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" I'll not look for wine. The thirst that from the soul doth rise Doth ask a drink divine; But might I of Jove's nectar sup, I would not change for thine. I sent thee late a rosy wreath, Not so much honouring thee As giving it a hope that there It could... "
Specimens of the Early English Poets: To which is Prefixed an Historical ... - Page 389
by George Ellis - 1803 - 458 pages
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The Helicon of Love: A Selection from the Poets of the Sixteenth and ...

1844 - 148 pages
...doth rise. Doth ai>ke a drinke divine : But might I of Jove's nectar sup, 1 Kiit thce, late, a rosic wreath, Not so much honouring thee, As giving it a hope that there It could not withered bee. But thou thereon did'st only breath, And sent'st it backe to mee : Since when it growcs, and smells,...
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The Quaver; or, Songster's pocket companion

Quaver - 1844 - 552 pages
...ask a drink divine : But might I of Jove's nectar sip, I would not change for thine. I sent thee late a rosy wreath, Not so much honouring thee, As giving it a hope, that there It would not wither'd be. But thou thereon did'st only breathe, And sent it back to me ; Since then, it...
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Cyclopædia of English Literature: A History, Critical and ..., Volume 1

Robert Chambers - 1844 - 692 pages
...might I of Jove's nectar sup I would not change for thine. I sent thec late a rosy wreath, Not «о to carry his ordnance to the very walls of the town, whereas the wither'd be. But thou thereon didst only breathe, And scnt'st it back to me ; Since when it grows,...
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The Prose and Poetry of Europe and America: Consisting of Literary Gems and ...

1845 - 614 pages
...Jove's nectar sup, I would not change for thine. I sent thee late a rosy wreath, Not so much honoring thee, As giving it a hope that there It could not withered be : ti'ii tnou tnereon didst only breathe, And sent'st it back to me ; Since when it grows and smells,...
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Anthologia oxoniensis

William Linwood - 1846 - 342 pages
...sent thee late a rosy wreath, Not so much honouring thee, , As giving it a hope, that there It might not withered be : But thou thereon didst only breathe,...grows, and smells, I swear, Not of itself, but thee. Ben Jonson. XXV. ^ropínatto aü (íTdíam. LUMINIBUS prior ipsa tuis, mea vita, propines, Sic referent...
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Anthologia oxoniensis

William Linwood - 1846 - 342 pages
...a drink divine ; But, might I of Jove's nectar sip, I would not change for thine. I sent thee late a rosy wreath, Not so much honouring thee, As giving it a hope, that there It might not withered be : But thou thereon didst only breathe, And sent'st it back to me ; Since when...
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Anthologia oxoniensis

William Linwood - 1846 - 372 pages
...a drink divine ; But, might I of Jove's nectar sip, I would not change for thine. I sent thee late a rosy wreath, Not so much honouring thee, As giving it a hope, that there It might not withered be : But thou thereon didst only breathe, And sent'st it back to me ; Since when...
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Dolman's magazine [ed. by M.G. Keon and E. Price]., Volume 4

Miles Gerald Keon - 1846 - 608 pages
...a hope that there It might not withered be. But thon thereon didst only breathe And sent'st it bock to me. Since when it grows and smells I swear Not of itself, but thee. AnthoL Oxon. p. 44. Verum ego, et ipsius biberem si nectar Olympi Jururcm hoc labris postposuisse tuis....
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Chambers's Miscellany of Useful and Entertaining Tracts

William Chambers, Robert Chambers - 1847 - 850 pages
...ask a drink divine ; But might I of Jove's nectar sup, I would not change for thine. I sent thee late a rosy wreath, Not so much honouring thee, As giving...grows, and smells, I swear, Not of itself, but thee. HYMN TO DIANA. QUEEN and huntress, chaste and fair, Now the sun is laid to sleep ; Seated in thy silver...
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Cyclopaedia of English Literature: First period, from the earliest times to 1400

Robert Chambers - 1847 - 712 pages
...drink divine ; But might I of Jove's nectar вир, I would not change for thine. I lent thee late witherM be. But thou thereon didst only breathe, And aent'et it back to me ; Since when it grows, and...
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