The Works of the British Poets, Volume 4John & Arthur Arch; and for Bell & Bradfute, and J. Mundell & Company Edinburgh., 1795 - 1157 pages |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 100
Page 14
... She'll thee before her first husband prefer ; And will wish thou hadst had her maidenhead , ( She'll love thee fo ) for then thou hadst been dead . But thou fuch strong love and weak reafons haft , Thou must thrive there , or ever live ...
... She'll thee before her first husband prefer ; And will wish thou hadst had her maidenhead , ( She'll love thee fo ) for then thou hadst been dead . But thou fuch strong love and weak reafons haft , Thou must thrive there , or ever live ...
Page 25
... She's all states , and all princes I , Nothing elfe is . Princes do but play us ; compar'd to this All honour's ... She heard not this till now ; it fhould be so no more . She went , examin'd , and return'd cre long , And faid , Alas ...
... She's all states , and all princes I , Nothing elfe is . Princes do but play us ; compar'd to this All honour's ... She heard not this till now ; it fhould be so no more . She went , examin'd , and return'd cre long , And faid , Alas ...
Page 37
... she , But muft or more or less than woman be . Yet know I not which flower I wish , a fix or four : For fhould my true - love lefs than woman be , She were fcarce any thing ; and then , fhould fhe Be more than woman , fhe would get ...
... she , But muft or more or less than woman be . Yet know I not which flower I wish , a fix or four : For fhould my true - love lefs than woman be , She were fcarce any thing ; and then , fhould fhe Be more than woman , fhe would get ...
Page 38
... SHE's dead ! and all which die To their firft elements refolve ; And we were mutual elements to us , And made of one another . My body then doth her's involve , And thofe things , whereof I copfift , hereby In me abundant grow and ...
... SHE's dead ! and all which die To their firft elements refolve ; And we were mutual elements to us , And made of one another . My body then doth her's involve , And thofe things , whereof I copfift , hereby In me abundant grow and ...
Page 44
... She fees him man , fo like God made in this , That of them both a circle emblem is , Whofe first and laft concur : this doubtful day Of feaft or faft Chrift came and went away . She fees him nothing twice at once , who's all : She fees ...
... She fees him man , fo like God made in this , That of them both a circle emblem is , Whofe first and laft concur : this doubtful day Of feaft or faft Chrift came and went away . She fees him nothing twice at once , who's all : She fees ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
againſt beauty becauſe beft beſt blood breaft caft caufe cauſe courſe death defire doft doth earth elfe eyes fafe faid fair fame fcorn fear feas feek feem feen fenfe fhall fhame fhepherds fhew fhine fhould fide fighs fight filk filver fince fing fire firft firſt flain fleep fome fong foon forrow foul fpirits fpring ftand ftate ftill ftreams ftrong fuch fure fwain fweet glory grace grief hand hath heart heav'n himſelf honour itſelf king laft laſt lefs light live loft Lord lov'd moft moſt mufe muft muſt never night nymphs pleaſe pleaſure pow'r praiſe prefent reft rife ſhall ſhe ſpeak ſpent ſtand ſtate ſtay ſtill ſuch ſweet tears thee thefe themſelves theſe thine things thofe thoſe thou thought thouſand unto uſe verfe virtue Whilft whofe whoſe worfe