...Therefore the image of walking would be more apt than for a modern pianist. 1 3 happy - blessed and joyful. In the old age black was not counted fair, Or if it...now is black beauty's successive heir, And beauty slandered with a bastard shame: 5 For since each hand hath put on nature's power, Fairing the foul...

...clearly addresses to his other love and which seem to belong to the same period as Sonnets 33 to 42: In the old age black was not counted fair, Or if it were, it bore not beauty's name Therefore, my mistress' brows are raven black, Her eyes so suited, and they mourners seem . . . 'My...

...counted faire, Or if it weare it bore not beauties name: And now is black beauties successine heire, And Beauty slanderd with a bastard shame, For since each hand hath put on Natures power, Fairing the foule with Arts faulse borrow 'd face, Sweet beauty hath no name no holy...

...where things start to really heat up. Sonnet 127 In the old age black was not counted fair. ' Or is I were it bore not beauty's name; But now is black beauty's successive heir, 2 And beauty slandered with a bastard shame, 3 For since each hand hath put on nature's power, Fairing...

...so poetic and moving they put tears in her eyes. One read: In the old age, black was not considered fair, Or if it were, it bore not beauty's name; But now is black beauty 's successive heir. And beauty slandered with a bastard shame. When the wagon train stopped...

...la obra. Rosaline parece a veces estar en una obra equivocada, puesto que su actitud ante Birón 27. In the old age black was not counted fair, / Or if...now is black beauty's successive heir, / And beauty slandered with a bastard shame: / For since each hand hath put on nature's power, / Fairing the foul...

...to ' the Dark Lady,' the two most often cited passages are the following : — Sonnet cxxvii : — ' In the old age black was not counted fair, Or if it...now is black beauty's successive heir, And beauty slander- d with a bastard shame ; For since each hand hath put on nature's power, Fairing the foul...

...not seek to go beyond its own narcissistic self-enclosure. When Shakespeare states in sonnet 127 that "In the old age black was not counted fair, / Or if...name, / But now is black beauty's successive heir," he is attacking not only the past metaphorics of color but also his own culture and social value system....

...Or if it weare it bore not beauties name: But now is blacke beauties successiue heire, And Beautie slanderd with a bastard shame, For since each hand hath put on Natures power, Fairing the foule with Arts faulse borrow'd face, Sweet beauty hath no name no holy...

...keep her treasure. Her audit, though delayed, answered must be, And her quietus is to render thee. In the old age black was not counted fair, Or if it...now is black beauty's successive heir, And beauty slandered with a bastard shame; For since each hand hath put in nature's pow'r, Fairing the foul with...