 | Joseph Dennie, John Elihu Hall - 1801 - 674 Seiten
...pierce the sacred gloom: Beauty has such resistless power, That e'en the chaste Egyptian damcf Sigh'cl for the blooming Hebrew boy: For her how fatal was the hour, When to the banks of Nilus cumc A yuuthf so lovely and so coy! But ah! sweet maid, my counsel hear; (Youth should attend when... | |
 | G. W. Fitzwilliam - 1806 - 216 Seiten
...pierce the sacred gloom. Beauty has such resistless power, That ev'n the chaste Egyptian dame Sigh'd for the blooming Hebrew boy ; For her how fatal was...the banks of Nilus came A youth so lovely and so coy ! What cruel answer have I heard ! And yet by heav'n I love thee still : Can ought be cruel from thy... | |
 | Robert Southey - 1807 - 502 Seiten
...pierce the sacred gloom. Beauty has such resistless power, That even the chaste Egyptian dame Sigh'd for the blooming Hebrew boy; For her how fatal was...the banks of Nilus came A youth so lovely and so coy ! r SIR WiLUAM JONES. 391 But ah ! sweet maid, my counsel hear (Youth should attend when those advise... | |
 | 1809 - 574 Seiten
...pierce the facred gloom. Beauty has fuch refifllefs pow'r, That ev'n the chafle Egyptian dame Sigh'd for the blooming Hebrew boy; For her how fatal was the hour, When to the banks of Nilus came A youth fo lovely and fo coy. But ah ! fweet maid, my counfel hear : (Youth ihould attend when thofe advife... | |
 | John Aikin - 1810 - 386 Seiten
...joy thy thoughts confine, Beauty has such resistless power, That e'en the chaste Egyptian dame Sigh'd for the blooming Hebrew boy ; For her how fatal was...banks of Nilus came, A youth so lovely and so coy. Eut ah ! sweet maid, my counsel hear : (Youth should attend when those advise Whom long experience... | |
 | 1817 - 422 Seiten
...resistless pow'r, That e'en the chaste Egyptian dame, f Sigh'd for the blooming Hebrew boy: For her hojr fatal was the hour, When to the banks of Nilus came A youth! 50 bvely and so coy ! But, ah! sweet maid, my counsel hear, (Youth shoald attend when those advise,... | |
 | William Hone - 1827 - 390 Seiten
...pierce the sacred gloom. Beauty has such resistless power, That ev'n the chaste Egyptian dame' Sigh'd for the blooming Hebrew boy ; For her how fatal was...! But ah, sweet maid ! my counsel hear, — (Youth shall attend when those advise Whom long experience renders sage) While music charms the ravish'd ear... | |
 | New elegant extracts - 1827 - 414 Seiten
...pierce the sacred gloom. Beauty has such resistless power That e'en the chaste Egyptian dame Sigh'd for the blooming Hebrew boy; For her how fatal was...lovely and so coy! But ah, sweet maid! my counsel hear «ij*(Youth should attend when those advise Whom long experience renders sage),— While music charms... | |
 | William Hone - 1827 - 452 Seiten
...pierce the sacred gloom. Beauty has snch resistless power, That ev'u the chaste Egyptian dame Sigh'd for the blooming Hebrew boy ; For her how fatal was...the hour, When to the banks of Nilus came A youth BO lovely and so coy ! But ah, sweet maid ! my counsel hear, — (Youth shall attend when those advise... | |
 | William Hone - 1827 - 394 Seiten
...pierce the sacred gloom. Beauty has such resistless power, That ev'n the chaste Egyptian dame SigVd for the blooming Hebrew boy ; For her how fatal was the hour. When to the hanks of Nilus came A youth so lovely and so coy ! But ah, sweet maid I my counsel hear, — (Youth... | |
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... 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 gloom. Beauty has such resistless power,... 
