 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 297by William Cowper - 1805Full view - About this book
 | Edward Hughes - 1856 - 474 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... | |
 | William Cowper - 1856 - 464 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 - 1899 - 816 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, 85 So little to be loved, and thou so much, That I should ill requite thee to constrain Thy unbounded... | |
 | John Clark Ridpath - Literature - 1899 - 544 pages
...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... | |
 | Joseph James Neave - Christian literature - 1899 - 336 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... | |
 | R. McWilliam - English literature - 1900 - 834 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... | |
 | John Cann Bailey - Elegiac poetry - 1900 - 330 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... | |
 | William Cowper - 1900 - 346 pages
...pleasant days again appear, 80 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... | |
 | Thomas Humphry Ward - English poetry - 1901 - 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... | |
 | Edward Everett Hale (Jr.), Adaline Wheelock Sterling - Readers - 1901 - 526 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... | |
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