 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1800 - 714 pages
...say 'twas a barbarous deed : For he ne'er could be true she averr'd, Who could rob a poor bird of its young-* And I lov'd her the more when I heard Such tenderness fall from her tongue. In the third he mentions the common-places of amorous poetry with some address: 'Tis his with mock... | |
 | E. Tomkins - 1804 - 416 pages
...say 'twas a harharous deed. For he ne'er could he true, she averr'd, Who could roh a poor hird of its young: And I lov'd her the more, when I heard Such tenderness fall from her tongue. I have heard her with sweetness uufyld, How that pity was due to — a dove; That it ever attended... | |
 | Salomon Gessner - German poetry - 1805 - 332 pages
...'twas a barbarous deed. For lie ne'er could be true she averr'd, That could rob a poor bird of its young: And I lov'd her the more when I heard Such tenderness fall from her tongue. I have heard her with sweetness unfold How that pity was due to a dove; That it ever attended the bold,... | |
 | Lyre - Love poetry, English - 1806 - 204 pages
...' 'twas a barbarous deed !' For he ne'er could be true, she ave^d, Who could rob a poor bird of its young ; And I lov'd her the more when I heard Such tenderness fall from her tongue. I have hoard her with sweetness unfold How that Pity was due to a dove: That it ever attended the bold... | |
 | Cabinet - 1808 - 524 pages
...twas a barbarous deed. • For he ne'er coulJ be true, she averr'd, Who could rob a poor bird of its young : And I lov'd her the more when I heard Such tenderness fall from her tongue. I have heard her with sweetness unfold How that pity was due to— a dove : That ever attended the... | |
 | William Shenstone, Thomas Park - 1808 - 342 pages
...say 'twas a barbarous deed: For he ne'er could be true, she averr'd, Who could rob a poor bird of its young; And I lov'd her the more when I heard Such tenderness tail from her tongue. I have heaFd her with sweetness unfold How that pity was due to—a dove; That... | |
 | British poets - English poetry - 1809 - 526 pages
...'twas a barbarous deed : For he ne'er could be true, she averr'd, Who could rob a poor bird of its young ; And I lov'd her the more when I heard Such tenderness fall from her tongue. I have heard her with sweetness unfold How that pity was due to— a dove ; That it ever attended the... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 408 pages
...'twas a barbarous deed : For he ne'er could be true, she averr'd, Who could rob a poor bird of its young ; And I lov'd her the more when I heard Such tenderness fall from her tongue. In the third he mentions the common-places of amorous poetry with some address : 'Tis his with mock... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1810 - 494 pages
...'twas a barbarous deed ; For he ne'er could be trne, she averted, Who could rob a poor bird of its young; And I lov'd her the more, when I heard Such tenderness fall from her tongue. In the third he mentions the common places of amorous poetry with some address. 'Tis his with mock... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 404 pages
...'twas a barbarous deed : For he ne'er could be true, she averr'd, Who could rob a poor bird of its young ; And I lov'd her the more when I heard Such tenderness fall from her tongue. In the third he mentions the common-places of amorous poetry with some address : 'Tis his with mock... | |
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I have found out a gift for my fair; I have found where the wood-pigeons breed; But let me that plunder forbear, She will say 'twas a barbarous deed: For he ne'er could be true, she averr'd, Who could rob a poor bird of its young; And I loved her the... 
