But earthlier happy is the rose distilled,
Than that which withering on the virgin thorn
Grows, lives, and dies, in single blessedness.


A Midsummer Night's Dream (1595–6) act 1, sc. 1, l. 76

William Shakespeare Quotes

But earthlier happy is the rose distilled, Than that which withering on the virgin thorn Grows, lives, and dies, in single blessedness.

But earthlier happy is the rose distilled, Than that which withering on the virgin thorn Grows, lives, and dies, in single blessedness.

But earthlier happy is the rose distilled, Than that which withering on the virgin thorn Grows, lives, and dies, in single blessedness.

But earthlier happy is the rose distilled, Than that which withering on the virgin thorn Grows, lives, and dies, in single blessedness.