Perfection

Grade 7 Poem

by William Shakespeare

Volume: 10 | Page: 275

Estimated reading time: 1 minute

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Ogild refined gold, to paint the lily, To throw a perfume on the violet, To smooth the ice, or add another hue Unto the rainbow, or with taper-light To seek the beauteous eye of heaven to garnish, Is wasteful and ridiculous excess. -From"King John."