Tis almost morning; I would have thee gone: And yet no further than a wanton's bird; Who lets it hop a little from her hand, Like a poor prisoner in his twisted gyves, And with a silk thread plucks it back again, So loving-jealous of his liberty. The Works of Shakespeare: in Eight Volumes - Page 31by William Shakespeare - 1767Full view - About this book
| William Shakespeare - 1798 - 452 pages
...forget, Forgetting any other home but this. And yet no further than a wanton's bird ; Who lets him hop a little from her hand, Like a poor prifoner in his twifled gyves, And with a filk thread plucks it back again, So loving jealous of his liberty. Rom.... | |
| Longinus - Aesthetics - 1800 - 238 pages
...understood, because borrowed from common life ; and what is most familiar to us, soonest engages our • I would have thee gone, , ; And yet no further than...That lets it hop a little from her hand, Like a poor prisoner in his twisted gyves, And with a silk thread pulls it back again, So loving jealous of its... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1800 - 364 pages
...ftill ftay, to have thee ftill forget, Forgetting any other home but this. Jul. 'Tis almoft morning, I would have thee gone : And yet no further than a wanton's bird ; Who lets it hop a little from her hand, Like a poor prifoner in his twifted gyves, And with a filk... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1800 - 396 pages
...ftill ftay, to have thee ftill forget, Forgetting any other home but this. Jul. 'Tis almoft morning, I would have thee gone : And yet no further than a wanton's bird ; Who lets it hop a little from her hand, Like a poor prifoner in his twifted gyves, And with a filk... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1803 - 446 pages
...still stay, to have thee still forget, Forgetting any other home but this. Jul. Tis almost morning, I would have thee gone : And yet no further than a wanton's bird ; Who lets it hop a little from her hand, Like a poor prisoner in his twisted gyves,* And with a silk... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1805 - 486 pages
...still stay, to have thee still forget, Forgetting any other home but this. Jul. 'Tis almost morning, I would have thee gone : And yet no further than a wanton's bird ; Who lets it hop a little from her hand, Like a poor prisoner in his twisted gyves, And with a silk... | |
| Edmund Spenser - English poetry - 1805 - 594 pages
...convert into engage. Compare Juliet's beautiful fpeech to Romeo, A. ii. S. ii. " Tis almofl morning ; I would have thee gone ; " And yet no further than a wanton's bird, &c." TODB, The third, my Love, my lives laft ornament, By whom my fpirit out of duft was ray fed :... | |
| Encyclopaedia Perthensis - 1807 - 794 pages
...particular of moment. Swift. * To HOP. vn [boppatt, Sax. happen, Dutch.] T. To jump; to fkip lightly. — I would have thee gone, And yet no further than a wanton's bird, That lets it hop a little from her hand, And with a filk thread plucks it back again. Sbakefpcare. Go, top me over every kennel home ; For you... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1807 - 374 pages
...still stay, to have thee still forget, Forgetting any other home but this. Jul. Tis almost morning, I would have thee gone : And yet no further than a wanton's bird ; Who lets it hop a little from her hand, Like a poor prisoner in his twisted gyves, And with a silk... | |
| Mrs. Inchbald - English drama - 1808 - 416 pages
...Forgetting any other home but this. Jul. Tis almost morning, I would have thee gone, And yet not farther than a wanton's bird, That lets it hop a little from her hand, And with a silk thread pulls it back again, So loving-jealous of his liberty. Rom. I would I were thy... | |
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