 I'll not look for wine. The thirst that from the soul doth rise Doth ask a drink divine ; But might I of Jove's nectar sup, I would not change for thine. I sent thee late a rosy wreath, Not so much honouring thee...  The songs of England and Scotland - Pàgina 30per England - 1835Visualització completa - Sobre aquest llibre
 | William Chambers, Robert Chambers - 1869 - 526 pàgines
...late a rosy wreath, Not so much honouring thee, As giving it a hope that there It could not withered be. But thou thereon didst only breathe, And sent'st...grows, and smells, I swear, Not of itself, but thee. — Ibid. HYMN TO DIANA. QUEEN and huntress, chaste and fair, Now the sun is laid to sleep; Seated... | |
 | English poems - 1870 - 722 pàgines
...change for thine. I sent thee late a rosy wreath, Not so much honouring thee, As giving it a hope, that there It could not wither'd be. But thou thereon...grows, and smells, I swear, Not of itself, but thee. EPITAl'H ON THE COUNTESS OF PEMBROKE. T TNDERNEATH this sable hearse ^- Lies the subject of all verse,... | |
 | Henry Philip Dodd - 1870 - 652 pàgines
...late, a rosy wreath, Not so much honouring thee, As giving it a hope that there It could not withered be. But thou thereon didst only breathe, And sent'st...grows, and smells, I swear, Not of itself, but thee. Jonson has had the credit of composing these beautiful verses, but they are little more than a translation,... | |
 | Daniel Scrymgeour - 1870 - 644 pàgines
...late a rosy wreath, Not so much honouring thee, As giving it a hope, that there It could not withered be; But thou thereon didst only breathe, And sent'st...grows, and smells, I swear, Not of itself but thee. ' 1 This song is a translation from a "Collection of Love Letters" by the Greek sophist Philostratus.... | |
 | Epigrammatists - 1870 - 654 pàgines
...thine. I sent thee, lute, a rosy wreath, Not so much honouring thee, As giving it a hope that there But thou thereon didst only breathe, And sent'st it...to me ; Since when it grows, and smells, I swear, Kot of itself, but thee. Jonson has had the credit of composing theso beautiful verses, but they are... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - 1871 - 968 pàgines
...late a rosy wreath, Not so much honoring thee As giving it a hope that there It could not withered 2 6 2 6 2 ! PHILOSTR ATI'S (Greek). Tn» lation of UEN Jossox. THE MAHOGANY-TREE. CHRISTMAS is here ; Winds whistle... | |
 | 1871 - 768 pàgines
...giving it a hope that there It could not wither'd be ; But thou thereon didst only breathe, And send it back to me, Since when it grows and smells, I swear, Not of itself— but thee." And every glee-singer knows those pompous lines, " See the chariot at hand," sounding the glories of... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1907 - 644 pàgines
...offensive, and wain-ropes cannot hale me to the belief that smell is Shakespeare's word. I do not forget ' Since when it grows and smells, I swear, Not of itself but thee,' and I also do not forget that the rosy wreath was perfumed because 'Thou thereon didst only breathe,"... | |
 | Robert Bell - 1872 - 420 pàgines
...late a rosy wreath, Not so much honouring thee, As giving it a hope that there It could not withered be; But thou thereon didst only breathe, And sent'st...grows, and smells, I swear, Not of itself, but thee. BEN JONSON. THE TRIUMPH OF CHARIS. SEE the chariot at hand here of Love, Wherein my lady rideth! Each... | |
 | Chambers W. and R., ltd - 1872 - 268 pàgines
...late a rosy wreath, Not so much honouring thee, As giving it a hope that there It could not withered be. But thou thereon didst only breathe, And sent'st...grows, and smells, I swear, Not of itself, but thee. —Ibid. HYMN TO DIANA. QUEEN and huntress, chaste and fair, Now the sun is laid to sleep; Seated in... | |
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