 | 1808 - 674 pages
...exilei my patent joy, And wit me learns to shun such- snares, as thriven my annoy ; For falsch Dod now doth flow, and subject»' faith doth ebb, Which would not be, if reason ruled, taw¿от. v.eaved the web. But clouds of joy untried do cloak aspirât Itiir.ds, Which turn... | |
 | English poets - 1801 - 382 pages
...this ditty, most sweet and sententious," &c. Puttenham, Ait of Poesy, 1589, p. 207. ADI TtT Y. J.HE doubt of future foes exiles my present joy, And wit me warns to shew such snares as threaten mine annoy. For falsehood now doth flow, and subject faith doth ebb ;... | |
 | George Ellis - 1803 - 468 pages
...ditty, most sweet and sententious," &c. Puttenham, " Arte of English Poesie," p. 207. A DITTY. J.HE doubt of future foes exiles my present joy, And wit...ebb ; Which would not be if Reason rul'd, or Wisdom But clouds of toys untried do cloak aspiring minds, Which turn t« rain of late repent, by course of... | |
 | George Ellis - 1811 - 470 pages
...this ditty, most sweet and senten" lions," &c. Puttenham, " Arte of English Pdesie," p. 207. A DITTY. THE doubt of future foes exiles my present joy, And...ebb ; Which would not be if Reason rul'd, or Wisdom But clouds of toys untried do cloak aspiring minds, Which turn to rain of late repent, by course of... | |
 | George Ellis - 1811 - 472 pages
...ditty, most sweet and senten" dons," &c. Puttenham, " Arte of English Poesie," p. 207. A DITTY. J. HE doubt of future foes exiles my present joy, And wit...ebb ; Which would not be if Reason rul'd, or Wisdom But clouds of toys untried do cloak aspiring minds, Which turn to rain of late repent, by course of... | |
 | John Britton, Edward Wedlake Brayley - 1813 - 696 pages
...exiles my present joy, « And Wit me learns to shun such snares as threaten my annoy ; For Falshood now doth flow and subject Faith doth ebb, '• „...Reason rul'd, or Wisdom weav'd the web. But clouds of joy untried do cloak aspiring minds. Which turn to rain of late repent by course of changed winds.... | |
 | John Britton, Edward Wedlake Brayley, Joseph Nightingale, James Norris Brewer, John Evans, John Hodgson, Francis Charles Laird, Frederic Shoberl, John Bigland, Thomas Rees - 1813 - 936 pages
...foea exiles ray present joy, And Wit me learn* to shun such snares as threaten my anaoy; Fur Falshood now doth flow and subject Faith doth ebb, Which would not be if Reason rul'd, or Wisdom weor'd the web. But clouds of joy untried do cloak aspiring minds, Which turn to rain of late repent... | |
 | John Britton - 1813 - 614 pages
...afflicted rival. The lines were printed not long after, if not before, the beheading of this queen : The doubt of future foes exiles my present joy, And Wit me learns to shun such snares as threaten my annoy ; For Falshood now doth Sow and subject Faith doth... | |
 | 1816 - 420 pages
...' Arte of Poesie,' calls this a ' most sweet and sententious ditty.' The donbt of future woesexiles my present joy, And wit me warns to shun such snares as threaten mine For falsehood now doth flow, and subject faith doth ebb; Which would not be if Reason rul'd, or Wisdom... | |
 | Lucy Aikin - 1818 - 544 pages
...its authenticity, its principal merit, has never been called in question. SONNET by Queen Elizabeth. The doubt of future foes exiles my present joy, And...warns, to shun such snares as threaten mine annoy. VOL. II, C 18 •" NORFOLK :BEHEADED. For falsehoodnow doth flow, and subjects' feith doth ebb ; Which... | |
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The doubt of future foes exiles my present joy, And wit me warns to shun such snares as threaten mine annoy. For falsehood now doth flow, and subject faith doth ebb, Which would not be if reason ruled or wisdom weaved the web. 
