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" I write of youth, of love, and have access By these to sing of cleanly wantonness; I sing of dews, of rains, and piece by piece Of balm, of oil, of spice and ambergris; I sing of times trans-shifting, and I write How roses first came red and lilies white;... "
A Bibliographical and Critical Account of the Rarest Books in the English ... - Page 369
by John Payne Collier - 1865
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The Works in Verse and Prose of Nicholas Breton: Verse

Nicholas Breton - 1879 - 434 pages
...Times trans-shifting ; and I write How Roses first came Red, and Lillies White. I write of Groues, of Twilights, and I sing The Court of Mab, and of...Fairie-King. I write of Hell ; I sing (and ever shall) Of Hcaucn, and hope to have it after all.' But his ' Hespcrides ' has no leering Satyr, no gorge-raising...
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Afternoons with the Poets

Charles Dunham Deshler - English poetry - 1879 - 334 pages
...spice, and ambergris. I sing of times trans-shifting ; and I write How roses first came red, and lilies white ; I write of groves, of twilights, and I sing The court of Mab, and of the fairy king. I write of Hell ; I sing, and ever shall, Of Heaven, and hope to have it after all.' Another...
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The Works in Verse and Prose of Nicholas Breton, Volume 1

Nicholas Breton - 1879 - 428 pages
...first came Ked, and Lillies While. I write of Gnúes, of Twilights, and I sing The Court of .\fai, and of the Fairie-King. I write of Hell ; I sing (and ever shall) Of Иелиеп, and hope to have it after all.' But his ' Hesperides ' has no leering Satyr, no gorge-raising...
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The English Poets: Selections, Volume 2

Thomas Humphry Ward - English poetry - 1880 - 524 pages
...spice, and ambergris. I sing of times trans-shifting ; and I write How roses first came red, and lilies white. I write of groves, of twilights, and I sing The court of Mab, and of the Fairy King. I write of Hell ; I sing, and ever shall Of Heaven, — and hope to have it after all....
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The English Poets, Volume 2

Thomas Humphry Ward - English poetry - 1880 - 524 pages
...spice, and ambergris. I sing of times trans-shifting ; and I write How roses first came red, and lilies white. I write of groves, of twilights, and I sing The court of Mab, and of the Fairy King. I write of Hell ; I sing, and ever shall Of Heaven, — and hope to have it after all....
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English sonnets by poets of the past, ed. by S. Waddington

Samuel Waddington - 1882 - 280 pages
...spice, and ambergris. I sing of times trans-shifting ; and I write How roses first came red and lilies white : I write of groves, of twilights, and I sing The court of Mab, and of the Fairy King : I write of Hell ; I sing, and ever shall , Of Heaven,— and hope to have it after all....
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The English Poets: Selections with Critical Introductions by ..., Volume 2

Matthew Arnold - English poetry - 1882 - 524 pages
...spice, and ambergris. I sing of times trans-shifting ; and I write How roses first came red, and lilies white. I write of groves, of twilights, and I sing The court of Mab, and of the Fairy King. I write of Hell ; I sing, and ever shall Of Heaven,— and hope to have it after all. WHEN...
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Chapters in the History of English Literature: From 1509 to the Close of the ...

Ellen Crofts - England - 1884 - 392 pages
...spice, and ambergris ; I sing of times trans-shifting, and I write How roses first came red and lilies white ; I write of groves, of Twilights, and I sing The court of Mab and of the Fairy king ; I write of Hell ; I sing, and ever shall, Of Heaven — and hope to have it after all....
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Hesperides: Or, Works Both Human an Divine of Robert Herrick

Robert Herrick - English poetry - 1885 - 330 pages
...spice, and ambergris ; I sing of times trans-shifting ; and I write How roses first came red, and lilies white ; I write of groves, of twilights, and I sing The court of Mab, and of the fairy King. I write of Hell ; I sing, and ever shall, Of Heaven, and hope to have it after all. To...
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Red-letter Poems by English Men and Women

English poetry - 1885 - 686 pages
...spice, and ambergris. I sing of times trans shifting; and I write How roses first came red, and lilies white. I write of groves, of twilights, and I sing The court of Mab, and of the Fairy King. I write of Hell; I sing, and ever shall Of Heaven, — and hope to have it aftet all. TO...
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