 I how great she be? Great, or good, or kind, or fair, I will ne'er the more despair! If she love me, this believe, I will die ere she shall grieve! If she slight me, when I woo, I can scorn, and let her go! For if she be not for me, What care I for whom...  Specimens of the Early English Poets: To which is Prefixed, an Historical ... - Page 84by George Ellis - 1811Full view - About this book
 | Elizabeth Caroline Grey - 1852 - 926 pages
...— no, Miss Mary, that is not our way, however it may be with you ladies in cases of the kind. " ' Great or good, or kind, or fair, I will ne'er the more despair ; If she love me, this believe, I will die e'er she shall grieve, ' " Be she with that goodness blest. Which may merit name of best.... | |
 | Thomas Campbell - English poetry - 1853 - 838 pages
...with them they would do, That without them dare to woo ; And, unless that mind I see, What care I how great she be ? Great or good, or kind or fair, I will...ne'er the more despair: If she love me, this believe — I will die ere she shall grieve. If she slight me when I woo, I can scorn and let her go : If she... | |
 | Frederic Swartwout Cozzens - American literature - 1854 - 268 pages
...how good she be ? " The bouquet in Fanny's hand trembled as if a little wind stirred the flowers. " Great, or good, or kind, or fair, I will ne'er the more despair ; If she love me, this believe I will die ere she shall grieve. If she slight me when I woo, I will scorn and let her go ; If she... | |
 | Authors, English - 1855 - 834 pages
...me, What rare I how good she be? 'Cause her fortune seems too high, Shall I play the fool and die Î Those that bear a noble mind, Where they want of riches...to woo ; And, unless that mind I see, What care I how great she be 1 Great or good, or kind or fair, I will ne'er the more despair : If she love me,... | |
 | William Maginn - 1855 - 408 pages
...a noble mind, Exiguse qu an do comperiuntur opes, Quid cum divitiis facerent reputare sa laces When they want of riches find, Think what with them they would do, Magnnsit, aul bona, sit mnnsuetaautdenique Great, or good, or kind, or fair, pulchra, I will ne'er... | |
 | Idler - English literature - 1856 - 386 pages
...who is treated with indifference by a mercenary mistress — „ " 'Cause her fortune seems too high, Shall I play the fool and die ? Those that bear a...of riches find, Think what with them they would do, Who without them dare to woo," &c. &c. And I decided that Maida was beneath my notice, and deserved... | |
 | Charles Mackay - 1857 - 334 pages
...of best, If she be not such to me, What care I how good she be ? 'Cause her fortune seems too high, Shall I play the fool and die ? Those that bear a...dare to woo ; And unless that mind I see, What care I how great she be ? Great, or good, or kind, or fair, I will ne'er the more despair ; If she love me,... | |
 | Aubrey Thomas De Vere - 1858 - 298 pages
...Be she meeker, kinder than The turtle-dove or pelican ; If she be not so to me, What care I how kind she be ? Great or good, or kind or fair, I will ne'er the more despair : If she love me, this believe — I will die ere she shall grieve. If she slight me when I woo, I can scorn and let her go : If she... | |
 | Joseph Edwards Carpenter - Songs, English - 1858 - 322 pages
...day, Or the flowery meads of May, If she be not kind to me, What care I how fair she be ? Be she meek, or kind, or fair, I will ne'er the more despair; If she love me, this believe, I will die ere she shall grieve. If she slight me whin I woo, I will scorn and let her go ; If she... | |
 | William Allingham - English poetry - 1860 - 316 pages
...name of Best, If she be not such to me What care I how good she be ? 'Cause her/ortane seems too high Shall I play the fool and die ? Those that bear a...dare to woo ; And unless that mind I see What care I how great she be. Great, or good, or kind, or fair, I will ne'er the more despair : If she love me,... | |
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