 But though vers'd in th' extremes both of Pleasure and Pain, I am still but too ready to feel them again. If then for this once in my Life I am free, And escape from a Snare might catch wiser than me, Tis that Beauty alone but imperfectly charms, For...  The Universal Magazine - Page 3521805Full view - About this book
 | John Bell - English poetry - 1789 - 442 pages
...escape from a snare might catch wiser than me ; 'Tis that beauty alone but imperfectly charms, For tho' brightness may dazzle, 'tis kindness that warms :...with pleasure we gaze, But feel not their warmth, tho' their splendor we praise, So beauty, our just admiration may claim, But love, and love only, the... | |
 | John Bell - English poetry - 1789 - 428 pages
...escape from a snare might catch wiser than me ; 'Tis that beauty alone but imperfectly charms, For tho' brightness may dazzle, 'tis kindness that warms : As on suns in the winter with pleasure we gazgj But feel not their warmth, tho' their splendor we praise, So beauty, our just admiration may... | |
 | Amelia Alderson Opie - 1806 - 330 pages
...says, 1 Love must owe its origin to love !' or, as one of the first of Englishmen says, " Though beauty may dazzle, 'tis kindness that warms." " As on suns...pleasure we gaze, But feel not their warmth though their splendour we praise ; So beauty our just admiration may claim., But love, and love only, the heart... | |
 | Poetry - 1808 - 496 pages
...catch wiser than me, 'Tis that beauty alone but imperfectly charms, For tho' brightness may dazzle,'tis kindness that warms, As on suns in the winter with pleasure we gaze, But feel not their force, tho' their splendour we praise, So beauty our just admiration may claim, But 'tis love, and... | |
 | English literature - 1818 - 596 pages
...escape from a snare might catch wiser than me, 'Tis that beauty alone but imperfectly charms, For tho' brightness may dazzle, 'tis kindness that warms, As...winter with pleasure we gaze. But feel not their warmth tho' their splendor we praise: So beauty our just admiration may claim, But love, and love only, the... | |
 | Cupid - 1826 - 252 pages
...which imperfectly charms, For though brightness may dazzle, 'tis kindness which warms ; As on stars, in the winter, with pleasure we gaze, But feel not their warmth, though their splendour we praise ; So beauty one just admiration may claim, But love, and love only, the heart can... | |
 | Great Britain - 1829 - 520 pages
...of his verses to Mrs Cre\ve has more of imagination than any other of his occasional effusions : " Beauty alone but imperfectly charms, For though brightness...pleasure we gaze, But feel not their warmth, though their splendour we praise, So beauty our just admiration may claim, But love, and love only, our hearts can... | |
 | Great Britain - 1829 - 516 pages
...of his venes to Mrs Crewe has more of imagination than any other of his occasional effusions : ' " Beauty alone but imperfectly charms, For though brightness may dazzle, 'tis kindness that warms. Ля on suns in the winter with pleasure we goze, : But feel not their warmth, though their splendour... | |
 | Horace Walpole - 1851 - 478 pages
...escape from a snare might catch wiser than me ; "Pis that beauty alone but imperfectly charms, For tho' brightness may dazzle, 'tis kindness that warms. As...the winter with pleasure we gaze, But feel not their force, tho' their splendour we praise ; So beauty our just admiration may claim, But love and love... | |
 | 1854 - 542 pages
...snare might catch wiser than me, "Til that beauty alone but imperfectly charms, For though lightness may dazzle, 'tis kindness that warms. As on suns in...pleasure we gaze, But feel not their warmth, though their splendour we praise, So beauty our just admiration may claim, But love, and love only, our hearts can... | |
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