| Robert Herrick - 1810 - 280 pages
...This the lips we will permit For to tell, not publish it. LXX. TO VIOLETS. WELCOME, tnaids of honour, You do bring In the spring, And wait upon her. She...Fresh and fair ; Yet you are More sweet than any. Ye are maiden posies, And so grac'd, To be plac'd 'Fore damask roses. Yet, though thus respected, By... | |
| Robert Herrick - 1823 - 330 pages
...More shak't thy selfe, then she is scorch't by thee. TO VIOLETS. WELCOME, maids of honour, You doe bring In the spring ; And wait upon her. She has virgins many, Fresh and faire ; Yet you are More sweet then any. Y'are the Maiden Posies, And so grac't, To be plac't, 'Fore... | |
| Elizabeth Kent - 1825 - 516 pages
...and wind Sought the best shelter it could find, 'Neath long grass banks." " Welcome, maids of honour, You do bring In the spring, And wait upon her. " She...Fresh and fair ; Yet you are More sweet than any. " Yet, though thus respected, By and bye Ye do lie, Poor girls, neglected." HERRICK. The beautiful... | |
| Robert Herrick - 1825 - 334 pages
...More shak't thy selfe, then she is scorch't by thee. TO VIOLETS. WELCOME, maids of honour, You doe bring In the spring ; And wait upon her. She has virgins many, Fresh and faire ; Yet you are More sweet then any. Y'are the Maiden Posies, And so grac't, To be plac't, 'Fore... | |
| Mrs. Charles Meredith - 1836 - 400 pages
...following lines, allowing the Violet precedence of the rose : — Welcome, maids of honour, You doe bring In the Spring; And wait upon her. She has virgins many, Fresh and feire ; 70 Y'are the maiden posies, And so grac't, To be plac't 'Fore damask roses. Yet, though thus... | |
| Robert Herrick - 1846 - 324 pages
...More fhak't thy felfe, then fhe is fcorch't by thee. To Violets. WElcome, Maids of Honour, You doe bring In the Spring ; And wait upon her. She has Virgins many, Frefh and faire ; Yet you are More fweet then any. Y'are the Maiden Pofies, And fo grac't, To be plac't,... | |
| Robert Herrick - 1846 - 330 pages
...be More mak't thy felfe, then me is fcorch't by thee. To Violets. WElcome, Maids of Honour, You doe bring In the Spring; And wait upon her. She has Virgins many, Frefh and faire; Yet you are More fweet then any. Y'are the Maiden Pofies, And fo grac't, To be plac't,... | |
| 1877 - 226 pages
...We think our correspondent must refer to Robert Herrick's poem, " Violets : " — " Welcome, maide of honor ! You do bring ^ In the spring. And wait upon her/' The last stanza is this : — " Vet, though thus respected, By and by Ye do lie. Poor girl», neglected."... | |
| George William Curtis - 1852 - 220 pages
...lawn, and welcomed them with Robert Herrick's Greeting to the Violets ; " Welcome, maids of honour, You do bring In the Spring; And wait upon her. She...Fresh and fair ; Yet you are More sweet than any. You're the Maiden Posies, And so graced, To be placed 'Fore damask roses. Yet though thus respected,... | |
| Robert Herrick - 1852 - 744 pages
...that went before ; Then, lastly, July comes, and she XXXIII. TO VIOLETS. Welcome, maids of honour, You do bring In the spring; And wait upon her. She...Fresh and fair ; Yet you are More sweet than any. Y'are Ihe Maiden Posies, And so grac'd, To be plac'd, 'Fore damask roses. Yet though thus respected,... | |
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