| English poets - 1801 - 382 Seiten
...cheer as though one should another whelm : Where we have fought, and chased oft with darts. — • The secret groves, which oft we made resound Of pleasant plaint, and of our ladies' praise, Recording oft what grace each one had found, What hope of speed, what dread of long delays. The wild forest,... | |
| George Ellis - 1803 - 468 Seiten
...With cheer6 as though one should another whelm : Where we have fought, and chased oft with darts. * The secret groves, which oft we made resound Of pleasant plaint, and of our ladies' praise, Recording oft what grace each one had found, What hope of speed, what dread of long delays. The wild forest,... | |
| 1816 - 676 Seiten
...ruth; In active games of nimbleness and strength, Where we did strain, trained with swarms of youth, Our tender limbs, that yet shot up in length. " The...plaint, and of our ladies' praise ; Recording soft whatgrace each one had found. What hope of speed, what dread of long delays. " The wild forest, the... | |
| Thomas Campbell - 1819 - 432 Seiten
...Where we did strain, trained with swarms of youth, Our tender limbs that yet shot up in length. •. i' The secret groves, which oft we made resound Of pleasant plaint, and of our ladies praise ; 1 Teams-court. — * Stript. Recording soft what grace each one had found, What hope of speed, what... | |
| Thomas Campbell - 1819 - 420 Seiten
...after their being contracted to their respective brides. If this was the case, the poet's allusion to The secret groves which oft we made resound Of pleasant plaint, and of our ladies love, may be charitably understood as only recording the aspirations of their conjugal impatience.... | |
| John Galt - 1824 - 464 Seiten
...ruth; In active games of nimbleness and strength, Where we did strain, trained with swarms of youth, Our tender limbs, that yet shot up in length ; The...The wild forest, the clothed holts with green; With rains availed, and swift y-breathed horse With cry of hounds, and merry blasts between, Where we did... | |
| John Galt - 1824 - 462 Seiten
...ruth ; In active games of nimbleness and strength, Where we did strain, trained with swarms of youth, Our tender limbs, that yet shot up in length ; The...The wild forest, the clothed holts with green ; With rains availed, and swift y-breathed horse With cry of hounds, and merry blasts between, Where we did... | |
| John Johnstone (of Edinburgh.) - 1828 - 600 Seiten
...hearts, AVith cheer as though one should another whelm : Where we have fought, and chased oft with darts. The secret groves, which oft we made resound Of pleasant plaint, and of our ladies' praise, Recording oft what grace each one had found, What hope of speed, what dread of long delays. The wild forest,... | |
| Henry Howard (earl of Surrey.) - 1870 - 264 Seiten
...trained with swarms of youth, Our tender limbs, that yet shot up in length. 1 Hover. a Tennis-court. The secret groves, which oft we made resound Of pleasant plaint, and of our ladies' praise ; Recording oft what grace each one had found, What hope of speed, what dread of long delays. The wild forest,... | |
| Charles Mackay - 1840 - 426 Seiten
...love Have missed the ball, and got sight of our dame To bait her eyes, which kept the leads above. The secret groves, which oft we made resound Of pleasant plaint and of our ladies' praise ; Recording oft what grace each one had found, What hope of speed, what dread of long delays. The wild forest,... | |
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