 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
 | George Gilfillan - 1881 - 744 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... | |
 | Mary Russell Mitford - American literature - 1883 - 544 pages
...done so As Silvio did; his gifts might be Perhaps aa 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 nurst ; And, as it grew, so every day It waxed more sweet and white than thev : It had... | |
 | David Charles Bell - 1885 - 344 pages
...register of every thing ; and nothing may we nse in vain : — Kv'n beasts must be with justice slain. With sweetest milk and sugar first, I it at mine own fingers nursed ; and as it grew, so eveiy day it waxed more white and sweet than they. It had so sweet a breath... | |
 | Charles Anderson Dana - American poetry - 1890 - 976 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...and cruel man. With sweetest milk, and sugar, first 1 it at mine own fingers nursed ; And as it grew, so every day It waxed more white and sweet than they.... | |
 | Francis Turner Palgrave - 1896 - 334 pages
...left his fawn, but took his heart," her joy in the society of her pet, and her conviction that its love was " far more better than the love of false and cruel man." Then follows the description here given, on which Palgrave says: '' Perhaps no poem in this collection... | |
 | Edward Arber - English poetry - 1899 - 336 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 far more better than The love of false and cruel men! With sweetest milk and sugar, first I, it at mine own fingers nurst; And, as it grew, so every... | |
 | Edward Arber - English poetry - 1899 - 338 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 far more better than The love of false and cruel men! With sweetest milk and sugar, first I, it at mine own fingers nurst; And, as it grew, so every... | |
 | Henry Troth Coates - American poetry - 1901 - 1080 pages
...Sylvio did — his gifts might be Perhaps as false, or more, than he. For I am sure, for aught that I 1 psy coat of red and yellow ! " Beside," quoth the...river's brink ; We saw with our eyes the vermin si nursed ; And as it grew, so every day It wax'd more white and sweet than they It had ao sweet a breath... | |
 | Alice Meynell - English poetry - 1904 - 388 pages
...might be Perhaps as false, or more, than he. But I am sure, for aught that I Could in so short a tune espy, Thy love was far more better than The love of...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 theyIt had... | |
 | John Henry Fowler - English poetry - 1904 - 516 pages
...left his fawn, but took his heart," her joy in the society of her pet, and her conviction that its love was " far more better than the love of false and cruel man." Then follows the description here given, on which Palgrave says : " Perhaps no poem in this collection... | |
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