 I'll believe thee; Veil, if ill, thy soul's intent, Let me think it innocent! Save thy toiling, spare thy treasure; All I ask is friendship's pleasure; Let the shining ore lie darkling,— Bring no gem in lustre sparkling; Gifts and gold are naught to...  The Female Poets of America - Page 89by Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1849 - 400 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Charlotte Fiske Bates - American poetry - 1832 - 1022 pages
...hearken, Come, ere night around me darken; Though thy softness but deceive me, Say thon'rt true, and I'll believe thee; Veil, if ill, thy soul's intent, Let...lie darkling, — Bring no gem in lustre sparkling; (.iic, and gold are naught to me, I would only look on thee! Toll to thee the high-wrought feeling,... | |
 | Maria Gowen Brooks - American poetry - 1834 - 288 pages
...hearken, Come, ere night around me darken ; Though thy softness but deceive me, Say thou'rt true and I'll believe thee; Veil, if ill, thy soul's intent, Let...Bring no gem in lustre sparkling ; Gifts and gold are nought to me ; I would only look on thee ! Tell to thee the high- wrought feeling, Ecstacy but in revealing... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - American poetry - 1842 - 638 pages
...woo, The pleasured bard pours forth another song, And finds in thee, like love, a theme forever new. Save thy toiling, spare thy treasure: All I ask is...Bring no gem in lustre sparkling : Gifts and gold are nought to me, I would only look on thee ! Thy dark-eyed daughters come in beauty forth, In thy near... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - American poetry - 1842 - 216 pages
...softness but.deceive me, Say thou 'rt true, and I '11 believe thee ; Veil, if ill, thy soul's intent 1 Let me think it innocent! Save thy toiling, spare...pleasure : Let the shining ore lie darkling, • Bring TTo' gem in lustre sparkling ; Gifts and gold are nought to me ; Tell to thee the high-wrought feeling,... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - American poetry - 1843 - 558 pages
...pleasure ; Let the shining ore lie darkling, Bring no gem in lustre sparkling: Gifts and gold are nought to me, I would only look on thee ! Tell to thee the high-wrought feeling, Eestasy but in revealing; i Paint to thee the deep sensation, Rapture in participation,... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - American poetry - 1845 - 538 pages
...Coms, ere night around me darken ; Though thy softness but deceive me, Say thou 'rt true, and I '11 believe thee ; Veil, if ill, thy soul's intent, Let...Bring no gem in lustre sparkling: Gifts and gold are nought to me, I would only look on thee ! Tell to thee the high-wrought feeling, Eestasy but in revealing;... | |
 | Caroline May - American poetry - 1848 - 556 pages
...my distress: I am sick of loneliness. Though thy softness but deceive me, Say thou'rt true, and I'll believe thee; Veil, if ill, thy soul's intent, Let...Bring no gem in lustre sparkling; Gifts and gold are nought to me; I would only look on thee! Tell to thee the high-wrought feeling, Ecstasy but in revealing;... | |
 | Sarah Josepha Buell Hale - Women - 1853 - 946 pages
...softness but deceive mo, Say thou 'rt true, and I'll believe thee; Veil, if ill, thy soul's intentLet me think it innocent! Save thy toiling, spare thy...naught to me , I would only look on thee ! Tell to ihee the high-wrought feeling, Ecstasy but in revealing; Paint to thee the deep sensation, Rapture... | |
 | Ludwig Herrig - American literature - 1854 - 580 pages
...but deceive me, Say thou 'rt true, and I '11 believe thee; Veil, if ill, tliy soul's intent — Lct me think it innocent! Save thy toiling, spare thy...pleasure; Let the shining ore lie darkling, Bring no gern in lustre sparkling: Gifts and gold are naiight to me; I would only look on thce! Teil to thce... | |
 | Evert Augustus Duyckinck, George Long Duyckinck - American literature - 1856 - 808 pages
...hearken, Come, ere night around me darken ; Though thy softness but deceive me, Say thou'rt true and I'll believe thee; Veil, if ill, thy soul's intent, Let...Gifts and gold are naught to me ; I would only look ou thee! Tell to thee the high-wrought feeling, Ecstasy but in revealing; Paint to thee the deep sensation.... | |
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