 | Pauline Kiernan - 1998 - 236 pages
...the first heir of my invention prove deformed', William Shakespeare writes in the poem's dedication, 'I shall be sorry it had so noble a godfather, and...for fear it yield me still so bad a harvest'. The truly dangerous threat which Venus poses is that of the proud full sail of the 'rival' poet in Sonnet... | |
 | Leeds Barroll - 1998 - 440 pages
...reverts to a male role in promising that he will henceforth be more careful where he casts his seed and "never after ear so barren a land for fear it yield me still so bad a harvest." The dedicatory address before Venus and Adonis is beyond Jeffrey Masten's purview in Textual Intercourse... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1999 - 102 pages
...till I have honor'dyou with some graver labor. But if the first heir of my invention prove deform 'd, I shall be sorry it had so noble a godfather, and...land, for fear it yield me still so bad a harvest. I leave it to your honorable survey, and your honor to your heart's content; which I wish may always... | |
 | Lynne Magnusson - 1999 - 235 pages
...till I have honoured you with some graver labor. But if the first heir of my invention prove deformed, I shall be sorry it had so noble a godfather, and...land for fear it yield me still so bad a harvest. I leave it to your honourable survey, and your honour to your heart's content, which I wish may always... | |
 | Ian Wilson - 1999 - 564 pages
...I have honoured you with some graver labour. But if the first heir of my invention prove deformed, I shall be sorry it had so noble a god-father: and never after ear [ie till] so barren a land, for fear it yield me still so bad a harvest. I leave it to your Honourable... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1999 - 212 pages
...till I have honored you with some graver labor. But if the first heir of my invention prove deformed, I shall be sorry it had so noble a godfather, and never after 9 ear so barren a land, for fear it yield me still so bad a har10 vest. I leave it to your honorable... | |
 | Bruce R. Smith - 2000 - 194 pages
...'with some graver labour'. If, on the other hand, 'the first heir of my invention' prove 'deformed', 'I shall be sorry it had so noble a godfather, and never after ear so barren a land' (224). With respect to the poem, the sexual images of 'burden', 'labour', 'heir', and ploughing cast... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 2002 - 768 pages
...invention The poem was the first printed work to which Shakespeare's name was attached. prove deformed l shall be sorry it had so noble a godfather, and never...land, for fear it yield me still so bad a harvest. l leave it to your honourable 15 survey, and your Honour to your heart's content, which l wish may... | |
 | Ilʹi︠a︡ Gililov, Ilya Gililov - 2003 - 1002 pages
...I have honour'd you with some graver labour. But if the first heir of my invention prove deform'd, I shall be sorry it had so noble a godfather; and...land, for fear it yield me still so bad a harvest. I leave it to your honourable survey, and your honour to your heart's content; which I wish may always... | |
 | Patrick Cheney - 2004 - 346 pages
...I have honoured you with some graver labour. But if the first heir of my invention prove deformed, I shall be sorry it had so noble a godfather: and...land, for fear it yield me still so bad a harvest. I leave it to your Honourable survey, and your Honour to your hearts content, which I wish may always... | |
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But if the first heir of my invention prove deformed, I shall be sorry it had so noble a god-father, and never after ear so barren a land, for fear it yield me still so bad a harvest. 
