| Mary Russell Mitford - 1852 - 588 pages
...Love's nectar sup I "would not change for wine. I sent thee late a rosy wreath, Not so mnch honoring thee, As giving it a hope, that there It could not...withered be. But thou thereon didst only breathe And scnt'st it back to me. Since when -it grows and smells, I swear, Not of itself, but thee. , FIRST SPEECH... | |
| Oskar Ludwig Bernhard Wolff - 1852 - 438 pages
...Jove's nectar sup, I would not change for thine. I sent thee late , a rosie wreath, Not so much honoring thee, As giving it a hope that there It could not withered bee. But thou thereon did'st onely breath, And sent'st it backe to mee: Since when it growes, and smells,... | |
| Wiltshire Stanton Austin, John Ralph - 1853 - 658 pages
...change for thine. I sent thee late a rosy wreath, Not so much honouring theo, As giving it in hope that It could not withered be ; But thou thereon dids't...breathe, And sent'st it back to me, Since when it grows, it smells, 1 swear, Not of itself, but thcc. We have spoken frequently in our life of the poet, of... | |
| 1853 - 560 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 it a hope, that there It could not withered he. But thou thereon didst only breathe, And sentst it hack to me : Since when it grows, and smells,... | |
| Wiltshire Stanton Austin, John Ralph - 1853 - 448 pages
...rosy wreath, Not so much honouring thee, As giving it in hope that there It could not withered he; But thou thereon dids't only breathe, And sent'st it back to me, Since when it grows, it smells, I swear, Not of itself, but thee. We have spoken frequently in our life of the poet, of... | |
| Robert Bell - 1854 - 290 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. FRANCIS BEAUMONT AND JOHN FLETCHER. 1584—1616. 1579—1625. [VAEIETT, grace, and sweetness are the... | |
| Random readings - 1854 - 204 pages
...wreath, Not so much honouring thee, As giri«g it a hope that there It could net wither"d be; But thaw thereon didst only breathe, And sent'st it back to me, Since when it grows and smells, I swear. AiMeretn. Hajiz. Not of itself but thee. Ben Jan.mn, Old Time is still a-flying; And this same flower,... | |
| Mary Russell Mitford - 1855 - 580 pages
...Love's nectar sup I would not change for wine. I sent thee late a rosy wreath, Not so much honoring thee, As giving it a hope, that there It could not...grows and smells, I swear, Not of itself, but thee. FIRST SPEECH IN " THE SAD SHEPHERD." Enter (£UI,AMONE. • (Egla. Here she was wont to go ! and here... | |
| Abraham Mills - 1856 - 590 pages
...late a rosy wreath, Not so much honouring thee, As giving it a hope, that there It could not wither'd be. But thou thereon didst only breathe, And sent'st...and smells, I swear, Not of itself, but thee. SONG. Oh do not wanton with those eyes, Lest I be sick with seeing: Nor cast them down, but let them rise,... | |
| Benjamin Hall Kennedy - 1856 - 384 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 it a hope that there It could not wither'd be ; But thou thereon didst only breathe, And sent'st it back to me ; Since when it grows,... | |
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