 | Leonard R. N. Ashley - England - 1988 - 330 pages
...From Jonson's The Poetaster, acted 1601: If I freely may discover What would please me in my lover, I would have her fair and witty, Savouring more of court...and humorous in her toying; Oft building hopes, and soon destroying; Long, but sweet in the enjoying; Neither too easy nor too hard: All extremes I would... | |
 | Ben Jonson - English drama - 2000 - 582 pages
...(sings)] If I freely may discover What would please me in my lover, I would have her fair and witty, ' 5° Savouring more of court than city; A little proud,...and humorous in her toying; Oft building hopes, and soon destroying; Long, but sweet in the enjoying; 155 Neither too easy, nor too hard: All extremes... | |
 | Universities and colleges - 1904 - 598 pages
...characterize the Elizabethan lyric itself : — "If I freely may discover What would please me in my lover, I would have her fair and witty, Savouring more of court...and humorous in her toying ; Oft building hopes, and soon destroying. Neither too easy nor too hard : All extremes I would have barred." Very different... | |
 | Cassell, ltd - 1883 - 482 pages
...other. CKISPIN-LS singa.1 If I freely may discover What would please me in my lover, I would have lier fair and witty, Savouring more of court than city...and humorous in her toying, Oft building hopes, and soon destroying, Ijong, but sweet in the enjoying ; Neither too easy, nor too hard : All extremes I... | |
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IF I freely may discover What would please me in my lover, I would have her fair and witty, Savouring more of court than city ; A little proud, but full of pity ; Light and humorous in her toying ; Oft... 
