 | English literature - 1768 - 750 pages
...a lover's pray'r : In Myrtle fliades oft fings the happy fwain, In Myrtle (hades defpairing ghofts complain ; The Myrtle crowns the happy lovers heads, Th' unhappy lovers graves the Myrtle fpreads ; О ! then the meaning of thy gift impart, And eafe the throbbings of an anxious heart; Soon... | |
 | English literature - 1746 - 532 pages
...rejects the Lover's Care. In Myrtle Groves oft fings the happy Swain, In Myrtle Shades defpairing Ghofts complain ; The Myrtle crowns the happy Lovers Heads, Th' unhappy Lovers Graves the Myrtle fpreads ; Oh ! then the Meaning of thy Gift impart, And cure the Throbbings of an anxious Heart ; »... | |
 | Thomas Warton - English poetry - 1753 - 164 pages
...rejefts the lover's care. In myrtle groves oft fings the happy fwain, In myrtle fhades defpairing ghofts complain ; The myrtle crowns the happy lovers heads, Th' unhappy lovers graves the myrtle fpreads ; Oh! then the meaning of thy gift impart, And cure the tli robbings of an anxious heart; Soon... | |
 | Thomas Warton - Dialect poetry, Scottish - 1753 - 164 pages
...rejefts the lover's care. In myrtle groves oft fmgs the happy fwain, In myrtle fhades defpairing ghofts complain ; The myrtle crowns the happy lovers heads, Th' unhappy lovers graves the myrtle fpreads ; Oh ! then the meaning of thy gift impart, And cure the throbbings of an anxious heart ; Soon... | |
 | John Almon - English literature - 1786 - 440 pages
...a lover's pray'r : In myrtle flwdes oft fings the happy fwain, In myrtle fliades defpairing ghofis complain ; The myrtle crowns the happy lovers heads, Th' unhappy lovers graves the myrtle fpreads ; Oh ! then the meaning of thy gift impart, And eafe the throbbings of an anxious heart ; Soon... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1792 - 652 pages
...rejects, a lover's pray'r. In myrtle fhades oft fings the happy fwairt, In myrtle.mades defpairing ghofts complain. The myrtle crowns the happy lovers heads, Th' unhappy lovers graves the mrytle fpreads. Oh ! then, the meaning of thy gift impart, And eafe the throbbings of an anxious heart.... | |
 | English wit and humor - 1793 - 444 pages
...a lover's prayer : In myrtle fhades oft fings the happy fwain ; In myrtle fhades defpairing ghofts complain ; The myrtle crowns the happy lovers' heads, Th' unhappy lovers' graves the myrtle fpreads ; Oh ! then the meaning of thy gift impart, And cafe the throbbings of an anxious heart: Soon... | |
 | English wit and humor - 1794 - 428 pages
...rejefts the lover's care. In myrtle groves oft fings the happy fwain, In myrtle fhades defpairing ghofts complain ; The myrtle crowns the happy lovers' heads, Th' unhappy lovers' graves the myrtle fpreads ; Oh ! then the meaning of thy gift impart, And cure the throbbings of an anxious heart ; Soon... | |
 | James Boswell - 1799 - 496 pages
...hand ; " Not less capricious than a reigning fair, " Now grants, and now rejects a lover's prayer. (' In myrtle shades oft sings the happy swain, " In myrtle...complain ; '' The myrtle crowns the happy lovers' heads, " The unhappy lovers' grave the myrtle spreads : " O then the meaning of thy gift impart, " And ease... | |
 | James Boswell - 1799 - 648 pages
...Melissa's hand ; Not less capricious than a reigning fair, Now grants, and now rejects a lover's prayer. In myrtle shades oft sings the happy swain, In myrtle...complain ; The myrtle crowns the happy lovers' heads, The unhappy lovers' grave the myrtle spreads : O then the meaning of thy gift impart, And ease the... | |
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Th' unhappy lover's grave the myrtle spreads : O then the meaning of thy gift impart, And ease the throbbings of an anxious heart! Soon muSt this bough, as you shall fix his doom, Adorn Philander's head, or grace his tomb. 
