William Shakespeare on Blushing
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“Lay by all nicety and prolixious blushes, That banish what they sue for.”
“I will go wash; And when my face is fair, you shall perceive Whether I blush or no.”
“Come, quench your blushes and present yourself That which you are, mistress o' the feast.”
“Where now I have no one to blush with me, To cross their arms and hang their heads with mine.”
“And bid the cheek be ready with a blush Modest as morning when she coldly eyes The youthful Phœbus.”
“Two red fires in both their faces blazed; She thought he blush'd, * * * And, blushing with him, wistly on him gazed.”
“By noting of the lady I have mark'd A thousand blushing apparitions To start into her face, a thousand innocent shames. In angel whiteness beat away those blushes.”