 | 1835 - 1190 pàgines
...so strike, They borrow language of dislike; And instead of Dearest Miss, Jewel, Honey, Sweetheart, Bliss, And those forms of old admiring, Call her Cockatrice,...evil, Witch, Hyena, Mermaid, Devil, Ethiop Wench, aud Blackamoor, Monkey, Ape, aud twenty more; Friendly Trait'ress, loving Foe,— Not that she is truly... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - 1880 - 1106 pàgines
...so strike, They borrow language of dislike ; And, instead of dearest Miss, Jewel, honey, sweetheart, v that 's evil, Witch, hyena, mermaid, devil, Ethiop, wench, and blackamoor, Monkey, ape, and twenty... | |
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Such as perplexed lovers use At a need, when, in despair To paint forth their fairest fair, Or in part but to express That exceeding comeliness Which their fancies doth so strike, They borrow language of dislike; And, instead of Dearest Miss... 
