 Strength, comeliness of shape, or amplest merit, That woman's love can win, or long inherit ; But what it is, hard is to say, Harder to hit, Which way soever men refer it, Much like thy riddle, Samson, in one day Or seven, though one should musing sit.  The Works in Verse and Prose Complete of the Right Honourable Fulke Greville ... - Page xviiby Fulke Greville (Baron Brooke) - 1870Full view - About this book
 | William Hayley - 1810 - 418 pages
...win or long inherit; But what it is, hard is to say, Harder to hit, (Which way soever men refer it,) Much like thy riddle, Samson, in one day Or seven, though one should musing sit. If any of these, or all, the Timnian bride Had not so soon preferr'd Thy paranymph, worthless to thce... | |
 | John Milton - 1810 - 540 pages
...win or long inherit; But what it is, hard is to say, Harder to hit, (Which way soever men refer it,) Much like thy riddle, Samson, in one day Or seven, though one should musing sit. Thy paranymph, worthless to thee compar'd, Successor in thy bed, Nor both so loosly disallied Their... | |
 | Charles Lamb - 1813 - 508 pages
...all women are in an especial manner bound to love, has not raised the ideal of the female character higher than Lord Brooke in these two women has done....hard to hit : Much like thy riddle, Samson, in one dav Or seven though one should musing sit. It is as if a being of pure intellect should take upon him... | |
 | Charles Lamb - 1813 - 502 pages
...all women are in an especial manner bound to love, has not raised the ideal of the female character higher than Lord Brooke in these two women has done....it requires a study equivalent to the learning of a pew language to understand their meaning when they speak. It is indeed haul to bit : Much like thy... | |
 | Charles Lamb - 1818 - 288 pages
...all women are in an especial manner bound to love, has not raised the ideal of the female character higher than Lord Brooke, in these two women, has done....language to understand their meaning when they speak. It ia indeed hard to hit : Much like thy riddle, Samson, in one day Or seven though one should musing... | |
 | John Aikin - 1820 - 832 pages
...inherit ; But what it is, hard is to say, Harder to hit, (Which way soever men refer it,) Much like tin blissful bower : it was a place Chos'n by the sovran Planter, whe If any of these, or all, the Timnian bride Had not so soon preferr'd Thy paranymph, worthless to thee... | |
 | John Aikin - 1821 - 356 pages
...win, or long inherit ; But what it is, hard is to say, Harder to hit, (Which way soever men refer it,) Much like thy riddle, Samson, in one day Or seven, though one should musing sit. If any of these, or all, the Timnian bride Had not so soon preferr'd Thy paranymph, worthless to thee... | |
 | John Milton - 1823 - 220 pages
...win or long inherit; But what it is, hard is to say, Harder to hit (Which way soever men refer it), Much like thy riddle, Samson, in one day Or seven, though one should musing sit. If any of these, or all, the Timuian bride Had not so soon preferr'd Thy paranymph, worthless to thee... | |
 | British anthology - 1824 - 460 pages
...win or long inherit ; But what it is, hard is to say, Harder to hit, (Which way soever men refer it) Much like thy riddle, Samson, in one day Or seven, though one should musing sit. If .any of these, or all, the Titnniau bride Had not so soon preferr'd Thy paranymph, worthless to... | |
 | John Milton - 1824 - 510 pages
...long inherit ; But what it is, hard is to say, Harder to hit, (Which way toever men refer it) 1015 Much like thy riddle, Samson, in one day Or seven, though one should musing sit. If any of these or all, the Timnian bride Had not so soon prefcrr'd Thy paranymph, worthless to thee... | |
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