 WHAT hopes, what terrors, does thy gift create, Ambiguous emblem of uncertain fate : The Myrtle, ensign of supreme command, Consign'd by Venus to Melissa's hand; Not less capricious than a reigning fair, Now grants, and now rejects a lover's prayer. In...  Select Reviews of Literature - עמוד 4251812תצוגה מלאה - מידע על ספר זה
 | Henry George Bohn - 1911 - 784 דפים
...Consigned hy Venus to Melissa's hand;, Not less capricious than a reigning fair, Oft favors, oft rejeets a lover's prayer, In myrtle shades oft sings the happy swain, In myrtle shades despairing ghos;s complain. The myrtle crowns the happy lovers' heads. Th' unhappy lovers' graves the myrtle spreads.—... | |
 | KATE LOUISE ROBERTS - 1922 - 1422 דפים
...command, Consigned by Venus to Melissa's hand) Not less capricious than a reigning fair, Oft favors, oft rejects a lover's prayer; In myrtle shades oft sings...swain, In myrtle shades despairing ghosts complain. SAMUEL JOHNSON — Written at the Request of a Gentleman. L. 3. 9 Dark-green and gemm'd with flowers... | |
 | James Boswell - 1998 - 1540 דפים
...the best poem on 'Life, Death, Judgement, Heaven, and Hell/ See dent. Mag. vol. iv. p. 660. N. Not less capricious than a reigning fair, Now grants, and now rejects a lover's prayer. In myrtle shades ofl sings the happy swain. In myrtle shades despairing ghosts complain ; The myrtle crowns the happy... | |
 | Hesther Lynch Piozzi - 2006 - 302 דפים
...of uncertain fate; The myrtle, ensign of supreme command, Consigned by Venus to Melissa's hand: Not less capricious than a reigning fair, Now grants,...heads, The unhappy lover's grave the myrtle spreads: Oh, then, the meaning of thy gift impart, And ease the throbbings of an anxious heart! Soon must this... | |
 | James Boswell - 2008 - 1024 דפים
...of uncertain fate: The myrtle, ensign of supreme command, Consigned by Venus to Melissa's hand; Not less capricious than a reigning fair, Now grants,...complain; The myrtle crowns the happy lovers' heads, a Add note: Sir John Floyer's Treatise on 'Cold Baths'. Gent. Mag. 1734, p. 147. IA prize of fifty... | |
 | Hesther Lynch Piozzi - 2000 - 270 דפים
...of uncertain fate : The Myrtle, ensign of supreme command, Consign'd by Venus to Melissa's hand; Not less capricious than a reigning fair, Now grants,...complain: The myrtle crowns the happy lovers' heads, Th' unhappy lover's grave the myrtle spreads : O then the meaning of thy gift impart, And ease the... | |
 | James Boswell - 1820 - 544 דפים
...uncertain fate ! " The myrtle, ensign of supreme command, " Consign'd by Venus to Melissa's hand ; " Not less capricious than a reigning fair, " Now grants,...despairing ghosts complain : " The myrtle crowns the happy lover's heads, " The unhappy lover's grave the myrtle spreads ; " O then the meaning of thy gift impart,... | |
 | 1792 - 656 דפים
...fate : " Thy myrtle, enfign of fupreme command, " Confign'd by Venus to Melifla's hand ; " Not lefe capricious than a reigning fair, " Now grants, and now rejects a lover's prayer. " In myrtle (hades oft fings the happy fwain, " In myrtle (hades defpainng ghofts complain ; " The myrtle crowns... | |
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