 | English poets - 1801 - 382 pages
...doth rise, Doth ask a drink divine, But might I of Jove's nectar sup, 1 would not change for thine. I sent thee late a rosy wreath, Not so much honouring thee, As giving it a hope that there It could not withered be ; But thou thereon didst only breathe, And sent'st it back to me... | |
 | British essayists - 1803 - 300 pages
...thee, thirst, and taking hold of the cup, do not indeed apply that to my lips for drink, but thee.' I sent thee late a rosy wreath, Not so much honouring thee, .' As giving it a hope that there It might not withered be. PHIL. Letter XXX. ffoi ftf avov fiiSiiv, u ffi np.£t (juu rare... | |
 | George Ellis - 1803 - 468 pages
...ask a drink divine, But might I of Jove's nectar sup, I would not change for thine. I sent thee Fate a rosy wreath, Not so much honouring thee, As giving it a hope that there It could not withered be; But thou thereon didst only breathe, And sent'st it back to me... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1807 - 424 pages
...thirst, and taking hold of the cup, do not indeed apply that to my lips for drink, but thee.' III. I sent thee late a rosy wreath, Not so much honouring thee, As giving it a hope that there It might not withered be. PHIL. Letter XXX. ' niiropQa. mi ftQaaor ^oSaiy, u ffs Ti//.a;»... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1807 - 424 pages
...taking hold of the cup, do not indeed apply that to my lips for drink, but thee.' III. I sent fliee late a rosy wreath, Not so much honouring thee, As giving it a hope that there It might not withered be. PHIL. Letter XXX. ffot fvtpatvov pooaiv- a &E Tip.uv (xou THTB... | |
 | John Aikin - 1810 - 414 pages
...doth rise, Doth ask a drink divine, But might I of Jove's nectar sup, I would not change for thine. I sent thee late a rosy wreath, Not so much honouring thee, As giving it a hope that there It could not wither'd be ; But thou thereon didst only breathe, And sent'st it back to me... | |
 | Richard Clark - 1814 - 530 pages
...doth rise, Doth ask a drink divine But might I of Jove's nectar sip, . I would not change for thine. I sent thee, late, a rosy wreath, Not so much honouring thee, At giving it a hope, that there It could not withered be : But thou, thereon, didst only breathe, And... | |
 | Ben Jonson, William Gifford - 1816 - 482 pages
...who, from the incorrect manner in which they have given it, evidently overlooked the construction. I sent thee late a rosy wreath, Not so much honouring thee, As giving it a hope, that there It could not wither'd be. But thou thereon didst only breathe, And sent'st it back to me... | |
 | Richard Cumberland - 1817 - 432 pages
...taking hold of the cup, do not indeed apply that to my lips for drink, but thee.' III. I sent Ihee late a rosy wreath, Not so much honouring thee, As giving it a hope that there \ It might not withered be. \ \ PHIL. Letter XXX. •. ffi& aoi ?eij)avov poiiwv, « ae... | |
 | John Aikin - 1820 - 832 pages
...doth rise, Doth ask a drink divine : But might I of Jove's nectar sup, I would not change for thine. tall, Under a piatane ; yet methought less fair, ks winning soft, less amiably mil that there It could not withered be. But thou thereon did'st only breathe, And sent'st it back to me... | |
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Drink to me only with thine eyes, And I will pledge with mine; Or leave a kiss but in the cup And I'll not look for wine. The thirst that from the soul doth rise Doth ask a drink divine; But might I of Jove's nectar sup, I would not change for thine.... 
