But Sylvio soon had me beguiled: This waxed tame, while he grew wild, And quite regardless of my smart, Left me his Fawn, but took his Heart. Thenceforth I set myself to play My solitary time away With this, and very well content Could so mine idle life... The Retrospective Review - Page 3351824Full view - About this book
| Alice Meynell - English poetry - 1904 - 388 pages
...while he grew wild, And quite regardless of my smart Left me his fawn, but took my heart. Thenceforth I set myself to play My solitary time away With this...foot and heart, and did invite Me to its game ; it seemed to bless Itself in me : how could I less Than love it ? O, I cannot be Unkind to a beast that... | |
| William Stanley Braithwaite - English poetry - 1909 - 892 pages
...he grew wild, And quite regardless of my smart, Left me his fawn, but took his heart. Thenceforth I set myself to play My solitary time away With this;...foot and heart, and did invite Me to its game: it seemed to bless Itself in me; how could I less Than love it ? O, I cannot be Unkind to a beast that... | |
| American poetry - 1918 - 2030 pages
...grew wild, And, quilc regardless of my smart, Left me his fawn, but took his heart. Thenceforth, I set myself to play My solitary time away With this;...very well content Could so mine idle life have spent; ^or it was full of sport, and light OX! f<x>t and heart, and did invit' Me to its game: it seemed to... | |
| Andrew Marvell - English poetry - 1923 - 168 pages
...wild, And quite regardless of my Smart, Left me his Faun, but took his Heart. Thenceforth I set my self to play My solitary time away, With this : and very...and did invite, Me to its game : it seem'd to bless Its self in me. How could I less Than love it ? OI cannot be Unkind, t' a BeasT: that loveth me. Had... | |
| George Moore - English poetry - 1924 - 152 pages
...he grew wild, And quite regardless of my smart, Left me his Fawn, but took his Heart. Thenceforth I set myself to play My solitary time away With this...foot and heart, and did invite Me to its game: it seemed to bless Itself in me. How could I less Than love it? Oh, I cannot be Unkind to a beast that... | |
| George Moore - English poetry - 1924 - 206 pages
...he grew wild, And quite regardless of my smart, Left me his Fawn, but took his Heart. Thenceforth I set myself to play My solitary time away With this,...foot and heart, and did invite Me to its game: it seemed to bless Itself in me. How could I less Than love it? Oh, I cannot be Unkind to a beaSt that... | |
| Andrew Marvell - Authors, English - 1927 - 372 pages
...my Smart, Left me his Faun, but took his Heart. Thenceforth I set my self to play My sol1tary t1me away, With this : and very well content, Could so mine idle Life have spent. .40 death of her raun 23 For it was full of sport ; and light Of foot, and heart ; and did invite,... | |
| American poetry - 1923 - 748 pages
...killed thee. Thou ne'er didst alive Them any Harm: alas! nor cou'd Thy Death yet do them any Good . . . For it was full of sport, and light Of foot and heart, and did invite Me to its game; it seemed to bless Itself in me; how could I less Than love it? O, I cannot be Unkind to a beast that... | |
| Jack Dalglish - English poetry - 1961 - 196 pages
...play My solitary time away With this: and very well content, Could so mine idle Life have spent 40 Of foot and heart; and did invite Me to its game: it seem'd to bless Its self in me. How could I less Than love it? OI cannot be 45 Unkind t' a Beast that loveth me. Had... | |
| Andrew Marvell - Early poetry - 1985 - 324 pages
...he grew wild, And quite regardless of my smart, Left me his fawn, but took his heart. Thenceforth I set myself to play My solitary time away With this : and very well content, 40 Could so mine idle life have spent For it was full of sport; and light Of foot, and heart; and did... | |
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