Require the borrow'd gloss of art? Speak not of fate: ah! change the theme, And talk of odours, talk of wine, Talk of the flowers that round us bloom: Tis all a cloud, 'tis all a dream; To love and joy thy thoughts confine, Nor hope to pierce the sacred... Annual Register of World Events - Page 1661789Full view - About this book
| British poets - 1809 - 526 lehte
...theme, And talk of odours, talk of wine, Talk of the flowers that round us bloom :— 11s all a clond, 'tis all a dream : To love and joy thy thoughts confine, Nor hope to pierce the sacred gloom. Vol. II. R Beanty has such resistless power, That ev'u the chaste Egyptian dame Sigh'd... | |
| Walter Scott - 1810 - 308 lehte
...ah ! change the And talk of odours, talk of wine, Talk of the flow'rs that round us bloom 'Tis all a cloud, 'tis all a dream ; To love and joy thy thoughts confine, Nor hope to pierce the sacred gloom. Beauty has such resistless power, That even the chaste Egyptian dame Sigh'd for the blooming... | |
| John Aikin, Robert Harding Evans - 1810 - 508 lehte
...the theme, . And talk of odours, talk of wine, Talk of the flowers that round us bloom. •"Tis all a cloud, 'tis all a dream ! To love and joy thy thoughts confine, Nor hope to pierce the sacred gl&omj Beauty has such resistless power, Tliat e'en the chaste Egyptian dame Sigh'd for the... | |
| John Aikin - 1810 - 386 lehte
...change the theme, And talk of odours, talk of wine, Talk of the flowers that round us bloom. 'Tis all a cloud, 'tis all a dream ! To love and joy thy thoughts confine, Beauty has such resistless power, That e'en the chaste Egyptian dame Sigh'd for the blooming Hebrew... | |
| Elegant extracts - 1816 - 490 lehte
...change the theme, And talk of odofs, talk of wine, Talk of the flowers that round us bloom : Tis all a cloud, 'tis all a dream ! To love and joy thy thoughts confine, Slor hope to pierce the sacred gloom. Jeauty has such resistless power, That e'en the chaste Egyptian... | |
| 1817 - 422 lehte
...? Speak not of fate— ah! change the theme, And talk of odours, talk of wine, Talk of the flow'rs that round us bloom ; 'Tisall a cloud, 'tis all a...and joy thy thoughts confine, Nor hope to pierce the sacred gloom. Beauty has such resistless pow'r, That e'en the chaste Egyptian dame, f Sigh'd for the... | |
| Thomas Campbell - 1819 - 466 lehte
...change the theme, And talk of odours, talk of wine, Talk of the flowers that round us bloom : 'Tis all a cloud, 'tis all a dream; To love and joy thy thoughts confine, Nor hope to pierce the sacred gloom. Beauty has such resistless power, That even the chaste Egyptian dame Sigh'd for the blooming... | |
| 1822 - 418 lehte
...change the theme, And talk of odours, talk of wine, Talk of the flowers that round us bloom : 'Tis all a cloud, 'tis all a dream ! To love and joy thy thoughts confine, Nor hope to pierce the sacred gloom. Beauty has such resistless power, That even the chaste Egyptian dame Sigh'd for the blooming... | |
| Sir William Jones - 1823 - 258 lehte
...change the theme, And talk of odours, talk of wine, Talk of the flow'rs that round us bloom ; 'Tis all a cloud, 'tis all a dream ; To love and joy thy thoughts confine, Nor hope to pierce the sacred gloom. Beauty has such resistless pow'r, That e'en the chaste Egyptian dame * Sigh'd for the... | |
| Richard Alfred Davenport - 1824 - 442 lehte
...the theme, And talk of odours, talk of wine, Talk of the flowers that round us bloom : — Tis all a cloud, 'tis all a dream : To love and joy thy thoughts confine, Nor hope to pierce the sacred gloom. Beauty has such resistless power That e'en the chaste Egyptian dame Sigh'd for the blooming... | |
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