 | Samuel Johnson - 1811 - 366 pages
...not equal to the former : 1 have found out a gift for my fair ; I have found where the wood pigeons breed ; But let me that plunder forbear, She will...true, she averr'd, Who could rob a poor bird of its young ; And I lov'd her the more when I heard Such tenderness fall from her tongue. In the third he... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1812 - 378 pages
...thou-thy gifts apply ; Unask'd, what good thou knowest grant;. What ill, though ask'd, deny. Compassion. I have found out a gift for my fair; I have found...breed : But let me that plunder forbear! She will say, 'tis a barbarous deed. For he ne'er can be true, she averr'd, Who can rob a poor bird of its young... | |
 | John Adams - 1813 - 324 pages
...the lilac to render it gay ! " Already it calls to my love, " To prune the wild branches away. «' I have found out a gift for my fair ; " I have found...barbarous deed. " For he ne'er could be true, she aver'd, " Who could rob a poor bird of its young ; * " And I lov'd her the more when I heard " Such... | |
 | 1814 - 310 pages
...shall harmoniously join In a concert so soft and so clear, As — she may not be fond to resign. V. I have found out a gift for my fair ; I have found...true, she averr'd, ' Who could rob a poor bird of its young : And I loved her the more, when I heard Such tenderness fall from her tongue. VI. I have heard... | |
 | Daniel Staniford - 1814 - 254 pages
...And the rich (ball remember the poor. CHAPTER CXXII. TENDERNESS or MIND— On taiing of Mr ds nejli. I HAVE found out a gift for my fair ; I have found...wood-pigeons breed • But let me that plunder forbear ! "J ' She will fay 'tis a barbarous deed. Tor he ne'er can be true, me aver'd, Who can rob a poor... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1815 - 262 pages
...thy gifts apply ; Unafk'd, what good thou knowefl grant ; What ilj, though afk'd, deny. Compafllon. I have found out a gift for my fair ; I have found...breed : But let me that plunder forbear ! She will fay, 'tis a barbarous deed. For he ne'er can be true, (lie averr'd, Who can rob a poor bird of its... | |
 | Elegant extracts - 1816 - 490 pages
...shall harmoniously join In a concert so soft and so clear, As — she may not be fond to resign, 1 have found out a gift for my fair, I have found where...true, she averr'd, Who could rob a poor bird of its young ; And I lov'd her the more when 1 heard Such tenderness fall from her tongue. I have heard her... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1816 - 410 pages
...she bade me adieu, I thought that she bade me return. In the second this passage has its prettiness, though it be not equal to the former : . • I have...found out a gift for my fair ; I have found where the wood-pidgeons breed ; But let me that plunder forbear, She will say 'twas a barbarous deed : For he... | |
 | John Ely - 1817 - 124 pages
...Each bird shall harmoniously join In a concert su soft and so clear, As she may not be fond to resign1 have found out a gift for my fair, I have found where...a barbarous deed. For he ne'er could be true, she avcrr'd, Who could rob a poor bird of its young 5 And I lov'd her the more when I heard Such tenderness... | |
 | Daniel Staniford - 1817 - 256 pages
...sing, And tbt rich sbnU remember ibefmr. CHAPTER CXXVII. TENDERNESS OF MIND— On taking cflirft nais. I HAVE found out a gift for my fair ; I have found...breed ; But let me that plunder forbear ! She will iay 'tis a barbarous deed. For he ne'er can be true, she averr'd, Who can rob a poor bird of its young... | |
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I have found out a gift for my fair; I have found where the wood-pigeons breed; But let me that plunder forbear, She will say 'twas a barbarous deed... 
