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" Tell her that's young, And shuns to have her graces spied, That hadst thou sprung In deserts where no men abide, Thou must have uncommended died. Small is the worth Of beauty from the light retired ; Bid her come forth, Suffer herself to be desired, And... "
Select Works of the British Poets: With Biographical and Critical Prefaces - Page 290
edited by - 1821 - 807 pages
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Specimens of the early English poets [ed. by G. Ellis.]. To which ..., Volume 3

English poets - 1801 - 454 pages
...the light retir'd : Bid her come forth, Suffer herself to be desir'd, And not blush so to be admired. Then die, that she The common fate of all things rare...they share, That are so wondrous sweet and fair ! TO PHILLI9. PHILLIS, why should we delay Pleasures shorter than the day ? Could we (which we never can)...
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Sabrinae corolla in hortulis regiae scholae Salopiensis contextuerunt tres ...

Shrewsbury (England). Royal School - English poetry - 1801 - 368 pages
...the light retired : Bid her come forth, Suffer herself to be desired, And not blush so to be admired. Then die ; that she The common fate of all things...time they share, That are so wondrous sweet and fair. Apis aurea otiatur : sed ego unica vigilo ; Oculi madent fluentes, cruciatqve amor animum ; Animus...
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Specimens of the early English poets [ed. by G. Ellis.]. To which ..., Volume 3

English poets - 1801 - 488 pages
...desir"d, And not blush so to be admired. Then die, that she The common fate of all things rare Way read in thee ; How small a part of time they share, That are so wondrous sweet and fair ! TO PHILLI9. PHILLIS, why should we delay Pleasures shorter than the day ? Could we (which we never can)...
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Specimens of the Early English Poets: To which is Prefixed an ..., Volume 3

George Ellis - English poetry - 1803 - 474 pages
...Small is the worth Of Beauty from the light retir'd : Bid her come forth, Suffer herself to be desir'd, And not blush so to be admir'd. Then die ! that she...they share That are so wondrous sweet and fair ! To Phillis. PHILLIS, why should we delay Pleasures shorter than the day ? Could we (which we never can)...
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Specimens of the Early English Poets: To which is Prefixed an ..., Volume 3

George Ellis - English poetry - 1803 - 476 pages
...Small is the worth Of Beauty from the light retir'd : Bid her come forth, Suffer herself to be desir'd, And not blush so to be admir'd. Then die ! that she...time they share That are so wondrous sweet and fair t To Phillis. PHILLIS, why should we delay Pleasures shorter than the day ? Could we (which we never...
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The Poetical Works of Edmund Waller ...

Edmund Waller - 1806 - 320 pages
...Small is the worth Of beanty from the light retir'd : Bid her come forth, Suffer herself to be desirM, And not blush so to be admir'd : Then die ! that she...time they share That are so wondrous sweet and fair ! MRS. KNIGHT, TO HER MAJESTY, | ON HER BIRTH-DAY. THIS happy day two lights are seen, A glorious Saint,...
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The Pleasures of Love: Being Amatory Poems, Volume 806

G. W. Fitzwilliam - English poetry - 1806 - 216 pages
...the light retired : Bid her come forth, Suffer herself to be desired, And not blush so to be admired. Then die ! that she The common fate of all things...they share That are so wondrous sweet and fair ! TO CASTARA. BY HABINGTON. GIVE me a heart, where no impure Disorder'd passions rage, Which jealousy doth...
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Poétique anglaise, Volume 1

Albin-Joseph-Ulpien Hennet - English poetry - 1806 - 360 pages
...sans être louée. Faible est le mérite ', de la beauté retirée du grand jour ; fais-la sortir; Then die » that she ; The common fate of all things...they share, That are so wond'rous sweet and fair. * . ; WALLIR. THE SEAMEN. To all you, Ladies, now at land, "VVe men at sea indite ! But first would...
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The lyre of love [ed. by P.L. Courtier].

Lyre - Love poetry, English - 1806 - 208 pages
...the light retir'd : Bid her come forth, Suffer herself to be desir'd, And not blush so to be adinirM. Then, die! that she The common fate of all things...they share. That are so wondrous sweet, and fair! WILLIAM HABINGTON. 1635. This amiable man and estimable poet was born November 4, 1605, at Hindlip...
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The Literary Magazine, and American Register, Volume 5

Charles Brockden Brown - American literature - 1806 - 498 pages
...knows, • When I resemble her to t^iee, How sweet and fair she seems to be, &c. It concludes thus, Then die ! that she The common fate of all things...time they share That are so wondrous sweet and fair. The old Provencals availed themselves often of the same simile. Peter d'Auverne sends a nightingale...
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