 Be she meeker, kinder, than fhe turtle-dove or pelican : If she be not so to me, What care I how kind she be? Shall a woman's virtues move Me to perish for her love? Or, her well-deservings known, Make me quite forget mine own? Be she with that goodness...  The Buccaneer: A Tale - Page 222by Mrs. S. C. Hall - 1840 - 440 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Ballads, English - 1783 - 366 pages
...would do, That without them dare to woo : And, unlefs that mind I fee, What care I though great fhe be. Great, or good, or kind, or fair, I will ne'er the more defpair : If fhe love me, this believe, I will die, ere fhe fliall grieve. If fhe flight me when I... | |
 | George Ellis - English poetry - 1803 - 476 pages
...merit's value * known, Make me quite forget mine own I Be she with that goodness blest Which may gain her name of best ; If she be not such to me, What care I how good she be ? 'Cause her fortune seems too high, Shall I play the fool and die ? Those that bear a noble mind Where... | |
 | Maria Edgeworth - 1806 - 308 pages
...prefer the public advantage to my own. I confess that let a woman be ever so fair, or good, or wise : "Be she with that goodness blest Which may merit name...of best, If she be not such to me, • What care I Jiow good she be ?" And I will further acknowledge, that J am not easily satisfied with the manner... | |
 | British poets - English poetry - 1809 - 512 pages
...virtues move Me to perish for her love ? Or her well-deservings known, Make me quite forget mine own ? Be she with that goodness blest Which may merit name of best; If she be not kind to me, What care I how good she be t Cause her fortune seems too high, Shall I play the fool and... | |
 | John Aikin - Ballads, English - 1810 - 330 pages
...well-deservings known, Make me quite forget my own ? Be she with that goodness blest Which may gain her name of Best, * If she be not such to me, • What care I how good she be! . 'Cause her fortune seems too high, .. Shall I play the fool and die ? Those that hear a noble mind,... | |
 | Thomas Percy - Ballads, English - 1812 - 456 pages
...love ? Or, her well-deservings knowne, Make me quite forget mine owne ? 2O Be shee with that goodnesse blest, Which may merit name of Best ; If she be not such to me, What care I how good she be ? Cause her fortune seems too high, 25 Shall I play the foole and dye ? Those that beare a noble minde,... | |
 | Maria Edgeworth - 1815 - 524 pages
...advantage to my own. I confess, B 2 that let a woman be ever so fair, or good, or wise : • • »' : . "Be she with that goodness blest Which may merit name...she be not such to me, What care I how good she be?" And I will further acknowledge, that I am not easily satisfied with the manner in which a woman is... | |
 | Maria Edgeworth - English literature - 1824 - 408 pages
...prefer the public advantage to my own. I confess, that let a woman be ever so fair, or good, or wise : " Be she with that goodness blest Which may merit name...she be not such to me, What care I how good she be ?'' And I will further acknowledge, that I am not easily satisfied with the manner in which a woman... | |
 | Maria Edgeworth - 1825 - 390 pages
...prefer the public advantage to my own. I confess, that let a woman be ever so fair, or good, or wise : " Be she with that goodness blest Which may merit name...she be not such to me, What care I how good she be ?" And I will further acknowledge, that I am not easily . satisfied with the manner in which a woman... | |
 | Maria [collections] Edgeworth - 1825 - 382 pages
...prefer the public advantage to my own. I confess, that let a woman be ever so fair, or good, or wise : " Be she with that goodness blest Which may merit name...she be not such to me, What care I how good she be ?" And I will further acknowledge, that I am not easily satisfied with the manner in which a woman... | |
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