 In the loose rhymes of every poetaster :— Could I be more than any man that lives, Great, fair, rich, wise, all in superlatives : Yet I more freely would these gifts resign, Than ever Fortune would have made them mine; And hold one minute of this holy...  The Bee, Or Literary Intelligencer - Pàgina 257editat per - 1792Visualització completa - Sobre aquest llibre
 | Emily Taylor - 1864 - 210 pàgines
...; or give a tongue To stones by epitaphs ; be called " great master " In the loose rhymes of every poetaster ; Could I be more than any man that lives,...gifts resign, Than ever fortune would have made them mine, And hold one minute of this holy leisure, Beyond the riches of this mortal pleasure. Welcome,... | |
 | W. K. - 1865 - 238 pàgines
...have wished all, but now I wish for neither Great, high, rich, wise, nor fair — poor I'll be rather. Could I be more than any man that lives, Great, fair,...gifts resign, Than ever fortune would have made them mine ; And hold one minute of this holy leisure Beyond the riches of that empty pleasure. Welcome,... | |
 | W. K. - 1865 - 260 pàgines
...have wished all, but now I wish for neither Great, high, rich, wise, nor fair — poor I'll be rather. Could I be more than any man that lives, Great, fair,...gifts resign, Than ever fortune would have made them mine ; And hold one minute of this holy leisure Beyond the riches of that empty pleasure. Welcome,... | |
 | Elizabeth Brodie Gordon Duchess of Gordon, Alexander Moody Stuart - 1865 - 470 pàgines
...now adopt me for its heir, Would beauty's queen entitle me the fair ; Could I be, more than any one that lives, Great, fair, rich, wise, all in superlatives : Yet I more freely would those gifts resign, Than ever fortune would have made them mine ; And hold one minute of this holy... | |
 | Izaak Walton - 1867 - 490 pàgines
...lame ; or give a tongue To stones by epitaphs ; be called great master In the loose rhymes of every poetaster ; — Could I be more than any man that...lives, Great, fair, rich, wise, all in superlatives : Vet I more freely would these gifts resign, Than ever Fortune would have made them mine ; And hold... | |
 | Izaak Walton - 1869 - 116 pàgines
...lame, or give a tongue To stones, by epitaphs, be call'd great master In the loose rhimes of every poetaster; Could I be more than any man that lives, Great, fair, rich, wise in all superlatives ; Yet I more freely would these gifts resign, Than ever fortune would have made... | |
 | Sir Walter Raleigh, Sir Henry Wotton - 1870 - 322 pàgines
...lame ; or give a tongue To stones by epitaphs ; be called great master In the loose rhymes of every poetaster ; Could I be more than any man that lives,...gifts resign, Than ever Fortune would have made them mine ; And hold one minute of this holy leisure Beyond the riches of this empty pleasure. Welcome,... | |
 | Elizabeth Brodie Gordon Duchess of Gordon - 1872 - 440 pàgines
...now adopt me for its heir; "Would beauty's queen entitle me the fair ; Could I be, more than any one that lives, Great, fair, rich, wise, all in superlatives ; Yet I more freely would those gifts resign, Than ever fortune would have made them mine, And hold one minute of this HOLY LEISURE... | |
 | sir Walter Ralegh - 1875 - 316 pàgines
...tongue To stones by epitaphs ; be called great master In the loose rhymes of every poetaster ; Could 1 be more than any man that lives, Great, fair, rich,...gifts resign, Than ever Fortune would have made them mine ; And hold /me minute of this holy leisure Beyond the riches of this empty pleasure. Welcome,... | |
 | Samuel Austin Allibone - 1875 - 794 pàgines
...lame, or give a tongue To stones by epitaphs ; be call'd Great Master ' In the loose rhymes of every poetaster ; Could I be more than any man that lives,...freely would these gifts resign Than ever Fortune should have made them mine, And hold one minute of this holy leisure Beyond the riches of this empty... | |
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