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 As giving it a hope that there It could... Specimens of the Early English Poets - Page 114by George Ellis - 1790 - 323 lehteFull view - About this book
| Samuel Carter Hall - 1836 - 336 lehte
...Jove's neetar sup, I would not change for thine. I sent thee, late, a rosie wreath, Not so much honoring thee, As giving it a hope that there It could not withered bee. But thou thereon did'st onely breath, And sent'st it backe to mee : Since when it growes, and... | |
| Baroness Rosina Bulwer Lytton Lytton - 1839 - 252 lehte
...not felt the truth of Ben Jonson's beautiful conceit of— " I sent thee late a rosie wreath, Not so much honouring thee, As giving it a hope that there It could not wither'd bee. But thou thereon didst only breathe, And sent'st it back to mee : Since when it growes,... | |
| Herbert Kynaston - 1841 - 194 lehte
...praeberet Jupiter haustus, Nollem ego deliciaa posthabuisse tuas. I sent thee 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 send'st it back to me : Since when it grows, and smells, I swear, Not of itself... | |
| 1844 - 148 lehte
...ai>ke a drinke divine : But might I of Jove's nectar sup, 1 Kiit thce, late, a rosic wreath, Not so much honouring thee, As giving it a hope that there It could not withered bee. But thou thereon did'st only breath, And sent'st it backe to mee : Since when it growcs, and smells,... | |
| Robert Chambers - 1844 - 692 lehte
...might I of Jove's nectar sup I would not change for thine. I sent thec late a rosy wreath, Not «о to carry his ordnance to the very walls of the town, whereas the wither'd be. But thou thereon didst only breathe, And scnt'st it back to me ; Since when it grows,... | |
| 1845 - 612 lehte
...Jove's nectar sup, I would not change for thine. I sent thee late a rosy wreath, Not so much honoring thee, As giving it a hope that there It could not withered be : ti'ii tnou tnereon didst only breathe, And sent'st it back to me ; Since when it grows and smells,... | |
| William Chambers, Robert Chambers - 1847 - 850 lehte
...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, As giving it a hope that there It could not withered be. But thou thereon didst only breathe, And sent'st it back to me ; Since when it grows, and smells, I swear, Not of itself,... | |
| Robert Chambers - 1847 - 712 lehte
...might I of Jove's nectar вир, I would not change for thine. I lent thee late a rosy wreath, Not so half the world Nature seems dead, and wicked dreams abuse The cur witherM be. But thou thereon didst only breathe, And aent'et it back to me ; Since when it grows, and... | |
| Percy Society - 1848 - 414 lehte
...might I of Jove's nectar sip, I would not 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 withered be : But thou thereon didst only breathe, And sent'st it back to me ; Since when, it grows and smells, I swear, Not of itself,... | |
| Mary Russell Mitford - 1851 - 592 lehte
...Love's nectar sup I would not change for wine. I sent thee late a rosy wreath, Not so much honoring thee, As giving it a hope, that there It could not withered be. J • But thou thereon didst only breathe And sent'st it hack to me. Since when it grows and smells,... | |
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