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" How should I love the pretty creatures, While round my knees they fondly clung ; To see them look their mother's features, To hear them lisp their mother's tongue. And when with envy, time transported, Shall think to rob us of our joys, You'll in your... "
Prolusiones poeticæ; or, A selection of poetical exercises, in Greek, Latin ... - Page 62
by Prolusiones - 1788
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Miscellaneous Poems: By Several Hands

David Lewis - 1726 - 350 pages
...Babes, our Bed. VII. How fhould I love the pretty Creatures, While round my Knees they fondly clung, To fee them look their Mother's Features, To hear...You'll, in your Girls, again be courted, And I'll go wooing in my Boys. On two Twin Sifters who died at the fame Time, and were buried in one Grave. FAir...
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Miscellaneous Poems: By Several Hands

David Lewis - 1726 - 346 pages
...Babes, our Bed. VII. How fhould I love the pretty Creatures, While round my Knees they fondly clung, To fee them look their Mother's Features, To hear...You'll, in your Girls, again be courted, • And I'll go wooing in my Boys. On two Twin Sifters -who died at the fame Time, and were buried in one Grave* FAir...
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The Hive: A Collection of the Most Celebrated Songs, Volume 4

1732 - 284 pages
...fondly clung; To fee them look their mother's features, To hear them lifp their mother's tongue! ^ And when, with envy, time tranfported Shall think...You'll in your girls again be courted, And I'll go wooing in ray boys. Vanity of refijting LOVE. No, no, no, no, refinance is but vain, And only adds...
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The Scots Magazine, Volume 30

1768 - 750 pages
...their mother's features, To hear them lifp their mother's tongue! And when with envy Time tranfportcd, Shall think to rob us of our joys, You'll in your girls again be courted, And I'll go wooing in my boys. Imitation of tlic Flfß Ode of Anacreon. TO deeds of glory I would tune, And touch...
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A collection of poems, by several hands [ed. by R. Dodsley].

Collection - 1755 - 378 pages
...creatures, Whilfl round my knees they fondly clung, To fee 'em look their mother's features, To hear 'em lifp their mother's tongue. VIII. And when with envy...our joys, You'll in your girls again be courted, And I go wooing in my boys. The GENIU S. ODE, written in 1717, on occaflon of th? Duke of MARYBOROUGH'S...
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Letters Concerning Taste

John Gilbert Cooper - 1755 - 168 pages
...fondly clung, To fee 'em look their Mother's Features, To hear 'em lifp their Mother's Tongue! vrii. And when with Envy Time tranfported Shall think to...our Joys, You'll in your Girls again be courted, And I go wooing in my Boys. May all the Prophetic Feelings of future Joys contained in this Song fall to...
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Letters Concerning Taste: To which are Added, Essays on Similar and Other ...

John Gilbert Cooper - 1757 - 420 pages
...Creatures, Whilft round my Knees they fondly clung, To fee 'em look their Mother's Features, To hear 'em lifp their Mother's Tongue ! VIII. And when with Envy...rob us of our Joys, You'll in your Girls again be courtedi And I go wooing in my Boys. May all the Prophetic Feelings of future Joys contained in this...
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A Collection of Poems ...

Robert Dodsley - 1758 - 384 pages
...creatures, Whilft round my knees they fondly clung, To fee 'em look their mother's features, To hear 'em lifp their mother's tongue. VIII. And when with envy...our joys, You'll in your girls again be courted, And I go wooing in my boys. The GEN 1 US, An ODE, written in 1717, on occafion of the Duke of MARLBOROUGH'S...
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A collection of poems, by several hands [ed. by R. Dodsley]. [2 other copies ...

Collection - 1765 - 418 pages
...creatures, Whilft round my knees they fondly clung, To fee 'em look their mother's features, To hear 'em lifp their mother's tongue ! VIII. And when with envy...our joys, You'll in your girls again be courted, And I go wooing in my boys. The GENIUS. An ODE, written in 1717, on occafion of the Duke of MARLBOROUGH'S...
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A Collection of Poems: In Six Volumes, Volume 4

1765 - 414 pages
...mother's features, To hear 'em lifp their mother's tongue ! VIII. And when with envy Time tranfportcd Shall think to rob us of our joys, You'll in your girls again be courted, And I go wooing in my boys. •, The GENIUS. An ODE, written in 1717, on occafion of the Duke of MARLBOROUGH'S...
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