 Unkind to a beast that loveth me! Had it lived long, I do not know Whether it, too, might have done so As Sylvio did; his gifts might be Perhaps as false, or more, than he. But I am sure, for aught that I Could in so short a time espy, Thy love was far...  The Retrospective Review - Page 3361824Full view - About this book
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - English literature - 1856 - 800 pages
...may we use in vain: E'en beasts must be with justice slam. • * * • • But I am sure, for aught that I Could in so short a time espy, Thy love was...cruel man. With sweetest milk and sugar first I it at my own fingers nursed; And as it grew, so every day It wax'd more white and sweet than they. It had... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - American literature - 1848 - 786 pages
...may we use in vain: E'en beasts must be with justice slain, 0 • * « • But I am sure, for aught that I Could in so short a time espy, Thy love was...cruel man. With sweetest milk and sugar first I it at my own fingers nursed ; And as it grew, so every day [t -wax'd more white and sweet than they It hiul... | |
 | Andrew Marvell - English poetry - 1857 - 420 pages
...BO As SYLVIO did ; his gifts might be Perhaps as false, or more, than he ; But I am sure, for aught that I Could in so short a time espy, Thy love was...cruel man. With sweetest milk and sugar first I it at my own fingers nursed; And as it grew, so every day It waxed more white and sweet than they. It Lad... | |
 | Thomas Ewing - Elocution - 1857 - 428 pages
...stain lu dyed in such a purple grain, There is not such another in The world to offer for their sin. With sweetest milk and sugar first, I it at mine own fingers nursed ; And as it grew, so every day It waxed more white and sweet than they. It had so sweet a breath... | |
 | Aubrey Thomas De Vere - 1858 - 298 pages
...so As Sylvio did ; his gifts might be Perhaps as false, or more, than he. But I am sure, for aught that I Could in so short a time espy. Thy love was...cruel man. With sweetest milk and sugar first I it at my own fingers nursed ; And as it grew, so every day It wax'd more white and sweet than they : It had... | |
 | George Gilfillan - English poetry - 1860 - 364 pages
...done so As Sylvio did; his gifts might be Perhaps as false, or more, than he. But I am sure, for aught that I Could in so short a time espy, Thy love was...cruel man. With sweetest milk and sugar first I it at my own fingers nursed; And as it grew, so every day It waxed more white and sweet than they: It had... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - English literature - 1860 - 778 pages
...: E'en beasts must be with justice slain. • • • • • But I am sure, for aught that I Cuuld in so short a time espy, Thy love was far more better...than The love of false and cruel man. With sweetest rnilk and sugar first I it at my own fingers nursed j And as it grew, so every day It wax'd more white... | |
 | John Williamson Palmer - Folk songs - 1861 - 540 pages
...As Sylvio did — his gifts might be \ Perhaps as false, or more, than he. For I am sure, for aught that I Could in so short a time espy, Thy love was...sweetest milk, and sugar, first I it at mine own fingers nursed ; And as it grew, so every day It waxed more white and sweet than they. It had so sweet a breath... | |
 | English poets - 1862 - 626 pages
...so As Sylvio did ; his gifts might be Perhaps as false, or more, than he. For I am sure, for aught that I Could in so short a time espy, Thy love was...sweetest milk and sugar first I it at mine own fingers nursed ; And as it grew so every day, It waxed more white and sweet than they. It had so sweet a breath... | |
 | Choice poems - 1862 - 368 pages
...sting. Andrew Marvell. Born 1620. Died 1678. FROM THE NYMPH'S COMPLAINT FOR THE DEATH OF HER FAWN. WITH sweetest milk and sugar, first I it at mine own fingers nursed ; And as it grew so every day It waxed more white and sweet than they, It had so sweet a breath... | |
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