Tis cruel to prolong a pain ; And to defer a joy, Believe me, gentle Celemene, Offends the winged boy. An hundred thousand oaths your fears Perhaps would not remove; And if I gazed a thousand years, I could no deeper love. Song Hears not my Phyllis how... Musa Proterva: Love-poems of the Restoration - Seite 76herausgegeben von - 1889 - 128 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
| Samuel Longfellow - 1853 - 228 Seiten
...joy they come, And are so long withstood, So slowly they receive the sum, It hardly does them good. 'Tis cruel to prolong a pain ; And to defer a joy,...I gazed a thousand years, I could no deeper love. SIR CHARLES SEDLEY. SIREN'S SONG STEER hither, steer, your winged pines, All beaten mariners, Here... | |
| Samuel Longfellow - 1853 - 228 Seiten
...they come, And are so long withstood, So slowly they receive the sum, It hardly does them good. *T is cruel to prolong a pain ; And to defer a joy, Believe...I gazed a thousand years, I could no deeper love. Sin CHARLES SEDLEY. SIREN'S SONG STEER hither, steer, your winged pines, All beaten mariners, Here... | |
| Robert Chambers - 1853 - 716 Seiten
...they come, And arc so long withstood ; So slowly they receive the sun, It hardly does them good. I Tie cruel to prolong a pain ; And to defer a joy, Believe me, gentle Celemene, Offends the winged boy. A hundred thousand oaths your fein Perhaps would not remove ; And if 1 gaz'da thousand years, I could... | |
| Thomas Campbell - 1853 - 838 Seiten
...joy they come, And are so long withstood ; So elowly they receive the sum, It hardly does them good. 'Tis cruel to prolong a pain ; And to defer a joy, Believe me, gentle Celemene, Ortende the winged boy, An hundred thousand oaths your fears, Perhaps, would not remove ; And if I... | |
| 1856 - 754 Seiten
...they come, And are so long withstood, So slowly they receive the sum, It hardly does them good. ( ' 'Tis cruel to prolong a pain, And, to defer a joy,...Believe me, gentle Celemene, Offends the winged boy. geb. 1639. t 1730. Die Sieie §at nodj luaS torn fflieet, Son if)tet SWuttet SKege : 3n 3tt>eifeln,... | |
| William Maginn - 1857 - 524 Seiten
...as much as he fell below the second in elegance and grace.— From both he concocted one epigram: " An hundred thousand oaths your fears, Perhaps would...And if I gazed a thousand years, . I could no deeper love."—Sir C. Sedley. " Si je n'avois quo dix-huit ans, Je pouvois aimer plus long temps, Mais non... | |
| George Gilfillan - 1860 - 360 Seiten
...joy they come, And are so long withstood; So slowly they receive the sum, It hardly does them good. 6 'Tis cruel to prolong a pain; And to defer a joy,...Believe me, gentle Celemene, Offends the winged boy. 7 An hundred thousand oaths your fears, Perhaps, would not remove ; And if I gazed a thousand years,... | |
| Richard Henry Stoddard - 1861 - 526 Seiten
...joy they come, And are so long withstood, So slowly they receive the sum, It hardly does them good. 'Tis cruel to prolong a pain. And to defer a joy....I gazed a thousand years, I could no deeper love. SONG. Phillis, men say that all my vows Are to thy fortune paid ; Alas ! my heart he little knows,... | |
| Richard Henry Stoddard - 1861 - 552 Seiten
...joy they come, And are so long withstood, So slowly they receive the sum, It hardly does them good. Tis cruel to prolong a pain, And to defer a joy, Believe...I gazed a thousand years, I could no deeper love. BONO. Phillis, men say that all my vows Are to thy fortune paid ; Alas ! my heart he little knows,... | |
| 1863 - 478 Seiten
...joy they come, And are so long withstood ; So slowly they receive the sun, It hardly does them good. Tis cruel to prolong a pain ; And to defer a joy,...Believe me, gentle Celemene, Offends the winged boy. A hundred thousand oaths your fears Perhaps would not remove; THE CHOICE. HY JOHN POMFRET. [JOHN POMFRET... | |
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