 | English poets - 1801 - 488 pages
...year 1650, by his brother, Dudley Posthumus-Lovelace. THE SCRUTINY. SONG. [Abridged from 4 stanzas.] WHY should you swear I am forsworn, Since thine I...impossibility. Have I not lov'd thee much, and long ; A tedious twelve-hour's space ? I must all other beauties wrong, And rob thee of a new embrace, Could I still... | |
 | George Ellis - 1803 - 476 pages
...were published, in the year 1659, I2mo. by his brother, Dudley PosthumusLovelace. SONG. The Scrutiny. WHY should you swear I am forsworn, Since thine I...is already morn ; And 'twas last night I swore to thec That fond impossibility. Have I not lov'd thee much, and long ; A tedious twelve-hour's space... | |
 | George Ellis - 1803 - 474 pages
...brother, Dudley PosthumuvLovclace. SONG. The Scrutiny. il HY should you swear I am forsworn, Siuce thine I vow'd to be ? Lady, it is already morn ; And 'twas last night I swore to thee That ioud impossibility. Have I not lov'd thee much, and long ; A tedious twelve-hour's space ? I must all... | |
 | British poets - 1809 - 512 pages
...love, And in my soul am free, Angels alone that soar above Enjoy such liberly. 'Ifi/'HY dost thou say I am forsworn, * * Since thine I vow'd to be ? Lady, it is already morn ; It was last night I swore to thee That fond impossibility. Yet have I lov'd thee well, and long;... | |
 | George Ellis - 1811 - 476 pages
...published, in the year 1659, 12mo. by his brother, Dudley PosthnmusLovelace. VOL. HI. I SONG. The Scrutiny. WHY should you swear I am forsworn, Since thine I...impossibility. Have I not lov'd thee much, and long; A tedious twelve-hour's space ? I must all other beauties wrong, And rob thee of a new embrace, Could I still... | |
 | Richard Lovelace - 1817 - 284 pages
...she performed such a way, As all th' enamour'd world will say SONG. SET BY MR. THOMJ8 I'll till. E-. WHY should you swear I am forsworn, Since thine I...it is already morn, And 'twas last night I swore to thce That fond impossibility. Have I not lov'd thee much and long, A tedious twelve hours space? I... | |
 | Rowland Freeman - 1821 - 846 pages
...ages have sought to combine the most delightful of human passions, with the most beautiful of nature's Why should you swear I am forsworn, Since thine I...last night I swore to thee That fond impossibility. productions. The following passage from a contemporary of Lovelace's, Sir Edward Sherbnrne, has very... | |
 | Rowland Freeman - 1821 - 450 pages
...passions, with the most beautiful of nature'* SONG. Why should you swear I am forsworn, Since (June I vow'd to be ? Lady, it is already morn, And 'twas...last night I swore to thee That fond impossibility. productions. The following passage from a contemporary of Lovelace's, Sir Edward Sherburne, has very... | |
 | England - 1835 - 794 pages
...forsworn, *lncc thine I vow'd to he i La(ly it h aiready morn, And 'twas last night I swore to thee mat fond impossibility. Have I not lov'd thee much and long, A tedious twelve hours space I 1 must all other beauties wrong" Not, but all joy in thy browne haire, By others may be found ; But... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1844 - 692 pages
...of ter fact, You'd drop a tear ; Seeing more harmony In her bright eye Thau now you hear. Ä/H«/. , N , moni, And 'twas last night I swore to thce That fond impossibility. Have I not lov'd thec much and... | |
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Could I still dote upon thy face. Not but all joy in thy brown hair By others may be found; But I must search the black and fair Like... 
