 | Theocritus - Pastoral poetry, Greek - 1866 - 400 pages
...doth rise, .Doth ask a drink divine; But might I of Jove's nectar sup, I would not change for thine. ' I sent thee late a rosy wreath, Not so much honouring...thee, As giving it a hope that there It could not withered be. But thou thereon didst only breathe, And sent'st back to me : Since when, it grows and... | |
 | Hubert Ashton Holden - 1866 - 726 pages
...soul doth rise doth ask a drink divine: but might I of Jove's neclar sip I would not change for thine. I sent thee late a rosy wreath, not so much honouring...thee, as giving it a hope that there it could not withered be; but thou thereon didst only breathe, and sent'st it back to me; since when it grows, and... | |
 | English poetry - 1866 - 396 pages
...doth rise Doth ask a drink divine ; But might I of Jove's nectar sip, I would not change for thine. I sent thee late a rosy wreath, Not so much honouring thee, As giving it a hope, that there It would not withered be, But thou thereon didst only breathe, And sent it back to me ; Since then, it... | |
 | Students' songs - 1866 - 134 pages
...divine : But, might I of Jove's nectar sip, I would not change for thine. I sent thee late a roseate wreath, Not so much honouring thee, As giving it a hope that there It could not withered be. But thou thereon didst only breathe, And sent'st it back to me ; Since when, it grows,... | |
 | Richard Henry Stoddard - Ballads, English - 1866 - 240 pages
...thirft that from the soul doth rise, Doth aJk a drink divine ; But might I of Jove's neflar sup, [1616.] Not so much honouring thee, As giving it a hope that there It could not withered be. But thou thereon didft only breathe, And senfft it back to me: Since when it grows, and... | |
 | J. H. - English poetry - 1867 - 860 pages
...doth rise, Doth ask a drink divine ; But might I of, Jove's nectar sup, I would not change for thine. I sent thee late a rosy wreath, Not so much honouring...thee, As giving it a hope, that there It could not withered be. But thou thereon didst only breathe, And sent'st it back to me : Since when it grows,... | |
 | English poetry - English poetry - 1867 - 336 pages
...doth rise, 5 Doth ask a drink divine, But might I of Jove's nectar sup, I would not change for thine. I sent thee late a rosy wreath, Not so much honouring thee, 10 As giving it a hope that there It could not wither'd be : But thou thereon didst only breathe, And... | |
 | British dramatists - Quotations, English - 1868 - 138 pages
...doth rise, Doth ask a drink divine ; But might I of Jove's nectar sup, I would not change for thine. I sent thee late a rosy wreath, Not so much honouring...thee, As giving it a hope that there It could not withered be ; But thou thereon didst only breathe, And sent'st it back to me ; Since when it grows,... | |
 | John Chippendall Montesquieu Bellew - English poetry - 1868 - 936 pages
...doth rise Doth ask a drink divine ; But might I of Jove's nectar sup, I would not change for thine. I sent thee late a rosy wreath ; Not so much honouring...thee, As giving it a hope, that there It could not withered be : But thou thereon didst only breathe, And sent'st it back to me ; Since when it grows,... | |
 | Daniel Scrymgeour - 1870 - 644 pages
...rise, Doth ask a drink divine : But might I of Jove's nectar sup, I would not change for thine. II. I sent thee late a rosy wreath, Not so much honouring...thee, As giving it a hope, that there It could not withered be ; But thou thereon didst only breathe, And sent'st it back to me, Since when it grows,... | |
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I'll not look for wine. The thirst that from the soul doth rise Doth ask a drink divine; But might I of Jove's nectar sup, I would not change for thine. I sent thee late a rosy wreath, Not so much honouring thee As giving it a hope that there It could... 
