tis true — this truth you lovers know — In vain my structures rise, my gardens grow ; In vain fair Thames reflects the double scenes Of hanging mountains, and of sloping greens: Joy lives not here ; to happier seats it flies, And only dwells where... Chambers's papers for the people - עמוד 18מאת Chambers W. and R., ltd - 1851תצוגה מלאה - מידע על ספר זה
| Mrs. Jameson (Anna) - 1837 - 382 דפים
...amatory verse contained in his works. Ah friend ! 'tis true,—this truth you lovers know, In vain my structures rise, my gardens grow; In vain fair...flies, And only dwells where Wortley casts her eyes. But soft recesses of uneasy minds, To sigh unheard in to the passing winds? So the struck deer, in... | |
| Lady Mary Wortley Montagu - 1837 - 430 דפים
...never go further than your closet : "Ah, friend, 'tis true—this truth you lovers know— In vain my structures rise, my gardens grow, In vain fair...sloping greens: Joy lives not here; to happier seats it flief, And only dwells where Wortley casts her eyes. What are the gay parterre, the chequcr'd shade,... | |
| Mrs. Jameson (Anna) - 1837 - 394 דפים
...amatory verse contained in his works. Ah friend ! 'tis true, — this truth you lovers know, In vain my structures rise, my gardens grow ; In vain fair...hanging mountains, and of sloping greens ; Joy lives not hwe, to happier seats it flies, And only dwells where Wortley casts her eyes. What are the gay parterre,... | |
| Letitia Elizabeth Landon - 1837 - 326 דפים
...Mary, he read the following lines : — " Ah, friend, 'tis true— this truth you lovers know, In vain my structures rise, my gardens grow ; In vain fair Thames reflects the double scene Of hanging woodlands, and of sloping green : Joy lives not here ; to happier seats it flies,... | |
| Mrs. Jameson (Anna) - 1837 - 394 דפים
...height while we gather flowers at the foot ; let others explore the mazes of the forest ; ours be rather The gay parterre, the chequered shade, The morning bower, the evening colonnade, Those soft recesses of uneasy minds, whence the din of doleful war, the rumour of cruelty and suffering,... | |
| 1839 - 66 דפים
...finished his house and gardens at Twickenham. Ah friend ! 'tis true, this truth yon lovers know, In vain my structures rise, my gardens grow ; In vain fair...Wortley casts her eyes. What are the gay parterre, the checquered shade, The morning bower, the evening colonnade, But soft recesses for uneasy minds, To... | |
| Alexander Pope - 1839 - 510 דפים
...! 'tis true — this truth you lovers know — In vain my structures rise, my gardens grow, ln vam cean round ; The man for wisdom's various arts checquer'd shade, The morning bower, the evening colonnade, But soft recesses of uneasy minds, To sigh... | |
| 1842 - 418 דפים
...he read the following lines : — " Ah, friend, 'tis true — this truth you lovers know, III vain my structures rise, my gardens grow ; In vain fair Thames reflects the double scene Of hanging woodlands, and of sloping srpen: Juy lives not here ; to happier seats it rties, And... | |
| Mrs. Jameson (Anna) - 1844 - 384 דפים
...of amatory verse contained in his works. Ah friend! 'tis true,—this truth you lovers know, In vain my structures rise, my gardens grow; In vain fair...here, to happier seats it flies, And only dwells where Woitley casts her eyes. So the struck deer, in some sequester'd part, Lies down to die, the arrow at... | |
| Robert Folkestone Williams - 1845 - 978 דפים
...Honour." « CHAPTER XII. NO POPE-RT. Ah ! friend ! 'tis love — this truth you lovers know, In vain my structures rise, my gardens grow, In vain fair...flies. And only dwells where Wortley casts her eyes. FOFE. IT may not perhaps be unknown to the reader that within a few miles of our overgrown metropolis,... | |
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