 I PLANT a tree whose leaf The yew-tree leaf will suit ; But when its shade is o'er you laid, Turn round and pluck the fruit. Now reach my harp from off the wall Where shines the sun aslant! The sun may shine and we be cold — O...  Emblems, Divine and Moral - Page 117by Francis Quarles - 1818 - 319 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Sir Egerton Brydges - 1809 - 914 pages
...God forbid i that I should glory, save in the cross. i. " Can nothing settle my uncertain breast, Aud fix my rambling love? Can my affections find out nothing best, But still and still remove ? • 1 have a copy of Hugo's hook now lyirg before me, with the follow. ing title! Pia DciiJtria Emblimatit... | |
 | Sir Egerton Brydges - 1813 - 354 pages
...But I have not lime, while preparing this paper, to read them through, and compare them regularly. Has earth no mercy? Will no ark of rest Receive my...wealth, and at my dear request Earth lent a quick supply ; 1 wanted wealth to charm my sullen breast; And who more brisk than I ? I wanted fame, to glorify... | |
 | Sir Egerton Brydges - 1813 - 350 pages
...of Book 2. Galat. vi. 14. God forbid that I should glory, save in the cross. *' Can nothing setile my uncertain breast, And fix my rambling love? Can...find out nothing best, But still and still remove? London, 1686, by Edm. Arwaker, MA Several emblem, writers had previously appeared; as Alciatus, whose... | |
 | Elizabeth Barrett Browning - 1838 - 392 pages
...keep ! Thou mayst not smile like other men, Yet like them thou must weep." THE BOMAUNT OF MARGRET. Can my affections find out nothing best But still and still remove ? — QUARLES. THE ROMAUNT OF MARGRET. I PLANT a tree whose leaf The cypress leaf will suit ; And when... | |
 | Elizabeth Barrett Browning - 1850 - 596 pages
...then ; Though smiling not like other men, Yet, like them, thou must weep." ttbe Itomaunt of flDargret. Can my affections find out nothing best. But still and still remove?— QUARI.Es. I. I PI.ANT a tree whose leaf The yew-tree leaf will suit ; But when its shade is o'er you... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1853 - 604 pages
...propounds : Trust not this hollow world ; she is empty : hark ! she sounds. GLORYING IN THE CROSS. CAN nothing settle my uncertain breast, And fix my rambling...mercy ? Will no ark of rest Receive my restless dove 9 Is there no good than which there's nothing higher To bless my full desire, With joys that never... | |
 | Elizabeth Barrett Browning - 1853 - 314 pages
...sorrow then; Though smiling not like other men, Yet, like them, thou must weep." THE EOMAUNT OP MABGEET. Can my affections find out nothing best, But still and still remove ?— I. I PLANT a tree whose leaf QUARLES. The yew-tree leaf will suit ; But when its shade is o'er... | |
 | Elizabeth Barrett Browning - 1853 - 386 pages
...then ! Though smiling not like other men, Still, like them we must vreep.' THE ROMAUNT OF MARGRET. Can my affections find out nothing best, But still and still remove ?— QUARLES. THE BQMAUNT OF MAEGEET. I PLANT a tree whose leaf The yew-tree leaf will suit, But when... | |
 | Songs - 1856 - 712 pages
...ornament is supererogation, Giving false coloring and fictitious air. KINKEB, Trans. Anon. in tfje ftross. nothing settle my uncertain breast, And fix my rambling love ? Can my aflections find out nothing best, But still and still remove ? Has earth no mercy ? Will no ark of... | |
 | Richard Crashaw, Francis Quarles, George Gilfillan - 1857 - 414 pages
...save in the cross.—GAL. vi. 14. 1 CAN nothing settle my uncertain breast, And fix my rambling love 1 Can my affections find out nothing best, But still...joys that never change; with joys that ne'er expire ? 2 I wanted wealth ; and, at my dear request, Earth lent a quick supply ; I wanted mirth, to charm... | |
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