 | John Aikin - 1841 - 840 pages
...The cord slides swiftly through his gfowing hands. And (quick as lightning) on the deck he stands. peaking ; with much flattery extolling Eve above all...attained to human speech, and such understanding, not Ihe British fleet Might envy William's lip those kisses sweet. " Î Susan, Susan, lovely dear, My vows... | |
 | John Aikin - 1843 - 826 pages
...The cord slides swiftly through his glowing hands, And (quick as lightning) on the deck he stands. ht se lip those kisses sweet. "O Susan, Susan, lovely dear, My vows shall ever true remain ; Let me kiss... | |
 | 1844 - 328 pages
...his glowing lianda, And, quick as lightning, on the deck he stands. So the sweet lark, high poised in air, Shuts close his pinions to his breast, (If chance his mate's shrill voice he hears) And drops at once into her nest. The noblest captain of the British fleet, Might envy... | |
 | William Hickling Prescott - 1845 - 662 pages
...Tutto serrato nelle sacre penne, Come a suo nido fa lieto colombo." " So the sweet lark, high poised in air, Shuts close his pinions to his breast, If...shrill call he hear, And drops at once into her nest." These " Stanze" were the first example of a happy cultivation of Italian verse in the fifteenth century.... | |
 | 1847 - 906 pages
...through his glowing hands, And, quick as lightning, on the deck he stands. So the sweet l*rk, high poised in air, Shuts close his pinions to his breast, If, chance, his mate's shrill note he hear, And drops at once into her nest. The noblest captain in the British fleet Might envy... | |
 | Basil Montagu - 1849 - 284 pages
...breast, When upward springing, blithe, to greet The purpling east." 11 The sweet lark, high poised in air, Shuts close his pinions to his breast, If chance his mate's shrill note he hear,. And drops at once into her nest." "So have I seen a lark rising from his bed of grass,... | |
 | Abraham Mills - 1851 - 616 pages
...glowing hands, And (quick as lightning) on the deck he stands. So sweet the lark high poised in the air, Shuts close his pinions to his breast (If chance...captain in the British fleet Might envy William's lip those kisses sweet. 0! Susan, Susan, lovely dear, My vows shall ever true remain; Let me kiss off... | |
 | Douglas Jerrold - 1854 - 304 pages
...his glowing hands, And (quick as light'ning) on the deck he stands. So the sweet lark, high-pois'd in air, Shuts close his pinions to his breast, (If,...her nest. The noblest captain in the British fleet, Wight envy William's lip those kisses sweet. ' O Susan, Susan, lovely dear, My vows shall ever true... | |
 | 1852 - 874 pages
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So the sweet lark, high poised in air, Shuts close his pinions to his breast If chance his mate's shrill call he hear, And drops at once into her nest : — The noblest captain in the British fleet Might envy William's lip those kisses sweet. 
