 Wouldst softly speak and stroke my head and smile — Could those few pleasant days again appear, Might one wish bring them, would I wish them here? I would not trust my heart : the dear delight Seems so to be desired, perhaps I might.  Poems - Page 301by William Cowper - 1803 - 348 pagesFull view - About this book
 | American poetry - 1907 - 372 pages
...them, would I wish them here? I would not trust my heart — the dear delight Seems so to be desired, perhaps I might. But no — what here we call our life is such, So little to be loved and thou so much, That I would ill requite thee to constrain Thy unbound... | |
 | John Matthews Manly - English poetry - 1907 - 654 pages
...them, would I wish them here? I would not trust my heart — the dear delight Seems so to be desired, perhaps I might. — But no — what here we call our life is such, So little to be loved, and thou so much, That I should ill requite thee to constrain Thy unbound... | |
 | English literature - 1908 - 444 pages
...them, would I wish them here ? I would not trust my heart— the dear delight Seems so to be desir'd, perhaps I might.- — But no — what here we call our life is such, So little to be lov'd, and thou so much, That I should ill requite thee to constrain Thy unbound... | |
 | D. H. Wever - Literature - 1908 - 656 pages
...them, would I wish them here? I would not trust my heart — the dear delight Seems so to be desir'd, perhaps I might, — But no — what here we call our life is such, So little to be loved, and thou so much, That I should ill requite thee to constrain Thy unbound... | |
 | Walter Cochrane Bronson - English poetry - 1908 - 562 pages
...them, would I wish them here? I would not trust my heart — the dear delight Seems so to be desired, perhaps I might. But no — what here we call our life is such, So little to be loved, and thou so much, 85 That I should ill requite thee to constrain Thy unbound... | |
 | William Stanley Braithwaite - English poetry - 1909 - 1334 pages
...them, would I wish them here ? I would not trust my heart — the dear delight Seems so to be desired, perhaps I might. — But no — what here we call our life is such So little to be loved, and thou so much, That I should ill requite thee to constrain Thy unbound... | |
 | Literature - 1910 - 542 pages
...them, would I wish them here? I would not trust my heart — the dear delight Seems so to be desired, perhaps I might. — But no — what here we call our life is such So little to be loved, and thou so much, That I should ill requite thee to constrain Thy unbound... | |
 | English poetry - 1910 - 540 pages
...them, would I wish them here? I would not trust my heart — the dear delight Seems so to be desired, perhaps I might. — But no — what here we call our life is such So little to be loved, and thou so much, That I should ill requite thee to constrain Thy unbound... | |
 | English poetry - 1910 - 298 pages
...them, would I wish them here? I would not trust my heart — the dear delight Seems so to be desired, perhaps I might. — But no — what here we call our life is such So little to be loved, and thou so much, That I should ill requite thee to constrain Thy unbound... | |
 | John William Cunliffe, James Francis Augustin Pyre, James Francis Augustine Pyre, Karl Young - English literature - 1910 - 1176 pages
...them, would I wish them here? I would not trust my heart — the dear delight Seems so to be desired, had, forsooth, Done their worst. Her locks, as white as snow, such, So litlle to be loved, and thou so much, 85 That I should ill requite thee to constrain Thy unbound... | |
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