 | Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 596 Seiten
...ehe prizes; And, while she laughs at them, forgets She is the thing that she despises. LESBIA. WHI-N Lesbia first I saw so heavenly fair, With eyes so bright, and with that awful air Ни ni • ht in v heart, which durst so high aspire, bold u bis who snatoh'd, celcitial fire. Rut... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 582 Seiten
...prizes; And, while she laughs at them, forget* She is the thing that she despises. LESBIA, \VHEN T.esbia first I saw so heavenly fair, With eyes so bright, and with that awful air thought my heart, which durst so high aspire, bold a* bis who snatchM celestial firs. But soon as e'er... | |
 | Elegant extracts - 1816 - 490 Seiten
...bright most gives him to our view, I look most near him when 1 look on you. '/'//,• Antidote. \VHEN Lesbia first I saw, so heavenly fair, With eyes so...heart, which durst so high aspire, As bold as his who snatch'd celestial fire. But, soon as e'er the beauteous idiot spoke, Forth from her coral lips such... | |
 | Vicesimus Knox - 1825 - 404 Seiten
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 | 1831 - 256 Seiten
...to roam;) " I see," he replied; " you've been spinning it out, " And now you are reeling it home." When Lesbia first I saw, so heavenly fair, With eyes...heart, which durst so high aspire, As bold as his, which snatched celestial fire; But soon as e'er the beauteous idiot spoke, Forth from her coral lips... | |
 | Joe Miller - 1836 - 266 Seiten
...colours boast, From his own skill he starts, in horror lost. On a handsome Idiot. BY MR. CONOREVE. When Lesbia first I saw, so heavenly fair, With eyes...Like balm the trickling nonsense healed my wound, On a Dumb Boy, very beautiful, and of gieat quickness of parts. WRITTEN BY A LADT. I sing the boy,... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1853 - 360 Seiten
...first I saw, so heavenly fair, With eyes so bright and with that awful air, I thought my heart would durst so high aspire As bold as his who snatched celestial...such folly broke ; Like balm the trickling nonsense heal'd my wound, And what her eyes enthralled, her tongue unbound." than the other ; and describes... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1853 - 360 Seiten
...about another beauty, who perhaps was not so well pleased at the poet's manner of celebrating her — " When Lesbia first I saw, so heavenly fair, With eyes...bright and with that awful air, I thought my heart would durst so high aspire As bold as his who snatched celestial fire. But soon as e'er the beauteous... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1853 - 332 Seiten
...about another beauty, who perhaps was not so well pleased at the poet's manner of celebrating her — " When Lesbia first I saw, so heavenly fair, With eyes...bright and with that awful air, I thought my heart would durst so high aspire As bold as his who snatched celestial fire. But soon as e'er the beauteous... | |
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When Lesbia first I saw, so heavenly fair, With eyes so bright and with that awful air, I thought my heart which durst so high aspire As bold, as his who snatched celestial fire. But soon as e'er the beauteous idiot spoke, Forth from her coral lips such... 
