A DEPOSITION FROM LOVE. I was foretold your rebel sex Nor love, nor pity knew, And with what scorn you use to vex Poor hearts that humbly sue ; Yet I believed, to crown our pain, Could we the fortress win, The happy lover sure should gain A paradise within.... Temple Bar - Page 529edited by - 1898Full view - About this book
| Ballads, English - 1729 - 284 pages
...win, The happy lover fure fliou'd gain A paradife within : I thought love's plagues like dragons fate, Only to fright us at the gate. But I did enter, and enjoy What happy lovers prove ; For I cou'd kifs, and fport, and toy, And tafte thofe fweets of love ••, Which... | |
| Thomas Carew - 1824 - 252 pages
...crowne our paine, Could we the fortresse win. The happy lover sure should gaine A paradise within : 1 thought Love's plagues, like dragons, sate Only to...us at the gate, . But I did enter, and enjoy What happy lovers prove; For I could kisse, and sport, and toy, And tast those sweets of love, Which, had... | |
| Thomas Carew, Inigo Jones - English poetry - 1845 - 234 pages
...love, nor pity knew ; And with what scorn you use to vex Poor hearts that humbly sue ; Yet I believ'd to crown our pain, Could we the fortress win, The happy lover sure should gain A paradise within: But I did enter, and enjoy What happy lovers prove ; For I could kiss,... | |
| Thomas Humphry Ward - English poetry - 1880 - 528 pages
...humbly sue ; Yet I believed, to crown our pain, Could we the fortress win, The happy lover sure should gain A paradise within. I thought Love's plagues,...fright us at the gate. But I did enter and enjoy What happy lovers prove, For I could kiss, and sport and toy, And taste those sweets of love, Which, if... | |
| Thomas Humphry Ward - English poetry - 1880 - 536 pages
...humbly sue ; Yet I believed, to crown our pain, Could we the fortress win, The happy lover sure should gain A paradise within. I thought Love's plagues,...fright us at the gate. But I did enter and enjoy What happy lovers prove, For I could kiss, and sport and toy, And taste those sweets of love, Which, if... | |
| Thomas Humphry Ward - English poetry - 1880 - 524 pages
...rebel sex Nor love, nor pity knew, And with what scorn you use to vex Poor hearts that humbly sue ; Yet I believed, to crown our pain, Could we the fortress win, The happy lover sure should gain A paradise within. I thought Love's plagues, like dragons, sate, Only to fright us at the... | |
| Thomas Humphry Ward - English poetry - 1880 - 524 pages
...rebel sex Nor love, nor pity knew, And with what scorn you use to vex Poor hearts that humbly sue ; Yet I believed, to crown our pain, Could we the fortress win, The happy lover sure should gain A paradise within. I thought Love's plagues, like dragons, sate, Only to fright us at the... | |
| Matthew Arnold - English poetry - 1882 - 524 pages
...rebel sex Nor love, nor pity knew, And with what scorn you use to vex Poor hearts that humbly sue ; Yet I believed, to crown our pain, Could we the fortress win, The happy lover sure should gain A paradise within. I thought Love's plagues, like dragons, sate, Only to fright us at the... | |
| Jakob Schipper - English language - 1888 - 630 pages
...love nor pity knete; And with what scorn you use to vex Poor hearts that humbly sue; Yet I believ'd, to crown our pain, Could we the fortress win, The happy lover sure should gain A paradise within: I thought Love's plagues like dragons sate Only to fright us at the... | |
| George Saintsbury - English poetry - 1892 - 360 pages
...love nor pity knew, And with what scorn you use to vex Poor hearts that humbly sue ; Yet I believ'd to crown our pain, Could we the fortress win, The...fright us at the gate. But I did enter, and enjoy What happy lovers prove, For I could kiss, and sport, and toy, And taste those sweets of love, Which, had... | |
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