 | David S. Shields - 1997 - 386 Seiten
...her graces spied, That hadst thou sprung In deserts, where no men abide, Thou must have uncommended died. Small is the worth Of beauty from the light...of time they share That are so wondrous sweet and fair!32 To grasp the innovation of the poem, we must note what is traditional. The motif of the rose... | |
 | Janet Malcolm - 1997 - 234 Seiten
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 | William Harmon - 1998 - 386 Seiten
...her graces spied, That, hadst thou sprung In deserts where no men abide, Thou must have uncommended died. Small is the worth Of beauty from the light...time they share That are so wondrous sweet and fair. COMPOSED AROUND 1635; PUBLISHED 1645. A diplomatic envoy is somebody sent (French envoye, ultimately... | |
 | Michael Kurland - 1998 - 260 Seiten
...She made me feel lightheaded and poetic. I opened the door for her. "Small is the worth," I recited, "Of beauty from the light retired Bid her come forth,...herself to be desired. And not blush so to be admired." "Well," she said, seating herself and closing the door. "And so early in the morning, too. Is it Andrew... | |
 | John Pearson - 1999 - 330 Seiten
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 | Thomas Hardy - 1998 - 324 Seiten
...lines from Edmund Waller's 'Go, Lovely Rose!' in fact lamenting 'The common fate of all things rare': How small a part of time they share That are so wondrous sweet and fair! When killing off Geraldine, however, and thus avoiding confrontation of the more radical social questions... | |
 | Seán McMahon - 2000 - 216 Seiten
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Go, lovely rose ! Tell her that wastes her time and me, That now she knows, When I resemble her to thee, How sweet and fair she seems to be. Tell her that's young, And shuns to have her graces spied. That hadst thou sprung In deserts where no men abide,... 
