Well then ; I now do plainly see, This busy world and I shall ne'er agree ; The very honey of all earthly joy Does of all meats the soonest cloy, And they, methinks, deserve my pity, Who for it can endure the stings, The crowd, and buzz, and murmurings... The Retrospective Review.. - Page 370edited by - 1827Full view - About this book
| Virgin muse - 1722 - 250 pages
...Davtdtis, \ LVI. .LVI. The Wifh. I. ELL then•, I now do plainly fee, This bufie World and I fhall nc're agree•, The very Honey of all Earthly Joy Does of all Meats the fboneft Cloy : And they, methinks, deferve my pity, Who for it can endure the Stings The Crowd, and... | |
| 1773 - 614 pages
...enthufiafm and poetical beauties of THE WISH. Well then, I now do plainly fee This bufy world and 1 (hall ne'er agree ; The very honey of all earthly joy . Does, of all meats, the fooneft cloy. And they, methinks, deferve my pity Who for it can endure the flings The crowd, and buz,... | |
| SEVERAL HANDS - 1773 - 620 pages
...enthufiafm and poetical beauties of THE WISH. Well then, I now do plainly fee This bufy world and I (hall ne'er agree ; The very honey of all earthly joy Does, of all meats, the fooneft cloy. And they, methinks, deferve my pity Who for it can endure the flings The crowd, and buz,... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1779 - 378 pages
...to live it o'er again in me ?" THE WISH. WELL then ; I now do plainly fee This bufy world and I mall ne'er agree ; The very honey of all earthly joy Does of all meats the fooneft cloy ; And they, methinks, deferve my pity, Who for it can endure the flings, The crowd, and... | |
| George Ellis - 1790 - 346 pages
...thou no paffion have for me. 1HE WISH. WELL, then; I now do plainly fee This bufy world and I fhall ne'er agree. The very honey of all earthly joy Does of all meats the fooneft cloy; And they, methinks, deferve my pity, Who for it can endure the flings, The crowd, and... | |
| Robert Anderson - 1795 - 740 pages
...live it ^'er again in nie J tit Wijt. WH.L, then, I now do plainly fee, This bufy world and I fhall ne'er agree ; The very honey of all earthly joy Does of all meats the fooneft cloy : And they (methinks) deferve my pity Who for it can endure the ftings, The crowd, and... | |
| English poets - 1801 - 454 pages
...art, Be brought to move one step from thee> May'st thou no passioa have for me. [From " the Wish."] WELL, then ; I now do plainly see This busy world...it can endure the stings, The crowd, and buz, and murmunngs, Of this great hive, the city. Ah ! yet, ere I descend to th' grave, May I a small house... | |
| George Ellis - 1803 - 476 pages
...art, Be brought to move one step from thee, May'st thou no passion have for me. .' [From "The Wish."] WELL, then ; I now do plainly see This busy world...meats the soonest cloy : And they, methinks, deserve ray pity, Who for it can endure the stings, The crowd, and buzz, and murmurings, Of this great hive,... | |
| George Ellis - 1803 - 474 pages
...art, Be brought to move one step from thee, May'st thou no passion have for me. [From "The Wish."] WELL, then ; I now do plainly see This busy world...shall ne'er agree. The very honey of all earthly joy Docs of all meats the soonest cloy : And they, methinks, deserve my pity, Who for it can endure the... | |
| Abraham Cowley - 1806 - 290 pages
...could not abstain from renewing my old school-boy's wish, in a copy of yerses to the same effect : Well then* ; I now do plainly see This busy world and I shall ne'er agree, &c. And I never then proposed to myself any other * We have these verses, under the name of The Wish,... | |
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