 Go, lovely Rose ! Tell her that wastes her time and me, That now she knows, When I resemble her to thee, How sweet and fair she seems to be. Tell her that's young, And shuns to have her graces spied, That had'st thou sprung In deserts where no men abide,...  The book of popular songs, ed. by J.E. Carpenter - Page 14by Joseph Edwards Carpenter - 1858 - 275 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Abraham Mills - 1851 - 602 pages
...And shuns to have her graces spied, That, hadst thou sprang In deserts, where no men abide, Thou most have uncommended died. Small is the worth Of beauty from the light retir'd ; Bid her come forth, Suffer herself to be desired, And not blush so to be admir'd. Then die... | |
 | Caroline Matilda Kirkland - 1852 - 356 pages
...thee, How sweet and fair she seems to be. Tell her that's young, And shuns to have her graces spied, That, hadst thou sprung In deserts, where no men abide,...herself to be desired, And not blush so to be admired. 146 SUR LA MORT D'UNE JEUNE FILLE. « Then die ! that she The common fate of all things rare May read... | |
 | 1852 - 874 pages
...and fair, she seems to be. Tell her that's young. And shuns to have her graces spied, That hadst thon retir'd : Bid her come forth, Suffer herself to be desir'd. And not blush so to be admir'd. Then die... | |
 | Ezra Pound, Marcella Spann - 1964 - 388 pages
...thee, How sweet and fair she seems to be. Tell her that's young, And shuns to have her graces spied, That hadst thou sprung In deserts where no men abide,...Thou must have uncommended died. Small is the worth Bid her come forth, Suffer herself to be desired, And not blush so to be admired. Then die! that she... | |
 | O Henry, Seymour Reiter - 1977 - 54 pages
...embarrassed after the light comes through the windows. DELLA: Don't make me blush. JIM: (Speaking) Small is the worth Of beauty from the light retired...herself to be desired, And not blush so to be admired. DELLA: Jim! I didn't know you knew poetry! What fun to learn things about somebody you're married to!... | |
 | Edith P. Hazen - 1992 - 1172 pages
...That now she knows. When I resemble her to thee, How sweet and fair she seems to be. (1. 1 —5) 2 eemable. 16 Footfalls echo in the memory Down the passage which we did (1. 16-18) AWP; BoLoP; CTC; ELP; EnLoPo; FF; GBL; GoJo; GTBS; GTBS-P; HAP; HelP; InPK; JCP; MePo: NAEL-1;... | |
 | Carl R. Woodring, James Shapiro - 1995 - 936 pages
...thee How sweet and fair she seems to be. Tell her that's young, And shuns to have her graces spied That hadst thou sprung In deserts where no men abide, Thou must have uncommended died, 10 Small is the worth Of beauty from the light retired; Bid her come forth, Suffer herself to be desired,... | |
 | Michael Kurland - 1998 - 260 pages
...She made me feel lightheaded and poetic. I opened the door for her. "Small is the worth," I recited, "Of beauty from the light retired Bid her come forth,...herself to be desired. And not blush so to be admired." "Well," she said, seating herself and closing the door. "And so early in the morning, too. Is it Andrew... | |
 | Ronald Paulson - 2003 - 460 pages
...to be "Like roses that in deserts bloom and die" (4. 1 58; she recalls Waller's "Go, lovely Rose": "hadst thou sprung / In deserts, where no men abide, / Thou must have uncommended died"). She is invoking the rose of the courtly love tradition, emblem of the chaste lady who refuses to yield... | |
 | Carol Jacobs, Henry Sussman - 2003 - 300 pages
...She wishes to be "Like roses that in deserts bloom and die." (She recalls Waller's "Go, lovely Rose": "hadst thou sprung/ In deserts, where no men abide, /Thou must have uncommended died.") She is invoking the rose of the courtly love tradition, emblem of the chaste lady who refuses to yield... | |
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