 | Ballads, English - 1729 - 284 pages
...oceans reach our diftant fhore. I . To hisforfaken Miftrefs. • x. • D o confers thou'rt imooth and fair, And I might have gone near to love thee, Had I not found, the flighteft prayer,' ', • ' That lips cou'd fjfeak, had power to iv ove thep) r But I can let thee... | |
 | George Ellis - English poetry - 1790 - 346 pages
...But that I found the flighteft ptay'r That breath could move, had power to move thee; But I can leave thee now alone As worthy to be lov'd by none. I do confefs thou'rt fweet, but find Thee fuch an unthrift of thy fweets, Thy favours are but like the wind... | |
 | Edmund Burke - History - 1792 - 694 pages
...But that I found the flighted pray'r That breath could move, had power to move thee ; But I can leave thee now alone As worthy to be lov'd by none. I do confefs thoü'rt fweet, but find Thee fuch an unthrift of thy fweets, Thy favours are but like the... | |
 | English poets - 1801 - 488 pages
...sentiment, I have no difficulty in referring this poem to the reign of Charles I.] I DO confess thou 'rt smooth and fair, / And I might have gone near to love...alone As worthy to be lov'd by none. I do confess thou 'rt sweet, yet find Thee such an unthrift of thy sweets, Thy favours are but like the wind That... | |
 | English poets - 1801 - 454 pages
...of style and sentiment, I have no difficulty in referring this poem • to the reign of Charles I.] I DO confess thou'rt smooth and fair, And I might...power to move thee ; But I can let thee now alone I do confess thou 'rt sweet, yet find Thee such an unthrift of thy sweets, Thy favours are but like... | |
 | History - 1802 - 650 pages
...that I found the flighted pray'r That breath could move, had power to move- thee j Bat I can leave thee now alone As worthy to be lov'd by none. I do confefs thou'rt fwcet, but find Thee fuch an unthrift of thy fwcets. Thy favours are but like the wind... | |
 | George Ellis - English poetry - 1803 - 474 pages
...evidence of style and sentiment, I have no difficulty in referring this poem to the reign of Charles I.] I DO confess thou'rt smooth and fair, And I might...lov'd by none. I do confess thou'rt sweet, yet find Thee such an unthrift of thy sweets, Thy favours are but like the wind That kisseth every thing it... | |
 | George Ellis - English poetry - 1803 - 476 pages
...difficulty in referring this poem to the reign of Charles I.] JL DO confess thou'rt smooth and fair, i And I might have gone near to love thee ; Had I not...lov'd by none. I do confess thou'rt sweet, yet find Thee such an unthrift of thy sweets, Thy favours are but like the wind That kisseth every thing it... | |
 | G. W. Fitzwilliam - English poetry - 1806 - 216 pages
...no boot — And found, that he could see to hit, That could not see to shoot. INCONSTANCY KEPllOVED. I DO confess thou'rt smooth and fair, And I might...thee ; But I can let thee now alone As worthy to be loved by none. I do confess thou'rt sweet, yet find Thee such an unthrift of thy sweets, Thy favours... | |
 | Robert Burns - Dialect literature, Scottish - 1808 - 496 pages
...ony common weed and vile.* The * The following are the old words of this song : I do confess thou 'rt smooth and fair, And I might have gone near to love...lov'd by none. I do confess thou'rt sweet, yet find Thee such an unthrift of thy sweets, Thy favours are but like the wind That kisseth erery thing it... | |
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T do confess thou'rt smooth and fair, And I might have gone near to love thee. Had I not found the slightest prayer That lips could speak, had power to move thee; But I can let thee now alone, As worthy to be loved by none. 
