Come, my Celia, let us prove, While we can, the sports of love, Time will not be ours for ever, He, at length, our good will sever; Spend not then his gifts in vain; Suns, that set, may rise again ; . But if once we lose this light, 'Tis with us perpetual... Specimens of the Early English Poets: To which is Prefixed an Historical ... - Página 388por George Ellis - 1803 - 458 páginasVisualização integral - Acerca deste livro
| William Allan Neilson - 1911 - 916 páginas
...not then his gifts in vain : Buns that set may rise again ; 170 But if once we lose this light, *T is with us perpetual night. Why should we defer our joys?...and rumour are but toys. Cannot we delude the eyes ITS Of a few poor household spies ? Or his easier ears beguile, Thus removed by our wile ? 'T is no... | |
| Ben Jonson - 1912 - 594 páginas
...let us prove, While we can, the sports of love, Time will not be ours for ever, He, at length, our good will sever; Spend not then his gifts in vain...we lose this light, 'Tis with us perpetual night. Here is nothing similar to the concluding lines of tins beautiful little poem, which seem to bear an... | |
| Ben Jonson - 1913 - 206 páginas
...let us prove, While we may, the sports of love ; Time will not be ours for ever : He at length our good will sever. Spend not then his gifts in vain....but toys. Cannot we delude the eyes Of a few poor houshold spies ; Or his easier ears beguile, So removed by our wile ? "Tis no sin love's fruit to steal,... | |
| Thomas Humphry Ward - 1914 - 528 páginas
...let us prove, While we can, the sports of love. Time will not be ours for ever ; He, at length, our good will sever ; Spend not then his gifts in vain...and rumour are but toys. Cannot we delude the eyes Ol a few poor household spies ? Or his easier ears beguile, Thus removed by our wile? I Compare Catullus,... | |
| Robert Maynard Leonard - 1914 - 136 páginas
...will not be ours for ever, He, at length, our good will sever ; Spend not then his gifts in vain ; 5 Suns that set may rise again : But if once we lose...we defer our joys ? Fame and rumour are but toys. 10 Cannot we delude the eyes Of a few poor household spies ? Or his easier ears beguile, Thus removed... | |
| Edmund H. Fellowes - 1920 - 712 páginas
...our good will sever. Spend not then his gifts in vain ; Suns that set may rise again, But if we once lose this light, 'Tis with us perpetual night. Why...poor household spies ? Or his easier ears beguile Thus removed by our wile ? 'Tis no sin Love's fruits to steal ; But the sweet theft to reveal, To be... | |
| Edmund H. Fellowes - 1920 - 698 páginas
...Celia, let us prove, While we may, the sweets of Love. Time will not be ours for ever ; He at length our good will sever. Spend not then his gifts in vain ; Suns that set may rise again, But if we once lose this light, 'Tis with us perpetual night. Why should we defer our joys ? Fame and Rumour... | |
| 1922 - 292 páginas
...Celia, let us prove, While we may, the sports of love; Time will not be ours forever: He at length our good will sever. Spend not then his gifts in vain...perpetual night. Why should we defer our joys? Fame and rumeur are but toys. Cannot we delude the eyes Of a few poor household spies? Or his easier ears beguile... | |
| William Thomas Young - 1923 - 328 páginas
...let us prove, While we may, the sports of love ; Time will not be ours for ever : He at length our good will sever. Spend not then his gifts in vain....poor household spies ? Or his easier ears beguile, Thus removed by our wile ? 'Tis no sin love's fruits to steal, But the sweet thefts to reveal : To... | |
| Karl Pomeroy Harrington - 1923 - 270 páginas
...the sports of love; Time "will not be ours forever, He at length our good will sever; Spend not thou his gifts in vain. Suns that set may rise again; But...perpetual night. Why should we defer our joys? Fame and rumor are but toys." And in another song, The Forest, we are again reminded of Catullus: " Kiss, and... | |
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