I love thee, all unlovely as thou seem'st,
And dreaded as thou art!
I crown thee king of intimate delights,
Fireside enjoyments, home-born happiness,
And all the comforts that the lowly roof
Of undisturbed Retirement, and the hours
Of long uninterrupted evening, know.
The Task: Winter Evening. W. COWPER.
SECRET.
Two may keep counsel, putting one away.
Romeo and Juliet, Act ii. Sc. 4. SHAKESPEARE.
And whatsoever else shall hap to-night,
Give it an understanding, but no tongue.
Hamlet, Act i. Sc. 2. SHAKESPEARE.
If you have hitherto concealed this sight,
Let it be tenable in your silence still.
Hamlet, Act i. Sc. 2. SHAKESPEARE.
I have played the fool, the gross fool, to believe
The bosom of a friend will hold a secret
Mine own could not contain.
Unnatural Combat, Act v. Sc. 2. P. MASSINGER.
SHAME.
O shame, where is thy blush?
Hamlet, Act iii. Sc. 4. SHAKESPEARE.
Here shame dissuades him, there his fear prevails,
And each by turns his aching heart assails.
Metamorphoses: Actaeon, Bk. III.
OVID. Trans. of ADDISON.
All is confounded, all!
Reproach and everlasting shame
Sits mocking in our plumes.
King Henry V., Act iv. Sc. 5. SHAKESPEARE.