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" Though thou be to them a scorn, That to nought but earth are born, Let my life no longer be Than I am in love with thee... "
The Gentleman's Magazine - Page 43
1817
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Lectures on the English Poets and the English Comic Writers

William Hazlitt - English drama (Comedy) - 1876 - 474 pages
...thou best earthly bliss, I will cherish thee for this. Poesie, thou sweet'st content That ere Heav'n to mortals lent : Though they as a trifle leave thee....thee : Though thou be to them a scorn, That to nought but earth are born : ' Let my life no longer be « Than I am in love with thee. Though our wise ones...
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Three Centuries of English Poetry: Being Selections from Chaucer to Herrick

Rosaline Orme Masson - English poetry - 1876 - 454 pages
...thou best earthly bliss, I will cherish thee for this. Poesy ! thou sweet'st content That e'er heaven to mortals lent, Though they as a trifle leave thee...thee, Though thou be to them a scorn That to nought but earth are born, Let my life no longer be Than I am in love with thee : Though our wise ones call...
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Three centuries of English poetry: selections from Chaucer to Herrick, with ...

Rosaline Orme Masson - English poetry - 1876 - 454 pages
...thou best earthly bliss, I will cherish thee for this. Poesy ! thou sweet'st content That e'er heaven to mortals lent, Though they as a trifle leave thee...thee, Though thou be to them a scorn That to nought but earth are born, Let my life no longer be Than I am in love with thee : Though our wise ones call...
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Songs of Three Centuries

John Greenleaf Whittier - American poetry - 1876 - 562 pages
...thou best earthly bliss, I will cherish thee for this. I'oesy, thou sweet 'st content That e'er heaven to mortals lent: Though they as a trifle leave thee,...conceive thee ; Though thou be to them a scorn, That to naught but earth are born, — Let my life no longer he Than I am in love with thee ! ANDREW MARYELL....
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The English Poets: Selections, Volume 2

Thomas Humphry Ward - English poetry - 1880 - 524 pages
...thou best earthly bliss, I will cherish thee for this. Poesy! thou sweet'st content That e'er heaven to mortals lent : Though they as a trifle leave thee,...thee, Though thou be to them a scorn, That to nought but earth are born, Let my life no longer be Than I am in love with thee, Though our wise ones call...
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The English Poets: Ben Jonson to Dryden

Thomas Humphry Ward - English poetry - 1880 - 528 pages
...thou best earthly bliss, I will cherish thee for this. Poesy! thou sweet'st content That e'er heaven to mortals lent : Though they as a trifle leave thee,...thee, Though thou be to them a scorn, That to nought but earth are born, Let my life no longer be Than I am in love with thee, Though our wise ones call...
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Chambers's Cyclopædia of English Literature: A History ..., Volumes 1-2

Robert Chambers - American literature - 1880 - 842 pages
...And the blackest discontents Be her faiiest oruameuts. Poesy, thou sweetVt content That e'er Heaven to mortals lent: Though they as a trifle leave thee,...dull thoughts cannot conceive thee, Though thou be to tbem a scorn, That to nought but earth are bom, Let my life no longer be Than I am in love with thee!...
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Parnassus

Ralph Waldo Emerson - American poetry - 1880 - 584 pages
...will cherish thee for this ; Poesy, thou sweet'st content, That e'er Heaven to mortals lent, Thongh they as a trifle leave thee, Whose dull thoughts cannot conceive thee, Though thou be to them a scorn Who to nought but earth are born ; Let my life no longer be Than I am in love with thee. GEORGE WITHER....
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Gems of national poetry. Compiled and ed. by mrs. Valentine

Laura Valentine - 1880 - 634 pages
...thou best earthly bliss, I will cherish thee for this. Poesy, thou sweet'st content That e'er Heaven to mortals lent, Though they as a trifle leave thee, Whose dull thoughts cannot conceive thee, Thou then be to them a scorn, That to nought but earth are born, — Let my life no longer be Than...
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Ben Jonson to Dryden

Thomas Humphry Ward - English poetry - 1880 - 536 pages
...thee, Whose dull thoughts cannot conceive thee, Though thou be to them a scorn, That to nought but earth are born, Let my life no longer be Than I am in love with thee, Though our wise ones call thee madness, Let me never taste of gladness, If I love not...
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