Careful Words

smack (n.)

smack (v.)

smack (adv.)

  Some smack of age in you, some relish of the saltness of time.

William Shakespeare (1564-1616): King Henry IV. Part II. Act i. Sc. 2.

For he is but a bastard to the time

That doth not smack of observation.

William Shakespeare (1564-1616): King John. Act i. Sc. 1.

Have you found your life distasteful?

My life did, and does, smack sweet.

Was your youth of pleasure wasteful?

Mine I saved and hold complete.

Do your joys with age diminish?

When mine fail me, I 'll complain.

Must in death your daylight finish?

My sun sets to rise again.

Robert Browning (1812-1890): At the "Mermaid." Stanza 10.