 I'll not look for wine. The thirst that from the soul doth rise Doth ask a drink divine ; But might I of Jove's nectar sup, I would not change for thine. I sent thee late a rosy wreath, Not so much honouring thee...  The songs of England and Scotland - Page 30by England - 1835Full view - About this book
 | John Aikin - English poetry - 1843 - 826 pages
...late, a rosy wreath, Not so much honoring thee, As giving it a hope, that there It could not wilher'd nolhmg else ; no bctler service With those thy boisterous...locks, no worthy match For valor to assail, nor by th FROM THE SHEPHERD'S HOLIDAY. THUS, thus, begin : the yearly rites Are due to Pan on these bright nights... | |
 | John Aikin - English poetry - 1843 - 830 pages
...wreath, Not so much honoring thee, As giving it a hope, that there It could not wither'd be. But thon thee, sailors, when away, In every port a mistress find : Yes, yes, believe them when they tell the Hot of itself, but thee. FROM THE SHEPHERD'S HOLlDAY. NYMPH l. THUS, thus, begin : the yearly rites... | |
 | English literature - 1845 - 614 pages
...so much honoring thee, As giving it a hope that there It could not withered be : ti'ii tnou tnereon didst only breathe, And sent'st it back to me ; Since...grows and smells, I swear, Not of itself, but thee. BEN JONSOK. POWER OF LOVE. LET those complain that feel Love's cruelty, And in sad legends write their... | |
 | William Linwood - College verse - 1846 - 342 pages
...late a rosy wreath, Not so much honouring thee, As giving it a hope, that there It might not withered be : But thou thereon didst only breathe, And sent'st...grows, and smells, I swear, Not of itself, but thee. Ben Jonson. XXV. ^ropinatio a& (Keliam. LUMINIBUS prior ipsa tuis, mea vita, propines, Sic referent... | |
 | William Linwood - College verse - 1846 - 372 pages
...late a rosy wreath, Not so much honouring thee, As giving it a hope, that there It might not withered be : But thou thereon didst only breathe, And sent'st...grows, and smells, I swear, Not of itself, but thee. Ben Jonson. XXV. fîropmatto au (Ccliam. LUMINIBUS prior ipsa tuis, mea vita, propines, Sic referent... | |
 | Miles Gerald Keon - 1846 - 608 pages
...a hope that there It might not withered be. But thon thereon didst only breathe And sent'st it bock to me. Since when it grows and smells I swear Not of itself, but thee. AnthoL Oxon. p. 44. Verum ego, et ipsius biberem si nectar Olympi Jururcm hoc labris postposuisse tuis.... | |
 | William Chambers, Robert Chambers - Art - 1847 - 850 pages
...late a rosy wreath, Not so much honouring thee, As giving it a hope that there It could not withered be. But thou thereon didst only breathe, And sent'st...grows, and smells, I swear, Not of itself, but thee. HYMN TO DIANA. QUEEN and huntress, chaste and fair, Now the sun is laid to sleep ; Seated in thy silver... | |
 | William Peter - English poetry - 1847 - 562 pages
...giving it a hope that there It might not withered be. But thou thereon didst only breathe, And sent it back to me, Since when it grows and smells, I swear, Not of itself, but thee. STRATO. A FATIVE of Sardis, and supposed to have flourished early in the third century. His poems LOVE... | |
 | Robert Chambers - Authors, English - 1847 - 712 pages
...giving it a hope, that there It could not witherM be. But thou thereon didst only breathe, And aent'et gs ; and withcr'd Murder, Alarum'd by his sentinel, the wolf, Whose howl's his wat The Street Neglect. [From • The Sflent Woman.1] Still to be neat, still to be drest, As той were... | |
 | Percy Society - English literature - 1848 - 400 pages
...late, a rosy wreath, Not so much honouring thee, As giving it a hope, that there It could not withered be : But thou thereon didst only breathe, And sent'st...grows and smells, I swear, Not of itself, but thee ! XXIv. SONG BY THE BOY. (From Valentinian, by Beaumont and Fletcher. Act v, sc. 8.) In the banquet... | |
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