 I'll not look for wine. The thirst that from the soul doth rise Doth ask a drink divine ; But might I of Jove's nectar sup, I would not change for thine. I sent thee late a rosy wreath, Not so much honouring thee...  The songs of England and Scotland - Page 30by England - 1835Full view - About this book
 | Poetry - 1872 - 184 pages
...late, a rosy wreath, Not so much honoring thee, As giving it a hope that there It could not withered be. But thou thereon did'st only breathe, And sent'st...grows, and smells, I swear, Not of itself, but thee. PniLosTKATVS. (Greek.) LIKE a poet in the splendor Of his genius, all complete, In your love, so true... | |
 | Mary Russell Mitford - Authors - 1872 - 582 pages
...for wine. I sent thee late a rosy wreath, Not so mnch honoring thee, As giving it a hope, that there But thou thereon didst only breathe And sent'st it...when it grows and smells, I swear, Not of itself, bnt thee. FIRST SPEECH IN " THE SAD SHEPHERD " EtUer (EGLAMONE. fEgla. Here she was wont to go! and... | |
 | Walter Fitzallen - 1872 - 422 pages
...giving it a hope that there it could not withered be. But thou thereon didst only breathe, and sent'st back to me; Since when it grows and smells, I swear, not of itself but thee." Such, gentle reader, is the song which, I am sure, will be no offence to those who know and appreciate... | |
 | Richard Machin, Christopher Norris - Literary Criticism - 1987 - 422 pages
...wreath, Not so much honoring thee, As giving it a hope that there It could not withered be. But them thereon didst only breathe, And sent'st it back to...grows and smells, I swear, Not of itself, but thee. The poem is utterly good-humored about its insistence upon the ungodly, sensual appeal of the lady:... | |
 | Poetry - 460 pages
...late a rosy wreath, Not so much honoring thce, As giving it a hope that there It could not withered be. But thou thereon didst only breathe, And sent'st...when it grows and smells, I swear, Not of itself, but thcc. TO HEAVEN Good and great God, can I not think of Thee, But it must straight my melancholy be?... | |
 | Arts - 1875 - 398 pages
...late a rosy wreath, Not so much honouring thee, As giving it a hope that there It could not withered be. But thou thereon didst only breathe And sent'st...grows, and smells, I swear Not of itself but thee ! " I suppose Lord Byron must have admired these lines. Or did he never read them ? I cannot tell.... | |
 | William Harmon - Literary Collections - 1998 - 386 pages
...late a rosy wreath, Not so much honoring thee As giving it a hope that there It could not withered be. But thou thereon didst only breathe, And sent'st...grows, and smells, I swear, Not of itself, but thee. COMPOSED AROUND 1615; PUBLISHED 1616. Three of Jonson's poems are called "To Celia." Two of them have... | |
 | Kenneth Koch - Language Arts & Disciplines - 1999 - 324 pages
...late a rosy wreath, Not so much honoring thee, As giving it a hope, that there It could not withered be. But thou thereon did'st only breathe, And sent'st...grows and smells, I swear, Not of itself, but thee. This song, like other Jonson poems, is witty and formally elegant. The complicated rhyme scheme (the... | |
 | Robert X. Leeds - American poetry - 1999 - 366 pages
...giving it a hope that there It could not withered be. But thou thereon didst only breathe, And sent' it back to me: Since when it grows, and smells, I swear. Not of itself, but thee. THE MEN THAT DOHT FIT Df Robert Service There's a race of men that don't fit in, A race that can't... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 2001 - 636 pages
...offensive, and wain-ropes cannot hale me to the belief that smell is Shakespeare's word. I do not forget ' Since when it grows and smells, I swear, Not of itself but thee,' and I also do not forget that the rosy wreath was perfumed because ' Thou thereon didst only breathe,'... | |
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