Twelfth Night: Or What You Will (Folger Shakespeare Library)

by William Shakespeare

Then let thy love be younger than thyself, 42 Or thy affection cannot hold the bent. 43 For women are as roses, whose fair flower, 44 Being once displayed, doth fall that very hour.

ORSINO Then let thy love be younger than thyself, 42 Or thy affection cannot hold the bent . 43 For women are as roses, whose fair flower, 44 Being once displayed , doth fall that very hour. 45