She smiled on many just for fun, — I knew that there was nothing in it; I was the first, — the only one, Her heart had thought of for a minute. I knew it; for she told me so, In phrase which was divinely moulded; She wrote a charming hand, — and... The Poetical Works of Winthrop Mackworth Praed - Page 191by Winthrop Mackworth Praed - 1844 - 287 pagesFull view - About this book
| Sir John Collings Squire - English poetry - 1927 - 496 pages
...Opera were demolish'd. She smiled on many, just for fun, — I knew that there was nothing in it ; I was the first — the only one Her heart had thought...— and oh! How sweetly all her notes were folded ! A little glow, a little shiver, A rose-bud, and a pair of gloves, And "Fly not yet" — upon the... | |
| Rossiter Johnson - English poetry - 1876 - 848 pages
...the opera were demolished. She smiled on many just for fun — I knew that there was nothing in it ; yx G ! 198 OUR BALL. A rosebud and a pair of gloves, And " Fly not yet," upon the river ; Some jealousy... | |
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