 And take me panting to thy breast ! I wish I might a rose-bud grow, And thou wouldst cull me from the bower, And place me on that breast of snow...  Odes of Anacreon - Page 115by Anacreon - 1804Full view - About this book
 | Anacreon - Odes, Greek - 1800 - 304 pages
...And place me on that breast of snow, Where I should bloom, a wintry flower. I wish I were the lilly's leaf, To fade upon that bosom warm ; There I should...wither, pale and brief, The trophy of thy fairer form ! N Or were I, love, the robe which flows O'er every charm that secret glows, In many a lucid fold... | |
 | Anacreon - 1803 - 232 pages
...bloom, a win'try flower. I wifh I were the lily's leaf, To fade upon that bofom warm ; There I fhould wither, pale and brief, The trophy of thy fairer form ! Allow me add, that Plato has expreffed as fanciful a wifli in a diftich preferved by Laertius. ;, fee ,. OA>..... | |
 | Anacreon - Classical literature - 1804 - 310 pages
...might a rose-bud grow, And thou wouldst cull me from the bower, And place me on that breast of snow, Or were I, love, the robe which flows O'er every charm...fanciful a wish in a distich preserved by Laertius: Afifa; tiraifUf) «rnj tfttf. nil Ovfatt;, a; ar»AAt<; tftftan-iv u; fi TO STELLA. Why dost thou gaze... | |
 | Anacreon - 1820 - 196 pages
...cull me from the bower, And place me on that breast of snow, Where I should bloom, a wintry flower. Or were I, love, the robe which flows O'er every charm...fanciful a wish in a distich preserved by Laertius : Af-tpotr tiffaQptir, asii£ r/Aot. tiQe lyivoiiuw Ov^avor, ur ooXXoir op.fuifftv tit at f3xtTu. TO... | |
 | Philadelphia (Pa.) - 1821 - 542 pages
...cull me from the bower, And place me on that breast of snow, Where I should bloom, a wintery flower. I wish I were the lily's leaf, To fade upon that bosom...fanciful a wish in a distich preserved by Laertius! A (if etc firabpur., «f»{ (/uoc. U0f ytviiiuav Oi/;ctroc, UK WOAXW tftfta.rH a; ft $Knrv. TO STELLA.... | |
 | Thomas Moore - 1823 - 378 pages
...cull me from the bower, And place me on that breast of suow, Where I should bloom, a wintry flower ! I wish I were the lily's leaf, To fade upon that bosom...form ! Allow me to add, that Plato has expressed as fancifal wish in a distich preserved by Laertins : Ovftatf, af woMo(f tpftam tif n TO STELLA. Why dost... | |
 | Ugo Foscolo - Platonic love - 1823 - 352 pages
...cull me from the bower And place me on that breast of snow, Where I should bloom, a wintry flower. I wish I were the lily's leaf To fade upon that bosom...wither, pale and brief, The trophy of thy fairer form ! MOORE. PAULUS SILENTIARIUS. THE OFFERING OF A DESERTED LOVER. To THEE the reliques of a thousand... | |
 | Ugo Foscolo - Platonic love - 1823 - 348 pages
...cull me from the bower And place me on that breast of snow, Where I should bloom, a wintry flower. I wish I were the lily's leaf To fade upon that bosom warm ; There I should wither, pale and brief, PAULUS SILENTIARIUS. THE OFFERING OF A DESERTED LOVER. To THEE the reliques of a thousand flowers,... | |
 | Joannes Secundus - English poetry - 1824 - 176 pages
...And place me in that breast of snow, Where I should bloom a wint'ry flower. I wish I were the lily 's leaf To fade upon that bosom warm ; There I should...wither, pale and brief, The trophy of thy fairer form ! Moore. Secundus expresses a similar wish in the Fourth Elegy of his Julia. KISS XIV. The poet was... | |
 | Charles John Gardiner (earl of Blessington.) - 1826 - 400 pages
...cull me from the bower, And place me on that breast of snow, Where I would bloom,—a wintry flower. " I wish I were the lily's leaf, To fade upon that bosom...wither, pale and brief, The trophy of thy fairer form!" Eleonore trembled; but though Petrarch pressed her hand, her veil concealed her blushes. A bell tolled... | |
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