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" 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 As giving it a hope that there It could... "
Gleanings from the English poets, Chaucer to Tennyson, with biogr. notices ... - Page 54
by English poets - 1862
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Pearls from the poets: specimens selected, with biogr. notes, by H.W. Dulcken

Henry William Dulcken - 1860 - 230 pages
...stay ; By silence sanctifying, not concealing, The grief that must have way. LONGFELLOW. t0 RINK to me only with thine eyes, And I will pledge with mine...grows, and smells, I swear, Not of itself, but thee. BEN JONSON. [HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW, by far the most successful of the American poets, occupies...
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Poets of England and America; being selections from the best authors of both ...

England - 1860 - 532 pages
...to me, only with thine eyes, And I will pledge with mine ; Or leave a kiss but in the cup, And I 'll not look for wine. The thirst that from the soul doth...grows, and smells, I swear, Not of itself, but thee. BEN JONSON. ' figfet. HAIL, holy Light, offspring of Heaven first-born, Or of th' Eternal co-eternal...
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Songs from the Dramatists

Robert Bell - 1861 - 280 pages
...To fright the frost out of the grave. THE FOREST.* TO CEJ.IA. r\RINK to me only with thine eyes, J-' And I will pledge with mine; Or leave a kiss but in...me ; Since when it grows, and smells, I swear, Not ofritself, but thee. FRANCIS BEAUMONT AND JOHN FLETCHER. 1584—1616. 1579—1625. [VARIETY, grace,...
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The Loves and Heroines of the Poets

Richard Henry Stoddard - 1861 - 552 pages
...know How to tell 'em as they flow, And the envious, when they find What their number is, be pined. TO CELIA. Drink to me only with thine eyes, And I...withered be. But thou thereon did'st only breathe, And sent 'st it back to me ; Since when it grows, and smells, I swear, Not of itself, but thee. ["Underwoods."...
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The Loves and Heroines of the Poets

Richard Henry Stoddard - 1861 - 560 pages
...their number is, be pined. TO CELIA. Drink to me only with thine eyes. And I will pledge with mine; The thirst that from the soul doth rise. Doth ask...withered be. But thou thereon did'st only breathe. And sent 'st it back to me; Since when it grows, and smells, I swear, Not of itself, but thee. ["Undervoods."...
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The Golden Treasury of the Best Songs and Lyrical Poems in the English ...

Francis Turner Palgrave - 1861 - 356 pages
...late a rosy wreath, Not so much honouring thee As giving it a hope that there It could not wither'd be ; But thou thereon didst only breathe And sent'st...grows, and smells, I swear, Not of itself but thee ! XCI CHERRY-RIPE There is a garden in her face Where roses and white lilies blow; There cherries grow...
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A manual of English literature

Thomas Arnold - 1862 - 452 pages
...only with thine eyes, And I will pledge with mine ; Or leave a kiss but in the cup, And I 'll not ask for wine. The thirst that from the soul doth rise...grows, and smells, I swear, Not of itself, but thee !" Some of Skakspeare's sonnets might well be quoted in this connection, particularly that beginning,...
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Choice Poems and Lyrics

Choice poems - 1862 - 368 pages
...for wine. The thirst, that from the soul doth rise, Doth ask a drink divine : But might I of love's nectar sup, I would not change for thine. I sent thee,...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. William Cowper....
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Recollections of a Literary Life: Or, Books, Places, and People

Mary Russell Mitford - 1862 - 592 pages
...Love's nectar sup I would not change for wine. I sent thee late a rosy wreath, Not so much honoring thee, As giving it a hope, that there It could not...when it grows and smells, I swear, Not of itself, bnt thee. FIRST SPEECH IN " THE SAD SHEPHERD." Enter (EOLAMONE. (Eglo. Here she was wont to go ! and...
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Early English poems, Chaucer to Pope

English poems - 1863 - 364 pages
...late a rosy wreath, Not so much honouring thee, As giving it a hope, that there It could not wither'd be. But thou thereon didst only breathe, And sent'st...grows, and smells, I swear, Not of itself, but thee. EPITAPH ON THE COUNTESS OF PEMBROKE. BEN JONSON. UNDERNEATH this sable hearse Lies the subject of all...
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