| Carl R. Woodring, James Shapiro - Literary Criticism - 1995 - 936 pages
...or to be lov'd, She, while her Lover pants upon her breast, Can mark the figures on an Indian chest; And when she sees her friend in deep despair, Observes how much a chintz exceeds mohair. 170 Forbid it, Heav'n! a favour or a debt She e'er should cancel! — but she may forget. Safe is your... | |
| Alexander Pope - Poetry - 1998 - 260 pages
...or to be loved. She, while her lover pants upon her breast, Can mark the figures on an Indian chest; And when she sees her friend in deep despair, Observes how much a chintz exceeds mohair. 170 Forbid it heaven, a favour or a debt She e'er should cancel—but she may forget. Safe is your... | |
| Theocritus Junior - 2003 - 281 pages
...to be lov'd. She, while her lover pants upon her breast, Can mark the figures on an Indian chest ; And when she sees her friend in deep despair, Observes how much a chintz exceeds mohair. Forbid it heaven, a favor or a debt She e'er should cancel—but she may forget. Safe is your secret... | |
| W. H. Auden - Poetry - 2004 - 604 pages
...or to be loved. She, while her lover pants upon her breast, Can mark the figures on an Indian chest; And when she sees her friend in deep despair, Observes how much a chintz exceeds mohair. Forbid it Heaven, a favour or a debt She e'er should cancel — but she may forget. Safe is your secret... | |
| Alexander Pope - 1926 - 312 pages
...or to be lov'd. She, while her Lover pants upon her breast, Can mark the figures on an Indian chest; And when she sees her Friend in deep despair, Observes how much a Chintz exceeds Mohair ! 170 Forbid it Heav'n, a Favour or a Debt She e'er should cancel — but she may forget. Safe is your... | |
| Australia. Parliament - Australia - 1908 - 1426 pages
...of the use of mohair in a couplet by Pope, in the early part of the eighteenth century — And \vhcn she sees her friend in deep despair, Observes how much a chintz exceeds mohair. 3372 Bounties Bill. 3373 The Turkish Government attached so much value to the Angora goat that they... | |
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