“A Literary Knight’s Tour”: Solution
Solution to A Literary Knight’s Tour:
The quotation is from King John, Act IV, Scene II, lines 11-16:
To gild refined gold, to paint the lily,
To throw a perfume on the violet,
To smooth the ice, or add another hue
Unto the rainbow, or with taper-light
To seek the beauteous eye of heaven to garnish,
Is wasteful and ridiculous excess.
The puzzle is taken from Miscellaneous Notes and Queries, January 1889.
