| England - 1835 - 794 oldal
...where a handsome monument is erected to bin I DO CONFESS THOU'RT SMOOTH AND FAIR. SIR ROBERT AYTON. I do confess thou'rt smooth and fair, And I might...let thee now alone, As worthy to be loved by none. I do confess thou'rt sweet, yet find Thee such an unthrift of thy sweets, Thy favours are but like... | |
| Mrs. Charles Meredith - 1836 - 400 oldal
...of the present day as by their predecessors, the coquettes of the olden time. INCONSTANCY REPROVED. I do confess thou'rt smooth and fair, And I might...let thee now alone As worthy to be loved by none. I do confess thee sweet, yet find Thou'rt such an unthrift of thy sweets, Thy favours are but like... | |
| Mrs. Charles Meredith - 1836 - 400 oldal
...INCONSTANCY RKPROVED. I do confess Ihou'rt smooth and fair, And I might have gone near to love tliee, Had I not found the slightest prayer That lips could...speak, had power to move thee : But I can let thee now alune As worthy to be loved by none. I do confess thee sweet, yet find Thou'rt sucli an unthrift of... | |
| Robert Burns - 1840 - 872 oldal
...the sentiments by giving them a Scots dress." The following are the old words of this song : — " R pR XR thcc ; But 1 can let thee now alone As worthy to be lov'd hy none. " I do confess thou'rt sweet; yet... | |
| Thomas Campbell - 1841 - 844 oldal
...breast, There proudly sits enthroned. ANONYMOUS. FROM "SELECT AYRES AND DIALOGUES," BY LAWES. 1659. I DO confess thou'rt smooth and fair, And I might...love thee, Had I not found the slightest prayer That lip could move had power to move thee ; Bat I can let thee now aloue, As worthy to be loved by none.... | |
| 1844 - 440 oldal
...into the modern Scottish dialect, begins with the following melodious and expressive lines : — " I do confess thou'rt smooth and fair. And I might...gone near to love thee. Had I not found the slightest pray'r That lips could speak had power to move thee. But I can let thee now alone, As worthy to be... | |
| Robert Chambers - 1844 - 692 oldal
...thee still, but go no more A begging to a beggar's door. [Ido Confest Tlum'rt Smooth and Fair.] 'I Jo r in a storm, as this puppet's streamer« did when...shrouds ; the motion •••ч wonderful to beh conld speak had power to move thee : But I can let thee now alone, -U worthy to be loved by none. I... | |
| Sir Robert Ayton - 1844 - 218 oldal
...rare kind which love to live alone, Whose only offence is to be but one. INCONSTANCY REPROVED.5? i. I DO confess thou'rt smooth and fair, And I might...near to love thee ; Had I not found the slightest pray'r That lips could speak, had pow'r to move thee ; But I can let thee now alone As worthy to be... | |
| Thomas Campbell - 1844 - 846 oldal
...sits enthroned. ANONYMOUS. FROM 'SELECT AYRE8 AND DIALOGUES," BY LAWES. 1639. I DO confess tliou'rt smooth and fair, And I might have gone near to love thee, Had I not found the slightest prayer That lip could move had power to move thee ; But I can let thee now alone, As worthy to be loved by none.... | |
| Sir Robert Ayton - 1844 - 220 oldal
...have gone near to love thee ; Had I not found the slightest pray'r That lips could speak, had pow'r to move thee ; But I can let thee now alone As worthy to be lov'd by none. II. I do confess thou'rt sweet, yet find Thee such an unthrift of thy sweets, Thy favours... | |
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