| 1782 - 500 pages
...bird fhall harmoniouflyjoin In a concert fo foft and fo clear As— fhe may not be fond to refign. V. I have found out a gift for my fair ; I have found where the wood -pigeons breed : But let me that plunder forbear, She will fay 'twas a barbarous deed, For he... | |
| Ballads, English - 1783 - 366 pages
...appear, Each bird fhall harmonioufly join In a concert fo foft and fo clear, As fhe may not be fond to refign. I have found out a gift for my fair ; I...'twas a barbarous deed. For he ne'er could be true, fhe averr'd, Who could rob a poor bird of its young : And I lov'd her the more when I heard Such tendernefs... | |
| Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787 - 650 pages
...Vade me return. In the fecond this ptflage has its prettinefs, though it be not equal to the former ; I have found out a gift for my fair ; I have found...'twas a barbarous deed : ' For he ne'er could be true, me averr'd, Who could rob a poor bird of its young ; And I lov'd her the more when I heard Such tendernefs... | |
| Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - English literature - 1787 - 676 pages
...return, In the fccond this paflfage has its prettinefs, though i: bo not equal to the former : I liave found out a gift for my fair -, I have found where...'twas a barbarous deed : For he ne'er could be true, flic avcrr'd, Who could rob a poor bird of its young ; And I lov'd her the more when I heard Such tcndcrnefs... | |
| William Shenstone - 1791 - 350 pages
...appear. Each bird fhall harmonioufly join. In a concert fo foft and fo clear, As — fhe may not be fond to refign. I have found out a gift for my fair ; I...'twas a barbarous deed. For he ne'er could be true, fhe averr'd, Who could rob a poor bird of its young : And I lov'd her the more, when I heard Such tendernefs... | |
| Mr. Cresswick - 1792 - 452 pages
...along ; The fhepherds lov'd,. and Selim bleft his fong* TENDERNESS OF MIND ON TAKING OF J3IKD NESTS. I have found out a gift for my fair : I have found...wood-pigeons breed* But let me that plunder forbear 1 She will fay 'tis a barbarous deed. For he, ne'er can be true. fhe averr'd, Who can rob a poor bird... | |
| Theocritus (of Syracuse) - 1792 - 242 pages
...'Ipfe locum, aeriee quo congrejjere palumbes. VIR.GIL. And SHENSTONE, improving on both palTages: / have found out a gift for my fair, I ha've found where the 'iuood-pigeons breed $ But let me that plunder forbear* She will fay, 'twas a barbarous deed. LINE... | |
| 1792 - 112 pages
...may not be fond to refign. 1 have found out a gift for iny fair, I have found where the wood -pigeons breed: But let me that plunder forbear; She will fay 'twas a barbarous djsed. For he ne'er could be true, she averr'd, Who could rob a poor bird of its young: And I lov'd... | |
| James Roach - English poetry - 1794 - 272 pages
...appear, Each bird mail harmonioufty join In a concert fo foft and fo clear, As' .ihe may riot be fond to refign. I have found out a gift for my fair, I have found where the wood-pigeons breed. 3ut let me that plunder forbear, She will fay 'twas a barbarous deed. For he ne'er could be true, ftie... | |
| John Ash - 1795 - 658 pages
...and my pafiion begun; She foiiled— and I could not but love ; She is faithlefi, and I am undone. I have found out a gift for my fair. I have found where the wood pigeons breed ; But let me that plunder forbear, She will fay 'twas a barbarous deed. For he ne'er... | |
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