 ON A GIRDLE THAT which her slender waist confined Shall now my joyful temples bind: No monarch but would give his crown His arms might do what this has done. It was my Heaven's extremest sphere, The pale which held that lovely deer: My joy, my grief,...  The Works of the English Poets: Waller - Page 87by Samuel Johnson - 1779Full view - About this book
 | John Mapletoft - 1707 - 308 pages
...calls her a Wh«re, and fhe can't fay he lies. VIII. The Girdle. THAT which her flender Waift confin'd, Shall now my joyful Temples bind ; No Monarch but...Crown, His Arms might do what this has done., It was my HeavVs extremeft Sphere, The Pale which held my lovely Deer ; My Joy, my Grief, my Hope, my Love, Did... | |
 | Edward Bysshe - 1710 - 620 pages
...burnt and purg'd away. Shak. Html. GIRDLE. That which her {lender Wafte confin'd, Shall now my )oyful Temples bind. No Monarch but would give his Crown, His Arms might do as this has done. My Joy, my Grief, my Hope, my Love, Did all within this Circle move. A narrow Compafs!... | |
 | Edmund Waller - 1722 - 364 pages
...a GIRDLE. which her {lender Wafte confin'd, Shall now my joyful Temples bindi No Monarch but weu'd give his Crown, His Arms might do what this has done. It was my Heav'ns extreameft Sphere, The Pale which held that Lovely Deer; My Joy, my Grie£ my Hope, my Love,... | |
 | Edmund Waller - 1744 - 496 pages
...new-fall'n fnow. 70 POEMS upon fever al Occafions. On a GIRDLE. THAT, which her flender waifl confin'd,' Shall now my joyful temples bind: No monarch but would...crown, His arms might do what this has done. It was my heav'ns extremeft fphere, The pale which held that lovely deer : My joy, my grief, my hope, my love,... | |
 | Eliza Fowler Haywood - 1751 - 308 pages
...lines of mr. Waller's : " That which her flender waift confin'd " Shall now my joyful temples bind j " No monarch but would give his " crown, " His arms might do what this has " done." " O fie upon it," faid mifs Betfy, laughing, and fnatching it from his head, " this poetry is ftale,... | |
 | Edward Bysshe - 1762 - 338 pages
...Days of Nature, Arc burnt and purg'd away. Sbak. Ham, GIRDLE. That which her ilender Wafle confin'd, Shall now my joyful Temples bind, No Monarch but would give his Crown, His Arms might do as this has done. My Joy, my Grief, my Hope, my Love, Did all within this Circle move. A narrow Compafs... | |
 | Richard Graves - 1766 - 236 pages
...fill'd his arms with bays. On a Lady's Girdle : By the fame. THAT which her flender waift confin'd Shall now my joyful temples bind ; No monarch but...crown, His arms might do what this has done. It was my heav'n's extremeft fpbare, The pale which held that lovely deer ; My joy, my grief, my hope, my love,... | |
 | Edmund Waller - 1768 - 366 pages
...throw A dart as white, a ball of new-fall'n fnow. On a GIRDLE. THAT which her flender waift confin'd, Shall now my joyful temples bind : No monarch but would give his crown, His arn:s might do what this has done. It was my heav'ns extremeft fphere, The pale which held that lovely... | |
 | Edmund Waller, Percival Stockdale - 1772 - 330 pages
...throw A dart as white, a ball of new-fall'n fnow. On'a GIRDLE. THAT which her flender waift confin'd, Shall now my joyful temples bind : No monarch but...crown, His arms might do what this has done. It was my heav'ns extremeft fphere, The pale which held that lovely deer : My joy, my grief, my hope, my love,... | |
 | 1783 - 366 pages
...fcorn the bleffing. SONG XVI. THE GIRDLE. BY EDMUND WALLER ESQ^ THAT which her flender waift confin'd, Shall now my joyful temples bind : No monarch but...crown His arms might do what this has done. It was my heavens extremeft fphere, The pale which held that lovely deer : My joy, my grief, my hope, my love,... | |
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