 | 614 pages
...light ! Tityrus. I saw the curl'd drops soft and slow, Come hovering o'er the place's head, Offring their whitest sheets of snow, To furnish the fair...said I, be not too bold, Your fleece is white, but 'tis too cold. TAj/rsis. I saw th' officious angels bring The down that their soft breasts did strow;... | |
 | Bevelled edge boards (Binding) - 1851 - 216 pages
...whose birth embraves this morn, Made His own bed ere He was born. 108 Tit. I saw the curled drops, soft and slow, Come hovering o'er the place's head, Offering...too bold, Your fleece is white, but 't is too cold. Thyrs. I saw the obsequious seraphim* Their rosy fleece of fire bestow, For well they now can spare... | |
 | Christmas - 1852 - 232 pages
...whose birth embraves this morn, .Made His own bed ere He was born. . Tit. I saw the curled drops, soft and slow, Come hovering o'er the place's head, Offering...Infant's bed : Forbear, said I, be not too bold, Your fleeee is white, but 't is too cold. TJiyrs. I saw the obsequious seraphims Their rosy fleeee of fire... | |
 | Christmas - 1852 - 236 pages
...birth embraves this morn, Made His own bed ere He was born. I OX Tit. I saw the curled drops, soft and slow, Come hovering o'er the place's head, Offering...whitest sheets of snow, To furnish the fair Infant's hed : Forbear, said I, be not too bold, Your fleece is white, but 't is too cold. Tlnjrs. I saw the... | |
 | Richard Crashaw - Emblems - 1857 - 408 pages
...b'ght. 7 Tityrus. I saw the curl'd drops, soft and slow, Come hov'ring o'er the place's bead, Off'ring their whitest sheets of snow, To furnish the fair...said I, ' be not too bold ; Your fleece is white, but 'tis too cold.' 8 Thyrsis. I saw th' officious angels bring The down that their soft breasts did strow,... | |
 | Richard Crashaw - English poetry - 1858 - 398 pages
...birth, &c. TITYRUS. I saw the curl'd drops, soft and slow, Come hovering o'er the place's head, Off'ring their whitest sheets of snow, To furnish the fair...said I, be not too bold, Your fleece is white, but 'tis too cold. THYRSIS. I saw th' obsequious seraphim Their rosy fleece of fire bestow, For well they... | |
 | Richard Crashaw - English poetry - 1858 - 384 pages
...<fec. TITYBUS. I saw the curl'd drops, soft and slow, Come hovering o'er the place's head, Offring their whitest sheets of snow, To furnish the fair infant's bed. Forbear, said I, be not too bold, Ygur Jleece isjyhite, butjtis too cold. THYRSIS. I Jaw Jh' obsequious seraphim Their rosy fleece of... | |
 | Robert Eldridge Aris Willmott - 1862 - 418 pages
...He was ton. I xi w the curl'd drops, soft and slow, Come hovering o'er the place's head, ( >ff ring their whitest sheets of snow, To furnish the fair...said I, be not too bold, Your fleece is white, but 'tis too cold. THTH8IS. I saw th' obsequious seraphim Their rosy fleece of fire bestow, For well they... | |
 | Robert Aris Willmott - English poetry - 1863 - 420 pages
...ere He was born. I saw the curl'd drops, soft and slow, Come hovering o'er the place's head, Off'ring their whitest sheets of snow, To furnish the fair...said I, be not too bold, Your fleece is white, but 'tis too cold. THYR8I8. I saw th' obsequious seraphim Their rosy fleece of fire bestow, For well they... | |
 | Bible - 1909 - 386 pages
...swayed the sceptre of the world. And thus Crashaw, Hymn of the Nativity : I saw the curled drops, soft and slow, Come hovering o'er the place's head, Offering...sheets of snow, To furnish the fair infant's bed. One of Southwell's poems begins : Behold a silly tender Babe, In freezing winter's night ; and the... | |
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Infant's bed. Forbear, said I ; be not too bold ; Your fleece is white, but 'tis too cold. 
