| English poets - 1801 - 382 pages
...I sent thee late a rosy wreath, Not so much honouring thee, As giving it a hope that there It could not withered be ; But thou thereon didst only breathe,...grows and smells, I swear, Not of itself, but thee. THE SWEET NEGLECT. STILL to be neat, still to be drest, As you were going to a feast ; Still to be... | |
| Select collection - 1806 - 322 pages
...giving it a hope that there It would not withcr'd be : But thou thereon didst only breathe, AnoTsent it back to me ; Since when it grows and smells, I swear, Not of itself, but thee. THE STORM. SOULDING, LONDON. AKUX. Sung by Mr Indedon. CEASE, rude Boreas, blust'ring railer; List,... | |
| Alexander Chalmers - English essays - 1807 - 424 pages
...also is in my thoughts) as bestowing favour upon the roses, that so they might not be withered.' IV. But thou thereon didst only breathe, And sent'st it...grows and smells I swear Not of itself, but thee. PHIL. Letter XXXI. (I OH. If thou wouldst do a kindness to thy lover, send back the reliques of the... | |
| Alexander Chalmers - English essays - 1807 - 424 pages
...my thoughts) as bestowing favour upon the roses, that so they might not be withered.' IV. But then thereon didst only breathe, And sent'st it back to...grows and smells I swear Not of itself, but thee. PHIL. Letter XXXI. ' E< Se 0o'vX«. T/ p/Xw ^af'^iffiai, TO, Xti^atx Zv-tZt i pS. If thou wouldst do... | |
| John Aikin, Robert Harding Evans - Ballads, English - 1810 - 508 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...grows and smells, I swear, Not of itself, but thee. [LORD BROOK.] Aw AY with these self-loving lads, Whom Cupid's arrow never glads ! i Away, poor souls,... | |
| Richard Clark - Madrigals, English - 1814 - 530 pages
...sent thee, late, a rosy wreath, Not so much honouring thee, At giving it a hope, that there It could not withered be : But thou, thereon, didst only breathe,...grows, and smells, I swear, Not of itself, but thee ! . Ben Jonson. MADRIGAL for Fine Voices. GIOVANNI Pizzosi. DUE begl' Occhi In cento Anzi due stelle... | |
| Ben Jonson, William Gifford - Dramatists, English - 1816 - 482 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...grows, and smells, I swear, Not of itself, but thee. X. PKjELUDIUM/ And must I sing ? what subject shall I choose r Or whose great name in poets' heaven... | |
| Scottish songs - 1816 - 320 pages
...giving it a hope, that there It would not wither'd be. But thou thereon didst only breathe, And sent it back to me; Since when, it grows and smells, I swear, Not of itself, but thee. WE BRETHREN FREE MASONS. WE brethren Free-Masons, let's mark the great name, Most ancient and loyal,... | |
| Richard Cumberland - Conduct of life - 1817 - 432 pages
...is in my thoughts) as bestowing favour upon the roses, that so they might not be withered.' IV. i ut thou thereon didst only breathe, And sent'st it back...grows and smells I swear Not of itself, but thee. PHIL. Letter XXXI. Ei $e fiov\£i TI ijit\(ii ^api^cadaif ra Xeii^ava avrSiV ixert irviovra. poSov... | |
| John Aikin - English poetry - 1820 - 832 pages
...sent thee, late, a rosy wreath, Not so much honouring thee, As giving it a hope, that there It could atery image : back I tnrn'd ; Thou following cry'dst...Whom fly'st thou ? whom thou fly'st, of him thou art it»lf, but thee. FROM TIIK SIIEPlIF-Rn's HOIIOAT. * VM I'll I. THUS, thus, begin the yearly rites... | |
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