 | George Augustus Sala, Edmund Yates - English periodicals - 1864 - 608 pages
...could hardly discern ; Sei sweetly she bade me adieu, I thought that she bade me return. ,*****•* I have found out a gift for my fair, I have found...breed ; But let me that plunder forbear, She will say 'twas a barbarous deed. For he ne'er could be true, she averred, Who could rob a poor bird of her young;... | |
 | Collection - English poetry - 1755 - 378 pages
...bird {hall harmonioufly join In a concert fo foft and fo clear, As (he may not be fond to refign. V. 1 have found out a gift for my fair; I have found where...breed : But let me that plunder forbear, She will fay 'twas a barbarous deed. For he ne'er could be true, (he aver'd, Who could rob a poor bird of its... | |
 | Robert Dodsley - English poetry - 1758 - 384 pages
...bird mall harmonioufly join In a concert fo foft and fo clear, As me may not be fond to refign. V. 1 have found out a gift for my fair; I have found where...breed ; But let me that plunder forbear, She will fay 'twas a barbarous deed. For he ne'er could be true, fhe aver'd, Who could rob a poor bird of its... | |
 | English poetry - 1765 - 414 pages
...fhall harmonioufly join In a concert fo foft and fo clear, As — {he may not be fond to refign. V. I have found out a gift for my fair} I have found...wood-pigeons breed: But let me that plunder forbear, She will fay 'twas a barbarous deed. For he ne'er could be true, fhe aver'd, Who could rob a poor bird of its... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - English essays - 1767 - 286 pages
...bird fhall harmonioufly join In a concert fo foft and fo clear, As fhe may not be fond to refign. V. 1 have found out a gift for my fair; I have found where...breed : But let me that plunder forbear, She will fay 'twas a barbarous deed. For he ne'er could be true, me averr'd, Who could rob a poor bird of its... | |
 | English literature - 1773 - 394 pages
...bird fliall harmonioufly join. In a concert fo foft and fo clear, As ftie may not be fond to refign. I have found out a gift for my fair; i have found...breed :' But let me that plunder forbear, She will fay 'twas a barbarous deed. For he ne'er could be true, fhe aver'd, Who could rob a poor bird of its... | |
 | John Aikin - Ballads, English - 1774 - 328 pages
...Each bird mall harmoniouflyjoin In a concert fo foft and fo clear, As me may not be fond to refign. I have found out a gift for my fair ; I have found...wood-pigeons breed: But let me that plunder forbear, She will fay 'twas a barbarous deed: For he ne'er could be true, me aver'd, Who could rob a poor bird of its... | |
 | John Aikin - Ballads, English - 1774 - 316 pages
...Each bird mall harmoniouflyjoin In a concert fo foft and fo clear, As me may not be fond to refign. I have found out a gift for my fair ; I have found...wood-pigeons breed: But let me that plunder forbear, She will fay 'twas a barbarous deed: For he ne'er could be true, (he aver'd, Who could rob a poor bird of its... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1779 - 362 pages
...Each bird mail harmoniouny join In a concert fo foft and fo clear, As—me may not be fond to refign. I have found out a gift for my fair ; I have found...wood-pigeons breed: But let me that plunder forbear, She will fay 'twas a barbarous deed. For For he ne'er could be true, fhe aver'd, Who could rob a poor bird of... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1779 - 350 pages
...bird (hall harmonioufly join In a concert fo foft and fo clear. As—(he may not be fond to refign. 1 have found out a gift for my fair ; I have found where...wood-pigeons breed: But let me that plunder forbear, She will fay 'twas a barbarous deed. For , For he ne'er could be true, (he aver'd, Who could rob a poor bird... | |
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TENDERNESS OF MIND. 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 can be true, she 
