| William Oldys - 1740 - 326 páginas
...Humility with abltinence combin'd, Are here the guardians of a grieved mind. Hoffman's Traetifyi ABSENCE. Like as the culver on the bared bough, . Sits mourning for the abfence of her mate, And in her fongs fends many a wifhful vow, For his return, that feems to linger late : So I alone, now left difconfolate,... | |
| 1788 - 510 páginas
...with such brightness whilst I fill my mind, I starve my body, and mine eyes do blind. SONNET LXXXVIII. LIKE as the culver on the bared bough Sits mourning for the absence of her mate, And in her songs sends many a wishful vow For his return, that seems to linger... | |
| English poets - 1801 - 382 páginas
...storm-beaten heart likewise is cheer'd With that suu-shine, when cloudy looks are clear'd. SONNET. LIKE as the Culver, on the bared bough, * Sits mourning for the absence of her mate, And, in her songs, sends many a wishful vow For his return, that seems to linger... | |
| George Ellis - 1803 - 468 páginas
...storm-beaten heart likewise is cheered With that sun-shine, when cloudy looks are cleared. BONNET. LIKE as the culver, on the bared bough, Sits mourning for the absence of her mate, So I alone, now left disconsolate, Mourn to myself the absence of my love ; And,... | |
| Edmund Spenser - 1805 - 594 páginas
...brightnefle whyleft I fill my mind, I ftarve my body, and mine eyes doe blynd. SONNET LXXXVIII. LYKE as the culver, on the bared bough, Sits mourning for the abfence of her mate ; And, in her fongs, fends many a wifhful vow For his returne that feemes to linger late : LXXXVIII. 1. culver] Dow.... | |
| Thomas Campbell - 1819 - 420 páginas
...So sorrow still doth seem too long to last, But joyous hours do fly away too fast. SONNET LXXXVIIL LIKE as the culver, on the bared bough, Sits mourning for the absence of her mate, And in her songs sends many a wishful vow For his return that seems to linger... | |
| John Timbs - 1832 - 442 páginas
...of life.' — Blumenbach. The turtle-dove is also called the culver. Spenser, in a sonnet, has — Like as the culver on the bared bough, Sits mourning for the absence of her mute. The cooing of the turtle-dove of the United States sounds very melancholy , but... | |
| Alexander Dyce - 1833 - 240 páginas
...therefore, sweet love, whilst it is prime ; For none can call again the passed time. EDMUND SPENSER. LIKE as the culver, on the bared bough, Sits mourning for the absence of her mate, And in her songs sends many a wishful vow For his return, that seems to linger... | |
| A Montagu Woodford - 1841 - 320 páginas
...minute seem a mile : So sorrow still doth seem too long to last, But joyous hours do fly away too fast. LIKE as the culver on the bared bough Sits mourning for the absence of her mate, And in her mone sends many a wishful vow For his return, that seems to linger... | |
| Benjamin Hall Kennedy - 1856 - 384 páginas
...said, And tell CEnone ye have seen me pierc'd ; Tell her it is not help I now beseech, But pardon. 361. Like as the culver on the bared bough, Sits mourning for the absence of her mate, And in her songs sends many a wishful vow For his return that seems to linger... | |
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