 | Shiukichi Shigemi - 1889 - 508 pagina’s
...plunder forbear, She will say 'twas a barbarous deed: For he ne'er could be true, she averr'd, Who could rob a poor bird of its young ; And I lov'd her the more, when I heard Such tenderness fall from her tongue." Pastorals appear under various forms. We have Pastoral Songs, Pastoral... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1890 - 480 pagina’s
...forbear, She will say 'twas a barbarous deed : " For he ne'er could be true, she averr'd, Who could rob a poor bird of its young ; And I lov'd her the more, when I heard Such tenderness fall from her tongue." In the third he mentions the common-places of amorous poetry with... | |
 | 1891 - 730 pagina’s
...shares the oldfashioned sentiment of Shenstone — For he ne'er coul<l be true, she averred, Who could rob a poor bird of its young ; And I lov'd her the more, when I heard Such tenderness tall from her tongue — derive some consolation from the Wild Birds' Protection Act. But... | |
 | 1891 - 576 pagina’s
..." The Lord resisteth the proud, but giveth grace unto the humble." " For he ne'er can be true," she averr'd, ' ' Who can rob a poor bird of its young ; "And I loved her the more when I heard, Such tenderness fall from her tongue. CHAPTER L. INCENTIVES TO PIETY... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1905 - 582 pagina’s
...forbear, She will say 'twas a barbarous deed : 'For he ne'er could be true, she averr'd, Who could rob a poor bird of its young ; And I lov'd her the more, when I heard Such tenderness fall from her tongue2.' In the third he mentions the common-places of amorous poetry 28... | |
 | Alice Isabel Hazeltine - 1918 - 110 pagina’s
...Plunder forbear; She will say 'twas a barbarous Deed. For he ne'er cou'd be true, she aver'd Who cou'd rob a poor Bird of its Young; And I lov'd her the more when I heard Such Tenderness fall from her Tongue. I have heard her with sweetness unfold How that Pity was due to a... | |
 | Kathleen Winifred Campbell - 1926 - 220 pagina’s
...plunder forbear, She will say 'twas a barbarous deed. For he ne'er could be true, she aver'd, Who could rob a poor bird of its young : And I lov'd her the more when I heard Such tenderness fall from her tongue. I have heard her with sweetness unfold How that pity was due to —... | |
 | David Nichol Smith - 1926 - 744 pagina’s
...plunder forbear, She will say 'twas a barbarous deed. For he ne'er could be true, she aver'd, Who could rob a poor bird of its young : And I lov'd her the more, when I heard Such tenderness fall from her tongue. I have heard her with sweetness unfold How that pity was due to —... | |
 | C. E. de Haas - 1928 - 334 pagina’s
...plunder forbear, She will say 'twas a barbarous deed. For he ne'er could be true, she aver'd, Who could rob a poor bird of its young: And I lov'd her the more when I heard Such tenderness fall from her tongue. There is another remarkable passage in Shenstone's Essay which shows... | |
 | C. E. de Haas - 1928 - 322 pagina’s
...plunder forbear, She will say 'twas a barbarous deed. For he ne'er could be true, she aver'd, Who could rob a poor bird of its young: And I lov'd her the more when I heard Such tenderness fall from her tongue. There is another remarkable passage in Shenstone's Essay which shows... | |
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As— she may not be fond to resign. 1 have found out a gift for my fair, I have found where the wood-pigeons breed, But let me that plunder forbear, She will say 'twas a barbarous deed. For he ne'er could be true, she averr'd, Who could rob a poor bird... 
