 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
 | English poetry - 1908 - 464 pages
...CXLI THE GIRL DESCRIBES HER FAWN 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 theyIt had so sweet a breath! and oft I blush'd to see its foot more soft And white, — shall I say,... | |
 | Francis Turner Palgrave - English poetry - 1908 - 476 pages
...again. THE GIRL DESCRIBES HER FAWX 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 theyIt had so sweet a breath! and oft I blush'd to see its foot more soft And white, — shall I say,... | |
 | William Stanley Braithwaite - English poetry - 1909 - 892 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 far more better then The love of false and cruel men. With sweetest milk and sugar first I it at my own fingers nursed;... | |
 | Francis Turner Palgrave - English poetry - 1912 - 508 pages
...CXLI THE GIRL DESCRIBES HER FAWN 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 — 20 It had so sweet a breath ! and oft I blush'd to see its foot more soft And white, — shall... | |
 | American poetry - 1918 - 2030 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...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!... | |
 | George Moore - English poetry - 1924 - 152 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 far more better then The love of false and cruel men. With sweetest milk and sugar first I it at my own fingers nursed;... | |
 | England - 1924 - 900 pages
...been a rule of the Order) who fed the finny tribes in the monastery stews t A pleasing thought — " With sweetest milk and sugar, first I it at mine own Fingers nurst : And as it grew, so every day It waxed more white and sweet than they." Alas ! before I left... | |
 | George Moore - English poetry - 1924 - 206 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 far more better then The love of false and cruel men. With sweetest milk and sugar first I it at my own fingers nursed;... | |
 | Andrew Marvell - Authors, English - 1927 - 372 pages
...Could in so short a time espie, Thy Love was far more better then 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 day It wax'd more white and sweet than they. It had so sweet a Breath... | |
 | American poetry - 1923 - 748 pages
...bless Itself in me; how could I less Than love it? O, I cannot be Unkind to a beast that loveth me ... With sweetest Milk, and Sugar, first I it at mine own Fingers nurst; 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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