 Elisha-like (but with a wish much less, More fit thy greatness, and my littleness) Lo here I beg (I whom thou once didst prove So humble to esteem, so good to love) Not that thy spirit might on me doubled be, I ask but half thy mighty spirit for me ;...  The Complete Works of Richard Crashaw - Page xviiiby Richard Crashaw - 1858 - 340 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Abraham Cowley - English literature - 1806 - 294 pages
...alive the skies. Elisha-like (but with a wish much less, More fit thy greatness and my littleness) Lo ! here I beg (I, whom thou once didst prove So humble...esteem, so good to love) Not that thy spirit might on me double be, I ask but half thy mighty spirit for me : And, when my Muse soars with so strong a wing,... | |
 | Abraham Cowley - 1809 - 296 pages
...the skies. Elisha-like (but with a wish much less, More fit thy greatness and my littleness) . Lo ! here I beg (I, whom thou once didst prove So humble...esteem, so good to love) Not that thy spirit might on me double be, I ask but half thy mighty spirit for me : And, when my Muse soars with so strong a wing,... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - English poetry - 1810 - 560 pages
...out* didst proTO So humbfe to esteem, sn good to IOTP) Not that thy spirit misfit on me doubled be; [ ask but half thy mighty spirit for me: And , when...learn of things divine, and first of thee, to sing. A FORM ON THE LATE CIVIL WAR* THE PUBLISHER TO THE READER, 1619. JVlEETING accidentally with this poem... | |
 | British poets - 1822 - 348 pages
...alive the skies. Elisha-like (but with a wish much less, More fit thy greatness and my littleness) Lo ! here I beg (I, whom thou once didst prove So humble...esteem, so good to love) Not that thy spirit might on me double be, I ask but half thy mighty spirit for me : And, when my Muse soars with so strong a wing,... | |
 | British poets - Classical poetry - 1822 - 306 pages
...thou once didst prove So humble to esteem, so good to love) Not that thy spirit might on me double be, I ask but half thy mighty spirit for me: And, when my Muse soars with so strong a wing, 'Twilllearn of things divine, and first of thee, to sing. A POEM ON THE LATE CIVIL WAR 3 . THE PUBLISHER... | |
 | John Johnstone - 1827 - 596 pages
...alive the skies: Elisha-like (but with a wish much less, More fit thy greatness and my littleness), Lo! here I beg (I whom thou once didst prove So humble to esteem, so good to love), Not that thy sp'rit might on me doubled be, I ask but half thy mighty sp'rit for me ; And when my Muse soars with... | |
 | Religion - 1912 - 568 pages
...sure, was in the right. Hail, Bard triumphant ! and some care bestow On us, the Poets militant below ; I ask but half thy mighty spirit for me ... And when my muse soars with so strong a wing, " I will learn of things divine, and first of thee to sing." ' l E. CRUWYS SHARLAND. 1 From The British... | |
 | Thomas Humphry Ward - English poetry - 1880 - 524 pages
...alive the skies. Elisha-like (but with a wish much less,. More fit thy greatness, and my littleness) Lo here I beg (I whom thou once didst prove So humble...learn of things divine, and first of thee to sing. 1 Crashaw became a Roman Catholic, and died a canon of Lorettu, 1650. 3. \_A nacrer>ntiques."\ DRINKING.... | |
 | Thomas Humphry Ward - English poetry - 1880 - 536 pages
...alive the skies. Elisha-like (but with a wish much less, More fit thy greatness, and my littleness) Lo here I beg (I whom thou once didst prove So humble...learn of things divine, and first of thee to sing. 1 Crashaw became a Roman Catholic, and died a canon of Loretto, 1650. DRINKING. The thirsty earth soaks... | |
 | Matthew Arnold - English poetry - 1882 - 524 pages
...alive the skies. Elisha-like (but with a wish much less, More fit thy greatness, and my littleness) Lo here I beg (I whom thou once didst prove So humble...learn of things divine, and first of thee to sing. 1 Cur haw became a Roman Catholic, and died a canon of Loretto, ^650, 3\Anaer cnntiques.] DRINKING.... | |
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