 I'll not look for wine. The thirst that from the soul doth rise, Doth ask a drink divine : But might I of Jove's nectar sup, I would not change for thine. I sent thee late a rosy wreath, Not so much honouring thee As giving it a hope that there It could...  Cheveley: Or, The Man of Honour - Page 121by Baroness Rosina Bulwer Lytton Lytton - 1839Full view - About this book
 | English poets - 1801 - 382 pages
...divine, But might I of Jove's nectar sup, 1 would not change for thine. I sent thee late a rosy wreath, Not so much honouring thee, As giving it a hope that there It could not withered be ; But thou thereon didst only breathe, And sent'st it back to me ; Since when... | |
 | British essayists - 1803 - 300 pages
...the cup, do not indeed apply that to my lips for drink, but thee.' I sent thee late a rosy wreath, Not so much honouring thee, .' As giving it a hope that there It might not withered be. PHIL. Letter XXX. ffoi ftf avov fiiSiiv, u ffi np.£t (juu rare pJvyoff )... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1807 - 424 pages
...cup, do not indeed apply that to my lips for drink, but thee.' III. I sent fliee late a rosy wreath, Not so much honouring thee, As giving it a hope that there It might not withered be. PHIL. Letter XXX. ffot fvtpatvov pooaiv- a &E Tip.uv (xou THTB AA' au' rois... | |
 | John Aikin - 1810 - 414 pages
...divine, But might I of Jove's nectar sup, I would not change for thine. I sent thee late a rosy wreath, Not so much honouring thee, As giving it a hope that there It could not wither'd be ; But thou thereon didst only breathe, And sent'st it back to me ; Since when... | |
 | Ben Jonson, William Gifford - 1816 - 482 pages
...in which they have given it, evidently overlooked the construction. I sent thee late a rosy wreath, Not so much honouring thee, As giving it a hope, that there It could not wither'd be. But thou thereon didst only breathe, And sent'st it back to me : Since when... | |
 | Richard Cumberland - 1817 - 432 pages
...cup, do not indeed apply that to my lips for drink, but thee.' III. I sent Ihee late a rosy wreath, Not so much honouring thee, As giving it a hope that there \ It might not withered be. \ \ PHIL. Letter XXX. •. ffi& aoi ?eij)avov poiiwv, « ae rifiOtv (Kat... | |
 | Richard Alfred Davenport - 1823 - 470 pages
...divine, But might I of Jove's nectar sup, I would not change for thine. I sent thee late a rosy wreath, Not so much honouring thee, As giving it a hope that there It could not wither'd be ; But thou thereon didst only breathe, And sent'st it back to me ; Since when... | |
 | James Ferguson - 1823 - 370 pages
...thee, thirst, and, taking hold of the cup, do not indeed apply that to my lips for drink but thee." Not so much honouring thee, As giving it a hope that there III. I sent thee late a rosy wreath. It might not wither'd be. PHIL. Letter XXX. " I le.rtyitttt* tfoi... | |
 | Richard Alfred Davenport - 1823 - 406 pages
...divine, , But might I of Jove's nectar sup, I would not change for thine. I sent thee late a rosy wreath, Not so much honouring thee, As giving it a hope that there It could not wither'd be ; But thou thereon didst only breathe, And sent'st it back to me ; Since when... | |
 | New elegant extracts - 1823 - 402 pages
...divine, But might I of Jove's nectar sup, I would not change for thine. I sent thee late a rosy wreath, Not so much honouring thee, As giving it a hope that there It could not wither'd be ; But thou thereon didst only breathe, And sent'st it back to me ; Since when... | |
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