 | Abraham Cowley - English literature - 1806 - 294 pages
...pine, And parched loves beneath the Line. VII. GOLD. A MIGHTY pain to love it is, And 't is a pain that pain to miss ; But, of all pains, the greatest pain It is to love, but love in vain. Virtue now, nor noble blood, Nor wit, by Love is understood ; Gold alone does passion... | |
 | William Davis - Bibliomania - 1821 - 776 pages
...b.--,i:-i'il GOLD. . „ ii:Ii, „i . i A mighty pain to love it is, .... viroiIi-i And 'tis a pain that pain to miss, But of all pains the greatest pain ' " ' ' It is to love^but love in vain. I :;.,! .',-Virtue now nor Noble Blood, • , • ,,' i;\,. Nor Wit by Love... | |
 | British poets - Classical poetry - 1822 - 306 pages
...pine, And parched loves beneath the Line. VII. GOLD. A MIGHTY pain to love it is, And 'tis a pain that pain to miss; But, of all pains, the greatest pain It is to love, but love in vain. Virtue now, nor noble blood, Nor wit, by Love is understood; Gold alone does passion... | |
 | William Davis (bibliographer.) - Curiosa - 1825 - 126 pages
...their own excuse for the space they occupy. , GOLD. A mighty pain to love it is, And 'tis a pain that pain to miss. But of all pains the greatest pain It is to love — but love in vain. Virtue now nor Noble Blood, Nor Wit by Love is understood ; Gold alone does passion... | |
 | Quotations, English - 1847 - 526 pages
...'m in a fit, to hiccup ! BUTLER'S Hudibras. 15. Almighty pain to love it is, And 't is a pain that pain to miss ; But, of all pains, the greatest pain It is, to love, and love in vain. COWLEY'S Anacreon. 16. What is love ? — An odd compound of simples most sweet,... | |
 | Quotations, English - 1847 - 540 pages
...'m in a fit, to hiccup ! BUTLER'S Hudibras. 15. Almighty pain to love it is, And 't is a pain that pain to miss ; But, of all pains, the greatest pain It is, to love, and love in vain. COWLEY'S Anacreon. 16. What is love ? — An odd compound of simples most sweet,... | |
 | English poetry - 1852 - 874 pages
...the best to make, And manage wisely the last stake A MIGHTY pain to love it is, And 'tis a pain that h but love in vain. Virtue now, nor noble blood. Nor wit, by love is understood Gold alone does passion... | |
 | Sarah Josepha Buell Hale - Quotations, English - 1855 - 612 pages
...it, 'eause itself is blind. Cotetsj. Like Ixion, A mighty pain to love it is, And Ч is a pain that pain to miss ; But of all pains, the greatest pain It is to love, but love in vain. Comisy. In loving thou dost well, in passion not, Wherein true love eonsists not... | |
 | Electronic journals - 1857 - 652 pages
...MELETES. Quotation Wanted (2nd S. iii. 290. 356.) — " A mighty pain to love it is, And 'tis a pain that pain to miss ; But of all pains the greatest pain It is to love, and love in vain." These lines are by Cowley. They form part of a translation of one of the Odes usually... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - English literature - 1858 - 780 pages
...In hl> •• Live, of the llrlUnli Fuels." BOLD. A mighty pain to love it ii=, And 'us a pain that pain to miss, But, of all pains, the greatest pain It is to love, but Love in vain. Virtue now nor noble blood, Nor wit, by love is understood. Gold alone does passion... | |
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A Mighty pain to Love it is, And 'tis a pain that pain to miss. But of all pains the greatest pain It is to love, but love in vain. 
