 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
 | Andrew Marvell - Early poetry - 1985 - 324 pages
...bless Itself in me. How could I less Than love it ? OI cannot be Unkind, t'a beast that loveth me. But I am sure, for ought that I Could in so short...was far more better than The love of false and cruel men. With sweetest milk, and sugar, first I it at mine own fingers nursed. And as it grew, so every... | |
 | R. Wilcher - Literary Criticism - 1985 - 214 pages
...it lived long, I do not know Whether it too might have done so As Sylvio did: his gifts might be 50 Perhaps as false or more than he. But I am sure, for...was far more better than The love of false and cruel men. The fawn was 'full of sport', like Sylvio, but the game it invited her to had none of the latent... | |
 | Edith P. Hazen - Literary Criticism - 1992 - 1172 pages
...Complaining for the Death of Her Fawn 28 With sweetest milk, and sugar, first I it as mine own fingers nurst. ] c . (1. 55-59) 29 But all its chief delight was still On Roses thus its self to fill: And its pure virgin... | |
 | Arthur F. Marotti - Literary Criticism - 1993 - 404 pages
...faun" (1.158) echoes the nymph's description of her pet faun, gift of her inconstant lover Sylvio: 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.26 The twisting pronoun... | |
 | Barbara L. Estrin - Literary Criticism - 1994 - 366 pages
...Her extension turns her into the fawn's wet-nurse and facilitates the adoption of the foundling plot: 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!... | |
 | Virginia Graham - Poetry - 1996 - 260 pages
...it lived long, I do not know Whether it too might have done so As Sylvio did: his gifts might be 50 Perhaps as false or more than he. But I am sure, for...was far more better than The love of false and cruel men. 55 With sweetest milk, and sugar, first I it at mine own fingers nursed. And as it grew, so every... | |
 | Richard Jacobs - Literary Criticism - 2001 - 504 pages
...it lived long, I do not know Whether it too might have done so As Sylvio did: his gifts might be 50 Perhaps as false or more than he. But I am sure, for...was far more better than The love of false and cruel men. With sweetest milk, and sugar, first I it at mine own fingers nursed. And as it grew, so every... | |
 | Andrew Marvell - Literary Collections - 2002 - 100 pages
...it lived long, I do not know Whether it too might have done so As Sylvio did: his gifts might be 50 Perhaps as false or more than he. But I am sure, for...short a time espy, Thy love was far more better than With sweetest milk, and sugar, first I it at mine own fingers nursed. And as it grew, so every day... | |
 | Thomas Chatterton, Grevel Lindop - 200 pages
...But I am sure, for ought that I Could in so short a time espy, Thy love was far more better than 31 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!... | |
 | Josiah Gilbert Holland - History - 1872 - 718 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... | |
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