 And changed the object of thy will, It had been lethargy in me, Not constancy, to love thee still. Yea, it had been a sin to go And prostitute affection so; Since we are taught no prayers to say To such as must to others pray. Yet do thou glory in thy...  The Bannatyne Miscellany - Page 321by Bannatyne Club (Edinburgh, Scotland) - 1827Full view - About this book
 | Scotland - 1827 - 422 pages
...pay, While mitlirifts fools their love away. Nothing could have my love o'erthrown, If thou liadl't ftill continued mine ; Yea, if thou had remain'd thy...proftitute affection fo, Since we are taught no prayers to lay To fuch as muft to others pray. Yet do thou glory in thy choice, Thy choice of his good fortune... | |
 | Thomas Lyle - Ballads, English - 1827 - 272 pages
...could I but disdain A captive's captive to remain ! When new desires had conquer'd thee, And chang'd the object of thy will; It had been lethargy in me, Not constancy, to love thee still: Yea, it had been a sin to go And prostitute affection so; Since we are... | |
 | Ancient ballads - 1827 - 270 pages
...could I but disdain A captive's captive to remain! When new desires had conquer'd thee, And chang'd the object of thy will; It had been lethargy in me, Not constancy, to love thee still: Yea, it had been a sin to go And prostitute affection so; Since we are... | |
 | Robert Chambers - Scotland - 1835 - 592 pages
...elsewhere enthral ; And then how could I but disdain A captive's captive to remain ? When new desires had conquered thee, And changed the object of thy will, It had been lethargy in me, Not constancy to love thee still. Yea, it had been a sin to go And prostitute affection so Since we are... | |
 | Sir Robert Ayton - 1844 - 220 pages
...I but disdain A captive's captive to remain ? III. When new desires had conquer'd thee, And chang'd the object of thy will, It had been lethargy in me, Not constancy, to love thee still. Yea, it had been a sin to go, And prostitute affection so, Since we... | |
 | Robert Chambers - Scotland - 1847 - 904 pages
...And then how could 1 hut disdain A captive's captive to remain ? When new desires had conquend thec, And changed the object of thy will, It had been lethargy in me, Not constancy to love thce still. Yea, it had been a sin to go And prostitute affection so Since we are... | |
 | Robert Chambers - Authors, English - 1847 - 712 pages
...could I but disdain A captive's captive to remain t When new desires had conquer'd thee, And ehang'd cc. In justice, you cannot refuse To think of our distr constancy to love thcc still. Yea, it had been a ein to go And prostitute affection so, Since we are... | |
 | Bits - Anthologies - 1847 - 88 pages
...could I but disdain A captive's captive to remain 1 When new desires had conquer'd thee, And chang'd the object of thy will, It had been lethargy in me, Not constancy, to love thee still. Yea, it had been a sin to go And prostitute affection so, Since we are... | |
 | Charles Mackay - Ballads, English - 1851 - 332 pages
...enthral; And then how could I but disdain, A captive's captive to remain. When new desires had conquer'd thee, And changed the object of thy will; It had been lethargy in me, Not constancy to love thee still. Yea, it had been a sin to go And prostitute affection so; Since we are... | |
 | Abraham Mills - English literature - 1851 - 594 pages
...could I but disdain A captive's captive to remain 1 When new desires had conquer'd thee, And chang'd the object of thy will, It had been lethargy in me, Not constancy to love thee still. Yea, it had been a sin to go And prostitute affection so, Since we are... | |
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