 Go boldly forth, my simple lay ; Whose accents flow with artless ease, Like orient pearls at random strung : Thy notes are sweet the damsels say ; But, oh ! far sweeter, if they please The nymph for whom these notes are sung.  The Pleasures of Love: Being Amatory Poems - Page 18by G. W. Fitzwilliam - 1806 - 188 pagesFull view - About this book
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...the frowns of age. What cruel answer have 1 heard! And yet, by heaven, I .love thee still: 'Can aught be cruel from thy lip? Yet say, how fell that bitter...forth, my simple lay, Whose accents flow with artless easei Like orient peals at random strung; Thy notes are sweet, the damsels say, But, oh, far sweeter,... | |
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...Potipbar'a wife. : Joseph. What cruel answer have I heard! And yet, by heaven, I love thee still: Can aught be cruel from thy lip? Yet say, how fell that bitter...nought but drops of honey sip? Go boldly forth, my simple"lay, Whose accents flow with artless ease, Like orierk peals at random strung; Thy notes are... | |
 | Charles Brockden Brown - 1805 - 500 pages
...the frowns of age. What cmel answer have I heard ! And yet, by heaven, I love thee still: Can aught be cruel from thy lip ? Yet say, how fell that bitter...word From lips which streams of sweetness fill, Which naught but drops of honey sip Ï Go boldly forth, my simple lay, Whose accents flow with artless ease,... | |
 | British poets - 1809 - 526 pages
...cruel answer have I heard ! And yet, by heaven, I love thee still : Can anght be cruel from thy lip i Yet say, how fell that bitter word From lips which...sweetness fill. Which nought but drops of honey sip i Go boldly forth, my simple lay, Whose accents flow with artless ease, Like orient pearls at random... | |
 | John Aikin, Robert Harding Evans - 1810 - 508 pages
...the frowns of age. What cruel answer have I heard, And yet, by heaven, I love thee still : Can aught be cruel from thy lip ? Yet say, how fell that bitter word From lips which streams of sweetness fillj Which nought but drops of honey sip ? Go boldly forth, my simple lay, Whose accents flow with... | |
 | Elegant extracts - 1816 - 490 pages
...the frowns of age. What cruel answer have I heard ! And yet, by heaven, I love thee still : Can aught be cruel from thy lip ? Yet say, how fell that bitter word From lips which streams of sweetness fifl, Which nought but drops of honey sip? Go boldly forth, my simple lay, Whose accents flow with... | |
 | 1817 - 422 pages
...the frowns of age. What cruel answer have I heard ! And yet by heav'n, Ï love thee still : Can aught be cruel from thy lip ? Yet say, how fell that bitter...of sweetness fill, Which nought but drops of honey f ip i Co boldly forth, my simple lay. Whose accents flow with artless ease, Like orient pearls at... | |
 | 1831 - 602 pages
...W. Jones, and is considered to be strictly that rara avie in literature — an original idea : — " Go boldly forth, my simple lay, Whose accents flow with artless ease, Like orient pearls at random tlrung ; Thy notes are sweet, the damsel» eay, But oh ! far sweeter if they please The nymph for whom... | |
 | William Jones - 1818 - 312 pages
...hitter word From lips which streams of sweetness fill, Which nonght hat drops of honey sip ? Go holdly forth, my simple lay, Whose accents flow with artless ease, Like orient pearls at random strnng : Thy notes are sweet, the damsels say ; Bnt O ! far sweeter, if they please, The nymph for... | |
 | 1822 - 418 pages
...the frowns of age. What cruel answer have I heard ! And yet, by Heaven, I love thee still : Can aught be cruel from thy lip ? Yet say, how fell that bitter...sip ? Go boldly forth, my simple lay, Whose accents How with artless ease, Like Orient pearls at random strung : Thy notes are sweet, the damsels say ;... | |
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