 We are tapers too, and at our own cost die, And we in us find the eagle and the dove, The phoenix riddle hath more wit By us; we two being one, are it. So to one neutral thing both sexes fit We die and rise the same, and prove Mysterious by this love.  Poems - Seite 13von John Donne - 1896Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | John Dryden - 1716 - 416 Seiten
...Ely, ; •;[ .,'. Ware Tapers too, and at our own Coft die, And we in us find th' Eagle and the Dove, The Phoenix Riddle hath more Wit By us, we two being...So to one neutral Thing both Sexes fit. We die and rife the fame, and prove . - . . Mjfleiiorrs by {this Love. We can die by it, if not live by Love,... | |
 | John Bell - 1799 - 402 Seiten
...We 'are tapers too, and at our own cost die; And we in us find th' eagle and the dove; The phornix riddle hath more wit By us; we two, being one, are it ; So 1o one neutral thing both sexes sit. \Ve die and rise the same, and prove Mysterious by this love.... | |
 | John Donne - 1895 - 326 Seiten
...tapers too, and at our own cost die ; And we in us find the eagle and the dove; The phcenix-riddle hath more wit By us; we two being one, are it; So...can die by it, if not live by love, And if unfit for tombs and 5 hearse Our legends 6 be, it will be fit for verse, And if no piece of chronicle we prove,... | |
 | John Donne - 1896 - 448 Seiten
...1633, 1635, try e grey hairs; 1669, five . . . . fortunes 1. 14. 1669, reins 1. 15. 1669. one man . The phoenix riddle hath more wit By us ; we two being...one, are it ; So, to one neutral thing both sexes lit. We die and rise the same, and prove }\ ' Mysterious by this love. We can die by it, if not live... | |
 | John Donne - 1905 - 112 Seiten
...another fly, [59] We 're tapers too, and at our own cost die ; And we in us find th' eagle and the dove. The phoenix riddle hath more wit By us ; we two being one, arejt ; So, to one neutral thing both sexes fit. We die and rise the same, and prove Mysterious by... | |
 | John Matthews Manly - 1907 - 654 Seiten
...me another fly, We're tapers too, and at our own cost die, And we in us find th' eagle and the dove. The phoenix riddle hath more wit By us; we two being...rise the same, and prove Mysterious by this love. 37 We can die by it, if not live by love, And if unfit for tomb or hearse Our legend be, it will be... | |
 | John William Cunliffe, James Francis Augustin Pyre, Karl Young - 1911 - 1196 Seiten
...another fly, »> We 're tapers too, and at our own cost die, And we in us find th' eagle and the dove. The phoenix riddle hath more wit By us; we two being...one, are it; So, to one neutral thing both sexes fit. 25 We die and rise the same, and prove Mysterious by this love. We can die by it, if not live by love,... | |
 | John Donne - 1912 - 516 Seiten
...Tapers too, and at our owne coft die, And wee in us finde the'Eagle and the Dove. The Phoenix ridle hath more wit By us, we two being one, are it. So to one neutrall thing both fexes fit, 25 Wee dye and rife the fame, and prove Myfterious by this love. Wee... | |
 | 1914 - 534 Seiten
...me another fly, We're tapers too, and at our own cost die, And we in us find th' eagle and the dove. The phoenix riddle hath more wit By us ; we two being...rise the same, and prove Mysterious by this love." This mystic paradox appears and reappears in phrase and figure, scattered up and down the collection,... | |
 | Norman Ault - 1928 - 566 Seiten
...another fly, We are tapers too, and at our own cost die, And we in us find the eagle and the dove. The phoenix riddle hath more wit By us ; we two being...can die by it, if not live by love, And if unfit for tombs and hearse Our legends be, it will be fit for verse ; And if no piece of chronicle we prove,... | |
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