The Life of William Shakespeare (2)

The Life of William Shakespeare

In this second chapter, i'll fulfill your desire to read more about Venus And Adonis (1593) ,was a poem that written by William Shakespeare ---> Venus and Adonis of William Shakespeare

VENUS AND ADONIS (1593)

Venus and Adonis is written in an incessantly clever manner. Venus's words to Adonis from line 229 onwards:

"Fondling," she saith, "since I have hemm'd thee here
Within the circuit of this ivory pale,
I'll be a park, and thou shalt be my deer;
Feed where thou wilt, on mountain or in dale:
Graze on my lips; and if those hills be dry,
Stray lower, where the pleasant fountains lie."

And at line 505, Shakespeare rather daringly alludes to the perils of 1593. Venus coerces a kiss from Adonis, and to celebrate its sweetness, says of Adonis' lips:

"Long may they kiss each other, for this cure!
O, never let their crimson liveries wear!
And as they last, their verdure still endure,
To drive infection from the dangerous year!
That the star-gazers, having writ on death,
May say, the plague is banish'd by thy breath."


Source from : wikipedia.