., iv. 1. May 2d. She is a gallant creature, and complete In mind and feature. Henry VIII., iii. 2. Say thou art mine, and ever My love as it begins shall so persever. All's Well that Ends Well, iv. 2. Look, how this ring encompasseth thy finger, Even so thy breast encloseth my poor heart; Wear both of them, for both of them are thine. Richard III., i. 2. |