 | Sir Mountstuart Elphinstone Grant Duff - 1905 - 328 pagini
...writing under yesterday's date, sends me a delicious bit from Ben Jonson: " Fair and witty, and adds: Savouring more of Court than City, A little proud, but full of pity;" " Would they not be pretty lines to put under a girl's picture supposing that the girl suited them... | |
 | William Stanley Braithwaite - 1907 - 892 pagini
...His Supposed Mistress TF I freely can discover W. Browne •*• What would please me in my lover, I would have her fair and witty, Savouring more of court...city; A little proud, but full of pity; Light and humourous in her toying; Oft building hopes, and soon destroying; Long, but sweet in the enjoying,... | |
 | Oswald John Fredeick Crawford - 1910 - 220 pagini
...Campion. CRISPINUS' AND HERMOGENES' SONG. IF I freely can discover What would please me in my lover : I would have her fair and witty, Savouring more of court...and humorous in her toying, Oft building hopes, and soon destroying ; Long, but sweet in the enjoying ; Neither too easy, nor too hard : All extremes I... | |
 | Robert Maynard Leonard - 1911 - 642 pagini
...Charts). 514. IF I FREELY MAY DISCOVER IF I freely may discover What would please me in my lover, I would have her fair and witty, Savouring more of court...and humorous in her toying ; Oft building hopes, and soon destroying; Long, but sweet, in the enjoying ; Neither too easy, nor too hard : All extremes I... | |
 | Ben Jonson - 1912 - 594 pagini
...entreated to sing the other. Crispinus stags. If I freely inay discover What would please me in my lover, I would have her fair and witty, Savouring more of court...city ; A little proud, but full of pity : Light and humourous in her toying, Oft building hopes, and soon destroying, Long, but sweet in the enjoying ;... | |
 | Ben Jonson - 1913 - 206 pagini
...excellently bright. FROM THE POETASTER I If I freely may discover What would please me in my lover, I would have her fair and witty, Savouring more of court...and humorous in her toying, Oft building hopes, and soon destroying-, Long, but sweet in the enjoying ; Neither too easy nor too hard : All extremes I... | |
 | Robert Maynard Leonard - 1914 - 136 pagini
...heart. B. JONSON. IF I FREELY MAY DISCOVER IF I freely may discover What would please me in my lover, I would have her fair and witty, Savouring more of court than city, A little proud, but full of pity : 5 Light and humorous in her toying ; Oft building hopes, and soon destroying ; Long, but sweet, in... | |
 | Edward Bliss Reed - 1925 - 410 pagini
...excellently bright. CYNTHIA'S REVELS, vi IF I freely may discover, What would please me in my lover: I would have her fair, and witty, Savouring more of...city; A little proud, but full of pity; Light and humourous in her toying, Oft building hopes, and soon destroying, Long, but sweet in the enjoying;... | |
 | Earl Ellsworth Fisk - 1927 - 120 pagini
...love a shepherd swain ? —Robert Greene. If I freely may discover What would please me in my lover, I would have her fair and witty, Savouring more of court...and humorous in her toying; Oft building hopes, and soon destroying; Long, but sweet in the enjoying; Neither too easy nor too hard: All extremes I would... | |
 | Norman Ault - 1928 - 566 pagini
...inn And quiet pilgrimage. Campion. Song IF I freely may discover What would please me in my lover, I would have her fair and witty, Savouring more of court...and humorous in her toying ; Oft building hopes, and soon destroying ; Long, but sweet in the enjoying ; Neither too easy nor too hard : All extremes I... | |
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IF I freely may discover What would please me in my lover, I would have her fair and witty, Savouring more of court than city ; A little proud, but full of pity ; Light and humorous in her toying ; Oft... 
