Things invisible to see, Ride ten thousand days and nights, Till age snow white hairs on thee, Thou, when thou return'st, wilt tell me All strange wonders that befell thee, And swear No where Lives a woman true, and fair. If thou find'st one, let me know,... Specimens of the Early English Poets: To which is Prefixed, an Historical ... - Page 384by George Ellis - 1811Full view - About this book
| John Bell - 1799 - 402 pages
...a pilgrimage were sweet ; Jlg Yet do not ; I would not go, Tho' at next door we might meet. . Tho' she were true when you met her, And last till you...Yet she Will be False ere I come to two or three. 27 WOMAN'S CONSTANCY. Now thou hast lov'd me one whole day, To-morrow when thou leav'st what wilt thou... | |
| English poets - 1801 - 382 pages
...All strange wonders that befel thee, And swear No where Lives a woman true and fair. If thou fmd'st one, let me know, Such a pilgrimage were sweet ; Yet do not, I would not go, Tho' at next door we might meet. Though she were true when you met her, And last till you write your... | |
| Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 746 pages
...strange wonders, that befell thee, And swear, No where Lives a woman true and fair. If thou find'st one, let me know, Such a pilgrimage were sweet; Yet...Yet she Will be False, ere I come, to two or three. WOMAN'S CONSTANCY. Now thou hast lov'd me one whole day, To morrow when thou leav'st, what wilt thou... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 728 pages
...strange wonders, that befell thee, And swear, No where Lives a woman true and fair. If thou find'st one, let me know, Such a pilgrimage were sweet ; Yet do not, I would not go, Though she were true when you met her, And last, till you write your letter, Yet she Will be False, ere I... | |
| Henry Southern, Sir Nicholas Harris Nicolas - 1823 - 402 pages
...Ride ten thousand days and nights, And swear, No where Lives a woman true and fair. If thou find'st one, let me know; Such a pilgrimage were sweet : Yet...Yet she Will be False, ere I come, to two or three." The following is to the same purpose, but more imbued with the writer's subtle'ty of thought and far-fetched... | |
| Henry Southern - 1823 - 398 pages
...strange wonders that befell thee, And swear, No where Lives a woman true and fair. *• If thou find'st one, let me know; Such a pilgrimage were sweet : Yet...Yet she Will be False, ere I come, to two or three." The following is to the same purpose, but more imbued with the writer's subtlety of thought and far-fetched... | |
| Samuel Carter Hall - 1836 - 390 pages
...pilgrimage were sweet, Yet doe not, I would not goe, Though at next doore wee might meet, Though shee were true, when you met her, And last, till you write your letter, Yet shee will bee False, ere I come, to two, or three. will. His strong sense, his industry, and humour,... | |
| Samuel Carter Hall - 1836 - 336 pages
...pilgrimage were sweet, Yet doe not, I would not goe, Though at next doore wee might meet, Though shee were true, when you met her, And last, till you write your letter, Yet shee will bee False, ere I come, to two, or three. BENJAMIN JONSON, as the name stood in the parish... | |
| 1893 - 840 pages
...All strange wonders that befell thee, And swear Nowhere Lives a woman true and fair. If thou find'st one, let me know ; Such a pilgrimage were sweet. Yet...write your letter, Yet she Will be False, ere I come, with two or three. It now remains to examine this body of poetry in general terms, and, first of all,... | |
| Charles Mackay - 1851 - 332 pages
...Though at next door, we might meet; Though she were true when you met her, And lasted till you wrote your letter, Yet she, Will be, False ere I come, to two or three. SONGS OF THE AFFECTIONS, DRINK TO ME ONLY WITH THINE EYES. From " The Forest," by BKK JONSON, bom 1S74,... | |
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