 Is constant love deem'd there but want of wit? Are beauties there as proud as here they be ? Do they above love to be loved, and yet Those lovers scorn, whom that love doth possess? Do they call virtue there — ungratefulness!  The essays of Elia - Page 42by Charles Lamb - 1840Full view - About this book
 | Arthur Aikin - 1809 - 832 pages
...there but want of wit? Are beauties there as proud as here they be ? Do they above love to be lov'd, and yet Those lovers scorn whom that love doth possess ? Do they call virtue there ungratefulness ? Come sleep, О sleep, the certain knot of peace, The baiting place of wit, the balm of woe. The poor... | |
 | 1823 - 696 pages
...constant love dcem'd there but want of wit? Are beauties there as proud us here they be ? Do they above love to be loved, and yet Those lovers scorn, whom that love doth possess ? Do they call virtue thtn—ungratcfuliieut The last line of this poem is a little obscured by transposition. He means,... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1824 - 1062 pages
...there but want of wit ? Are beauties there as proud as here they be ) Do they above love to be lov'd, / Come, Sleep, O Sleep, the certain knot of peace, The baiting place of wit, the balm of woe, The poor... | |
 | 1824 - 378 pages
...there but want of wit? Are beauties there as proud as here they be ? Do they above love to be lov'd, and yet Those lovers scorn whom that love doth possess ? Do they call virtue there ungratefulness?" — This is some what in the manner of Shakspeare, both in the conception and expression. — The following... | |
 | Henry Southern, Sir Nicholas Harris Nicolas - 1824 - 378 pages
...there but want of wit? Are beauties there as proud as here they be ? Do they above love to be lov'd, and yet Those lovers scorn whom that love doth possess ? Do they call virtue there ungratefulness ?" — This is some what in the manner of Shakspeare, both in the conception and expression. — The... | |
 | 1824 - 378 pages
...there but want of wit? Are beauties there as proud as here they be ? Do they above love to be lov'd, and yet Those lovers scorn whom that love doth possess ? Do they call virtue there ungratefulness?" — This is somewhat in the manner of Shakspeare, both in the conception and expression. — The following... | |
 | Charles Lamb - 1833 - 308 pages
...constant love deem'd there but want of wit ? Are beauties there as proud as here they be? Do they above love to be loved, and yet Those lovers scorn, whom...means, Do they call ungratefulness there a virtue ? it. Come, Sleep, 0 Sleep, the certain knot of peace, The baiting place of wit, the halm of woe, The... | |
 | Alexander Dyce - 1833 - 240 pages
...there but want of wit ? Are beauties there as proud as here they be ? Do they above love to be lov'd, and yet Those lovers scorn, whom that love doth possess ? Do they call virtue there ungratefulness? COME, Sleep — O Sleep, the certain knot of peace, The baiting place of wit, the balm of woe, The... | |
 | Charles Lamb - 1836 - 324 pages
...constant love deem'd there but want of wit ? Are beauties there as proud as here they be ? Do they above love to be loved, and yet Those lovers scorn, whom...means, Do they call ungratefulness there a virtue ? IL Come, Sleep, O Sleep, the certain knot of peace, The baiting place of wit, the balm of woe, The... | |
 | Charles Lamb, Thomas Noon Talfourd - 1838 - 486 pages
...constant love deem'd there but tant of wit ? Are beauties there as proud as here they be ? Do they above love to be loved, and yet Those lovers scorn, whom...that love doth possess ? Do they call virtue there — ungratefidncti .'" The last line of this poem is a little obscured by transposition. He means,... | |
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