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" Till the Ledaean stars, so famed for love, Wonder'd at us from above! We spent them not in toys, in lusts, or wine; But search of deep philosophy, Wit, eloquence, and poetry — Arts which I loved, for they, my friend, were thine. "
Curiosities of Literature: And, The Literary Character Illustrated - Page 137
by Isaac Disraeli - 1857 - 510 pages
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A Dictionary of the English Language: In which the Words are ..., Volume 4

Samuel Johnson - 1805 - 924 pages
...•?„£ He if ends his life with his wife, and remcm-' bercth neither father nor mother. I £,drat Say, for you saw us, ye immortal lights ! How oft unwearied have we sprat the nights, Till the Ledzan stars, so fam'd for love, Wonder'd at us from above. Co-wte\: When...
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Curiosities of Literature, Volume 2

Isaac Disraeli - 1807 - 606 pages
...Cotton, the translator of Montaigne. Among the most fascinating effusions of genius are those little pieces which it consecrates to the cause of friendship....immortal lights, " How oft unwearied have we spent the nights ! " Till the Ledaean stars, so famed for love, " Wond'red at us from above. " We spent them...
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Poems

Joseph Addison - 1810 - 312 pages
...kind youth preferr'd to me; and ev'u in that we did agree; for much above myself I lov'd them, too. Say, for you saw us, ye immortal lights ! how oft unwearied have we spent the nights, till the Ledaean stars, so fam'd for love, wonderM at us from above ! We spent them not in...
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Poems by Cowley, Waller, Butler, Denham, Dryden, and Pomfret, Issues 77-79

Abraham Cowley - 1810 - 314 pages
...kind youth preferr'd to me; and ev'n in that we did agree; for much above myself I lov'd them, too. Say, for you saw us, ye immortal lights ! how oft unwearied have we spent the nights, till the Ledxan stars, so fam'd for \ONC, ^•s^^s-^r^> wonderM at us from above ! spent them...
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The Literary Character, Volume 2

Isaac Disraeli - 1822 - 344 pages
...this stanza opens a pleasing scene of two young literary friends engaged in their midnight studies. " Say, for you saw us, ye immortal lights ! How oft unwearied have we spent the nights, Till the Ledsean stars, so famed for love, Wonder'd at us from above. We spent them not in...
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Curiosities of literature. (Repr. of the 7th ed.).

Isaac Disraeli - 1824 - 536 pages
...Cotton, the translator of Montaigne. Among the most fascinating effusions of genius are those little pieces which it consecrates to the cause of friendship....immortal lights, " How oft unwearied have we spent the nights \ " Till the LecUcan stars, so famed for love, " Wond'red at us from above. " We spent them...
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The Retrospective Review, and Historical and Antiquarian Magazine

Henry Southern, Sir Nicholas Harris Nicolas - 1827 - 548 pages
...kind youth preferr'd to me ; And ev'n in that we did agree, For much above myself I loved them too. " Say, for you saw us, ye immortal lights, How oft unwearied have we spent the nights ? Till the Ledacan stars, so fam'd for love, Wonder'd at us from above. We spent them not in...
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The Retrospective Review, and Historical and Antiquarian Magazine

Henry Southern, Sir Nicholas Harris Nicolas - 1827 - 550 pages
...of old to fame. None but his brethren he, and sisters, knew, Whom the kind youth preferr'd to me ; " Say, for you saw us, ye immortal lights, How oft unwearied have we spent the nights ? Till the Ledican stars, so fam'd for love, Wonder'd at us from above. We spent them not in...
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New elegant extracts; a selection from the most eminent British ..., Volume 4

New elegant extracts - 1827 - 402 pages
...kind youth preferr'd to me ; And even in that we did agree, For much above myself I loved them too. Say, for you saw us, ye immortal lights, How oft unwearied have we spent the nights, Till the Ledaean stars, so famed for love, Wonder'd at us from above! We spent them not in...
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The Retrospective Review..

Henry Southern - 1827 - 554 pages
...of old to fame. None but his brethren he, and sisters, knew, Whom the kind youth preferr'd to me ; " Say, for you saw us, ye immortal lights, How oft unwearied have we spent the nights ? Till the Ledsean stars, so fam'd for love, Wonder'd at us from above. We spent them not in...
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