 Would'st softly speak, and stroke my head, and smile) — Could those few pleasant days again appear, Might one wish bring them, would I wish them here ? I would not trust my heart — the dear delight Seems so to be desir'd, perhaps I might.  The Poems of William Cowper - Page 400by William Cowper - 1828 - 427 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Child rearing - 1843 - 548 pages
...so desired, perhaps I might ; But no— what here we call our life, is Mich . So little to be loved, and thou so much, That I should ill requite thee to constrain Thy unbound spirit into bonds again." AMR " IS IT RIGHT TO TEACH OUR CHILDREN TO PRAY?" To some it may seem slrange that such a question... | |
 | George Lillie Craik - English language - 1845 - 484 pages
...would I wish them here ? I would not trust my heart ; — the dear delight Seems so to be desired, perhaps I might. — But no : — what here we call our life is such, So little to be loved, and thou so much, That I should ill requite thee to constrain Thy unbound spirit into bonds... | |
 | Robert Chambers - Authors, English - 1844 - 738 pages
...them, would I wish them here ! I would not trust my heart — the dear delight Seems so to be desired, rugs made use of loved, and thou so much, That I should ill requite thee to constrain Thy unbound spirit into bonds... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1844 - 746 pages
...them, would I wish them hero ? I would not trust my heart — the dear delight Seems so to be desired, this fellow wants to give us his comCy, loved, and thou so much, That I should ill requite thee to constrain Thy unbound spirit into bonds... | |
 | William Draper Swan - American literature - 1845 - 482 pages
...desired, perhaps I might — But no! — What here we call our life is such, So little to be loved, and thou so much, That I should ill requite thee to...a gallant bark from Albion's coast (The storms all weathered and the ocean crossed) Shoots into port at some well-havened isle, Where spices breathe,... | |
 | Charles Walker Connon - 1845 - 176 pages
...but merely stands connected with a participle or an adjective : thus, in these lines of Cowper, — " Thou, as a gallant bark from Albion's coast (The storms...weather'd and the ocean cross'd) Shoots into port," &c. The words storms and ocean, joined to the participles weathered and crossed, are neither the nominatives... | |
 | William Draper Swan - American literature - 1845 - 494 pages
...them, would I wish them here1? I would not trust my heart — the dear delight Seems so to be desired, perhaps I might — But no ! — What here we call our life is such, So little to be loved, and thou so much, That I should ill requite thee to constrain Thy unbound spirit into bonds... | |
 | Joseph Payne - 1845 - 490 pages
...them, would I wish them here ? I would not trust my heart — the dear delight Seems so to be desired, perhaps I might — But no — what here we call our life is such, So little to be loved, and thou so much, That I should ill requite thee to constrain Thy unbound spirit into bonds... | |
 | William Chambers, Robert Chambers - Art - 1846 - 922 pages
...them, would I wish them here ? I would not trust my heart — the dear delight Seems so to be desired, perhaps I might. But no ; what here we call our life is such, So little to be loved, and thou so much, That I should ill requite thee to constrain Thy unbound spirit into bonds... | |
 | John Hall Hindmarsh - 1845 - 464 pages
...them, would I wish them here ? I would not trust my heart — the dear delight Seems so to he desired, perhaps I might. — But, no — what here we call our life is such, So little to be loved, and thou so much, That I should ill requite thee to constrain Thy unbound spirit into bonds... | |
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