 | William Thomas Young - English poetry - 1923 - 328 pages
...sleep. They who one another keep Alive, ne'er parted be. J. DONNE From Poems, 1633 — 1669 Love's Deity I long to talk with some old lover's ghost, Who died before the god of love was born. 1 cannot think that he, who then loved most Sunk so low as to love one which did scorn. But since this... | |
 | George William McClelland - English Literature (selections: Extracts, Etc.) - 1925 - 1180 pages
...see. Falsehood is worse than hate; and that must be, If she whom I love should love me. LOVE'S DEITY stowed Upon the child, if he disturbed the sheep By catching at their legs, or with h DEATH Death, be not proud, though some have 236 237 For those whom thou think'st thou dost overthrow... | |
 | Vera Meynell - English poetry - 1925 - 378 pages
...and thou art everywhere ; This bed thy centre is, these walls thy sphere. John Donne. LOVE'S DEITY I LONG to talk with some old lover's ghost, Who died before the god of love was born. I cannot think that he, who then loved most, Sunk so low as to love one which did scorn. But since... | |
 | Laurie Magnus - Literary Criticism - 1926 - 618 pages
...such excellently clear and arresting verses as : For God's sake hold your tongue and let me love ; or I long to talk with some old lover's ghost Who died before the God of love was born ; or Her pure and eloquent blood Spoke in her cheeks, and so distinctly wrought That we might almost... | |
 | John Matthews Manly - English literature - 1926 - 928 pages
...told them, 'Since you will be true, You shall be true to them who're false to you. 27 LOVE'S DEITY w J q w w?v\w6v w u w u w w w vdw'v=t u+v w w w w I cannot think that he who then loved most Sunk so low as to love one which did scorn. But since this... | |
 | Electronic journals - 1926 - 564 pages
...thou didst murder me ! with a poem by Donne with a similar rhythm and opening evocation of mood — I long to talk with some old lover's ghost Who died before the God of Love was born. Such an opening, as Mr. Praz justly says, prepares you for some such strain as Villon's : Dictes-moy... | |
 | Earl Ellsworth Fisk - English poetry - 1927 - 120 pages
...which once may win thy cruel heart. Thou art my wit, and thou my virtue art. —Sir Philip Sidney. I long to talk with some old lover's ghost Who died before the god of love was born. I cannot think that he who then loved most Sunk so low as to love one which did scorn. But since this... | |
 | Tom Peete Cross, Clement Tyson Goode - English literature - 1927 - 1432 pages
...obliquely run. Thy firmness makes my circle just, 35 And makes me end where I begun. 1633 LOVE'S DEITY s of vengeance on his head, The blow unfelt, the tear he never shed; The tale revive : I cannot think that he, who then loved most, Sunk so low, as to love one which did scorn. But since... | |
 | Mark Van Doren - Poetry - 1928 - 1390 pages
...And last till you write your letter, Yet she Will be False, ere I come, to two or three. LOVE'S DEITY I LONG to talk with some old lover's ghost Who died before the god of love was born. I cannot think that he who then loved most, Sunk so low as to love one which did scorn. But since this... | |
 | Norman Ault - English poetry - 1928 - 566 pages
...dost languish For some one That will none, Or prove as false as thou art now. Donne. ItM. Love's Deity I LONG to talk with some old lover's ghost, Who died before the god of love was born : I cannot think that he, who then loved most, Sunk so low as to love one which did scorn. But since... | |
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I LONG to talk with some old lover's ghost, Who died before the god of love was born. I cannot think that he, who then loved most, Sunk so low as to love one which did scorn. But since this god produced a destiny, And that vice-nature, custom, lets it... 
