 | John Aikin - Ballads, English - 1810 - 330 pages
...Each bird shall harmoniously join In a concert so soft and so clear, As she may not be fond to resign. I have found out a gift for my fair; I have found where the wood-pigeons breed : But let me that plunder forbear, She will say 'twas a barbarous deed : For he... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 404 pages
...bade me return. In the second this passage has its prettiness, though it be not equal to the former : I have found out a gift for my fair; I have found where the wood-pigeons breed ; But let me that plunder forbear, She will say 'twas a barbarous deed : For he... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1810 - 556 pages
...return. In the second this passage has its prcttincss, though it be not equal to th* •former : 1 h**e found out a gift for my fair ; I have found where the wood-pigeons breed : But let me that plunder forbear, She will say 't was a barbarous deed : For he... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1811 - 366 pages
...me return. In the second this passage has its prettyness, though ,t be not equal to the former : 1 have found out a gift for my fair ; I have found where...breed ; But let me that plunder forbear, She will say 'twas a barbarous deed : For he ne'er could be true, she averr'd, Who could rob a poor bird of... | |
 | Lindley Murray - Readers - 1812 - 378 pages
...thou-thy gifts apply ; Unask'd, what good thou knowest grant;. What ill, though ask'd, deny. Compassion. I have found out a gift for my fair; I have found where the wood-pigeons breed : But let me that plunder forbear! She will say, 'tis a barbarous deed. For he ne'er... | |
 | Lindley Murray - Readers - 1813 - 276 pages
...thy gifts apply ; Uuask'd, what good thou knowest, grant, What ill, though ask'd, deny. Compassion. I have found out a gift for my fair; I have found...wood pigeons breed/ But let me that plunder forbear! And I In M her the more, when I heard Sueh tenderness fall from her tongue. Epitaph. Here rests his... | |
 | John Adams - Great Britain - 1813 - 324 pages
...the lilac to render it gay ! " Already it calls to my love, " To prune the wild branches away. «' I have found out a gift for my fair ; " I have found where the wood-pigeons breed ; " But let me that plunder forbear, She will say, 'twas a barbarous deed. " For... | |
 | Daniel Staniford - Elocution - 1814 - 254 pages
...And the rich (ball remember the poor. CHAPTER CXXII. TENDERNESS or MIND— On taiing of Mr ds nejli. I HAVE found out a gift for my fair ; I have found where the wood-pigeons breed • But let me that plunder forbear ! "J ' She will fay 'tis a barbarous deed. Tor... | |
 | English poetry - 1814 - 310 pages
...shall harmoniously join In a concert so soft and so clear, As — she may not be fond to resign. V. I have found out a gift for my fair ; I have found where the wood-pigeons breed ; But let me that plunder forbear, She will say 'twas a barbarous deed. For he ne'er... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1815 - 276 pages
...thy gifts apply ; Unask'd, what good thou knowest grant; What ill, though ask'd, deny. Compassidn. I have found out a gift for my fair; I have found...breed: But let me that plunder forbear ! She will say, 'tis a barbarous deed. For he'jie'er can be true, she aver*di Who can rob a poor bird of itsyoorig';... | |
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I have found out a gift for my fair; I have found where the wood-pigeons breed; But let me that plunder forbear, She will say 'twas a barbarous deed... 
