 Go, lovely rose, Tell her that wastes her time and me, That now she knows, When I resemble her to thee, How sweet and fair she seems to be. Tell her that's young And shuns to have her graces spied, That hadst thou sprung In deserts where no men abide,...  Golden Leaves from the British Poets - Page 36by John William Stanhope Hows - 1866 - 546 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Abraham Cowley - 1810 - 314 pages
...confess • , that your great self did ne'er endite, nor that, to one more noble, write. SONG. Go, lovely Rose ! tell her that wastes her time and me,...Tell her that's young, and shuns to have her graces spy'd, that hadst thou sprung in deserts, where no men abide, thou must have uncommended dy'd. Small... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 654 pages
...servant trouble you ; For if I break, you may mistrust The vow I made — to love vou too. SONG. Go, lovely Rose ! Tell her, that wastes her time and me....Tell her that's young. And shuns to have her graces spy'd, That hadst thou sprung [n deserts, where no men abide, Thou must have uncommended dy'd. Small... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1810 - 312 pages
...confess • , . that your great self did ne'er endite, nor that, to one more noble, write. SONG. Go, lovely Rose ! tell her that wastes her time and me,...Tell her that's young, and shuns to have her graces spy'd, that hadst thou sprung in deserts, where no men abide, thou must have uncommended ily'd. Small... | |
 | Henry Kirke White, Robert Southey - 1816 - 336 pages
...her, she discovered an additional Stanza written by him at the bottom of the Song here copied. Go, lovely rose ! Tell her, that wastes her time and me,...that's young, And shuns to have her graces spied, That had'st thoii sprung In deserts, where no men abide, Thou must have uncomme tided died. Small is... | |
 | Elegant extracts - 1816 - 490 pages
...must gain : The heart can ne'er a transport know, Thai never feels a pain. § 2. Song. WALLER. Go, lovely rose ! Tell her that wastes her time, and me,...resemble her to thee, How sweet and fair she seems to be. Tefl her that's young, _ And shuns to have her graces spied, That hadst thou sprung In deserts, where... | |
 | 1817 - 494 pages
...no more ; we now take leave of this beauty, in the following lines of Waller :— Go, lovely RUSE, Tell her that wastes her time and me, That now she...that's young, And shuns to have her graces spied, That hadst thou sprung Jn desarts, where no men abide, Thou must have uncommended died. Small is the... | |
 | 1817 - 524 pages
...promise there shall be Myrtles ofier'd up to tbee. On the Rose. Go lovely rose, Tell her that wasts her time and me, That now she knows When I resemble...Tell her that's young And shuns to have her graces spy'd, That hadst thou sprung In desarts where no men abide, Thou must have uncommended dy'd. Small... | |
 | John Aikin - 1820 - 832 pages
...Pho-'bus thus, acquiring unsought praise, He catch'd at love, and 611'd his arms with bays. SONG. Go, hate'er the humanizing Muses tearh ; The godlike wisdom...Progressive truth, the patient force of thought ; Inve lie. Tell her that's young, And shuns to ha%re her graces spy'd, That hadst thou sprung In deserts,... | |
 | Mary Jane Mackenzie - 1820 - 298 pages
..." .Nonsense, my dear," exclaimed Mrs. E 2 Mowbray. — " The poet tells the truth when he says — Small is the worth Of beauty, from the light retired...herself to be desired, And not blush so to be admired. " A very superfluous exhortation indeed," said Mr. Mowbray, "and as mischievous as even a poet could... | |
 | John Aikin - 1821 - 356 pages
...Phoebus thus, acquiring unsought praise, He catch'd at love, and fill'd his arms with bays. SONG. Go, lovely Rose ! Tell her, that wastes her time and me,...Tell her that's young, And shuns to have her graces spy'd, That hadst thou sprung In deserts, where no men abide, Thou must have uncommended dy'd. Small... | |
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