 | 1907 - 584 pages
...sorrowing motherhood ; and both are equally impressive, equally individual. No one would mistake Greene's ' Weep not, my wanton, smile upon my knee ; When thou art old there's grief enough for thee. Mother's wag, pretty boy. Father's sorrow, father's joy . . . The wanton... | |
 | Excerpta Tudoriana - English poetry - 1814 - 350 pages
...woe, Fortune's change made him so : When he had left his pretty boy, Last his sorrow, first his joy. Weep not my wanton, smile upon my knee ; When thou art old, there's grief enough for thee ! Streaming tears that never stint, Like pearl drops from a flint, Fell... | |
 | English poetry - 1814 - 280 pages
...mother, baby bliss : For he left his pretty boy, Father's sorrow, father's joy. Ic.Tccrptn SFulloriana 41 Weep not my wanton, smile upon my knee; When thou art old, there's grief enough for thee ! A PLEASANT ECLOGUE BETtfEEN MONTANUS AND CORIDON. From "Z>r. Lcd£e's... | |
 | Archaica - 1815 - 520 pages
...trimming up her baby, and at last to lull him asleep, she warbled out of her woeful breast this ditty. SEPHESTIA'S SONG TO HER CHILD. Weep not, my wanton, smile upon my knee : When thou art old, there's grief enough for thee. Mother's wag, pretty boy, Father's sorrow, father's joy! When thy father... | |
 | Sir Egerton Brydges - English prose literature - 1815 - 508 pages
...kiss Child and mother, baby bliss : For he left his pretty boy, *. • Father's sorrow, father's joy. Weep not, my wanton, smile upon my knee : When thou art old, there's grief enough for thee. With this lullaby the baby fell asleep, and SEPIIESTTA laying it upon... | |
 | Ancient ballads - 1827 - 270 pages
...must kiss Child and mother, baby bless; For he left his pretty boy, Father's sorrow, father's joy. Weep not my wanton, smile upon my knee; When thou art old, there's grief enough for thee. The above beautiful stanzas are from the Arcadia of ROBERT GREEN. Lond.... | |
 | Thomas Lyle - Ballads, English - 1827 - 272 pages
...must kiss Child and mother, baby bless; For he left his pretty boy, Father's sorrow, father's joy. Weep not my wanton, smile upon my knee; When thou art old, there's grief enough for thee. The above beautiful stanzas are from the Arcadia of ROBERT GREEN. Lond.... | |
 | Robert Greene, Alexander Dyce - 1831 - 340 pages
...repentance grows. Then love who list, if beauty be so sour ; Labour for me, Love rest in prince's bower. SEPHESTIA'S SONG TO HER CHILD. WEEP not, my wanton, smile upon my knee, When thou art old there's grief enough for thee. Mother's wag, pretty boy, Father's sorrow, father's joy ; When thy father... | |
 | Robert Greene, Alexander Dyce - 1831 - 340 pages
...repentance grows. Then love who list, if beauty be so sour ; Labour for me, Love rest in prince's bower. SEPHESTIA'S SONG TO HER CHILD. WEEP not, my wanton, smile upon my knee, When thou art old there's grief enough for thee. Mother's wag, pretty boy, Father's sorrow, father's joy ; When thy father... | |
 | Robert Greene, Alexander Dyce - 1831 - 338 pages
...I was woe, Fortune changed made him so, When he left his pretty boy Last his sorrow, first his joy. Weep not, my wanton, smile upon my knee, When thou art old there's grief enough for thee. Streaming tears that never stint, Like pearl drops from a flint, Fell... | |
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Weep not, my wanton, smile upon my knee ; When thou art old there's grief enough for thee. 
