 | Sir Charles Sedley - 1707 - 424 pages
...they come. And are fo long withftood, So ilowly they receive the Sum, -'It hardly does them good. i / 'Tis cruel to prolong a Pain, • And to defer a Joy; Believe me, gentle Celemcne Offends the winged Boy, , • hundred thoufand Oaths your Fears Perhaps would not remove;... | |
 | Sir Charles Sedley - English drama - 1722 - 358 pages
...appearIn a more dreadful fhape. By fuch Degrees to Joy they come, And arc to long withftood, So flowly they receive the Sum* It hardly does them good. 'Tis...Pain, And to defer a Joy ; Believe me, gentle Celemene An hundred thou&nd Oaths your Fear-J Perhaps would not remove 5 And if I gaz'da thoufand Years. I could... | |
 | Alexander Dalrymple - Ballads, English - 1796 - 242 pages
...appear In a more dreadful fhape. By fuch degrees to Joy they come, And are fo long withftood, So flowly they receive the Sum It hardly does them good. 'Tis...gentle Celemene, Offends the winged Boy. An hundred thoufand Oaths your Fears, Perhaps, would not remove; And if I gaz'da thoufand years I could no deeper... | |
 | Alexander Dalrymple - Ballads, English - 1796 - 240 pages
...appear In a more dreadful fhape. By fuch degrees to Joy they come, And are fo long withftood, So flowly they receive the' Sum It hardly does them good. "Tis...gentle Celemene, Offends the winged Boy. An hundred thoufand Oaths your Fears, Perhaps, would not remove; And if I gaz'da thoufand years I could no deeper... | |
 | English poets - 1801 - 454 pages
...again. Rivals and falsehood soon appear, In a more dreadful shape. By such degrees to joys they come, And are so long withstood, So slowly they receive...FAIR Amynta, art thou mad, To let the world in me Envy joys I never had, And censure them in thee ? Fill'd with grief for what is pa&t, Let us at length... | |
 | English poets - 1801 - 488 pages
...'scape, Rivals and falsehood soon appear, In a more dreadful shape. By such degrees to joys they come, And are so long withstood, So slowly they receive...thousand years, I could no deeper love. SONG. FAIR Amyiita, art thou mad, To let the world in me Envy joys I never had, And censure them in thee ? Fill'd... | |
 | John Aikin - Ballads, English - 1810 - 330 pages
...they come, And are so long withstood, So slowly they receive the sum, It hardly does them good. 'T is cruel to prolong a pain ; And to defer a joy, Believe me, gentle CELIMENE, Offends the winged boy. A hundred thousand oaths your fears Perhaps would not remove; And... | |
 | Rowland Freeman - Authors, English - 1821 - 846 pages
...'scape, Rivals and falsehood soon appear In a more dreadful shape. By such degrees to joy they come, And are so long withstood, So slowly they receive...if I gaz'da thousand years I could no deeper love. The Soldier's Catch. Room, boys, room; room, boys, room; For from Ireland we come ; We hare maul'd... | |
 | Rowland Freeman - 1821 - 450 pages
...'scape, Rivals and falsehood soon appear la a more dreadful shape. By such degrees to joy they come, And are so long withstood, So slowly they receive...Celemene, Offends the winged boy. An hundred thousand paths your fears Perhaps would not remove ; And if I gaz'da thousand years I could no deeper love.... | |
 | Samuel Carter Hall - English poetry - 1836 - 390 pages
...'scape, Rivals and falsehood soon appear In a more dreadful shape. By such degrees to joy they come, And are so long withstood, So slowly they receive...if I gaz'da thousand years I could no deeper love. THE tNDtFFERENCE. THANKS, fair Urania, to your scorn, I now am free as I was born ; Of all the pain... | |
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scape, Rivals and Falsehood soon appear In a more dreadful shape. By such degrees to joy they come, And are so long withstood, So slowly they receive the sum, It hardly does them good. 'Tis cruel to prolong a pain; And to defer a joy, Believe me, gentle... 
