 | Napoleon I (Emperor of the French) - Grande-Bretagne - 1905 - 400 pages
...be found in Carte. This romantic marriage won the praise of Sir Philip Sidney : " Of all the Icings that ever here did reign Edward, named Fourth, as...first in praise I name, Not for his fair outside, nor well-lin'd brain, Although less gifts imp feathers oft on fame, Not this, nor that, nor any such small... | |
 | English poetry - 1905 - 218 pages
...we the cause ? What, is it this ?" fie, no ! In verse, and that my verse best wits doth please ? " Or so ?" Much less. " How then ? " Sure thus it is,— My lips are sweet, inspired with Stella's kiss. (Astrophel and Stella, LXXIV.) 18 Senses all asunder breaks ; Stella, whose voice when it singeth Angels'... | |
 | Charles Lamb - 1909 - 444 pages
...verse, and that my verse best wits doth please? Guess me the cause — what is it thus? — fye, no! 30 Or so? — much less. How then ? sure thus it is, My lips are sweet, inspir'd with STELLA'S kiss. Of all the kings that ever here did reign, Edward, named Fourth, as first... | |
 | Charles Lamb - English Essays - 1908 - 364 pages
...In verse, and that my verse best wits doth please? Guess me the cause — what is it thus ? — fye, no. Or so? — much less. How then ? sure thus it is, My lips are sweet, inspired by STELLA'S kiss. Of all the kings that ever here did reign, Edward, named Fourth, as first in praise... | |
 | English literature - 1909 - 432 pages
...flow In verse ? and that my verse best wits doth please ? Guess we the cause. What is it thus ? Fie, no ! Or so ? Much less ! How then ? Sure thus it is. My lips are sweet, inspired with STELLA'S kiss. LXXV. F ALL the Kings that ever here did reign ; EDWARD named FOURTH; as first in praise I name. Not... | |
 | John Cann Bailey - English poetry - 1911 - 232 pages
...flow In verse, and that my verse best wits doth please ? Guess we the cause ! What, is it thus ? Fie, no. Or so? Much less. How then? Sure thus it is, My lips are sweet, inspired with Stella's kiss. There is not a word here which poets do not use to-day. Sidney attained at one stroke what was denied... | |
 | Robert Maynard Leonard - English poetry - 1914 - 136 pages
...flow In verse, and that my verse best wits doth please ? Guess we the cause ? What, is it this ? Fie, no. Or so ? Much less. How then ? Sure thus it is, My lips are sweet, inspired with Stella's kiss. SIR P. SIDNEY. NO MORE, MY DEAR No more, my dear, no more these counsels try ; O give my passions leave... | |
 | Thomas Humphry Ward - English poetry - 1918 - 624 pages
...sp>Skd°th flow In verse, and that my verse best wits Guess we the cause ! What, is it thus ? Fie, Or so ? Much less. How then ? Sure thus it is, My lips are sweet, inspired with Stella's kiss. 84High way, since you my chief Parnassus be, And that my Muse, to some ears not unsweet, Tempers her... | |
 | John Milton - 1921 - 216 pages
...process known as imping. In poetry to imp a wing is to add strength and elevation to its flight. Cf. Of all the kings that ever here did reign, Edward...brain. Although less gifts imp feathers oft on Fame. Sir Philip Sidney. Thence gathering plumes of perfect speculation, To imp the wings of thy high-flying... | |
 | Philip Sidney - 1922 - 342 pages
...flow In verse, and that my verse best wits doth please ? Guess we the cause ? What, is it this : Fie, no. Or so ? Much less. How then ? Sure thus it is, My lips are sweet, inspired with Stella's kiss. LXXV OF all the Kings that ever here did reign, Edward, named fourth, as first in praise, I name: Not... | |
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... what they mean by it ; And this I swear by blackest brook of hell, I am no pick-purse of another's wit. How falls it then, that with so smooth an ease My thoughts I speak, and what I speak doth flow In verse, and that my verse best wits doth please... 
