If thou be'st born to strange sights, Things invisible to see, Ride ten thousand days and nights, Till age snow white hairs on thee, Thou, when thou return'st, wilt tell me All strange wonders that befell thee, And swear No where Lives a woman true, and... The Living Age - Page 4341893Full view - About this book
| John Bell - English poetry - 1799 - 402 pages
...a pilgrimage were sweet ; Jlg Yet do not ; I would not go, Tho' at next door we might meet. . Tho' she were true when you met her, And last till you...write your letter, Yet she Will be False ere I come to two or three. 27 WOMAN'S CONSTANCY. Now thou hast lov'd me one whole day, To-morrow when thou leav'st... | |
| English poets - 1801 - 382 pages
...fair. If thou fmd'st one, let me know, Such a pilgrimage were sweet ; Yet do not, I would not go, Tho' at next door we might meet. Though she were true when...write your letter, Yet she Will be False ere I come to two or three. so N a. I NEVER, stoop'd so low as they Which on an eye, cheek, lip, can prey, Seldom... | |
| George Ellis - English poetry - 1803 - 468 pages
...All strange wonders that befel thee, And swear No where Lives a woman true and fair. If thou find's t one, let me know ! Such a pilgrimage were sweet :...write your letter, Yet she Will be False, ere I come, to two or three. Negative Love. I NEVER stoop'd so low as they Which on an eye, cheek, lip, can prey,... | |
| Alexander Chalmers - English poetry - 1810 - 746 pages
...Thou, when thou return's!, wilt tell me All strange wonders, that befell thee, And swear, No where Lives a woman true and fair. If thou find'st one,...write your letter, Yet she Will be False, ere I come, to two or three. WOMAN'S CONSTANCY. Now thou hast lov'd me one whole day, To morrow when thou leav'st,... | |
| Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1810 - 728 pages
...fair. If thou find'st one, let me know, Such a pilgrimage were sweet ; Yet do not, I would not go, Though she were true when you met her, And last, till...you write your letter, Yet she Will be False, ere I cone, to two or three. WOMAN'S CONSTANCY. Now thou hast lov'd roe one whole day, To morrow when thou... | |
| George Ellis - English poetry - 1811 - 472 pages
...thee : Thou, when thou return's!, wilt tell me All strange wonders that befel thee, And swear No where Lives a woman true and fair. If thou find'St one,...write your letter, Yet she Will be False, ere I come, to two or three. Negative Love. I NEVER stoop'd so low us they Which on an eye, cheek, lip, can prey,... | |
| George Ellis - English poetry - 1811 - 470 pages
...thee : Thou, when thou return'st, wilt tell me All strange wonders that befel thee, And swear No where Lives a woman true and fair. If thou find'st one,...And last till you write your letter, Yet she Will be Talse, ere I come, to two or three. Negative Love. I NEVER stoop'd so low as they Which on an eye,... | |
| Henry Southern, Sir Nicholas Harris Nicolas - English literature - 1823 - 402 pages
...to strange sights, Things invisible to see, Ride ten thousand days and nights, And swear, No where Lives a woman true and fair. If thou find'st one,...write your letter, Yet she Will be False, ere I come, to two or three." The following is to the same purpose, but more imbued with the writer's subtle'ty... | |
| Henry Southern - 1823 - 398 pages
...; Thou, when thou return's!, wilt tell me All strange wonders that befell thee, And swear, No where Lives a woman true and fair. *• If thou find'st...write your letter, Yet she Will be False, ere I come, to two or three." The following is to the same purpose, but more imbued with the writer's subtlety... | |
| Samuel Carter Hall - English poetry - 1836 - 390 pages
...pilgrimage were sweet, Yet doe not, I would not goe, Though at next doore wee might meet, Though shee were true, when you met her, And last, till you write your letter, Yet shee will bee False, ere I come, to two, or three. will. His strong sense, his industry, and humour,... | |
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