 | Albert Picket - 1820 - 314 страници
...high my pray'r, Up to thy throne, my God, my King, To plead for pardon there ? Tenderness of Mind. I HAVE found out a gift for my fair ; I have found where the wood-pigeons breed; But all, let me that plunder forbear ! She will say 'tis a barbarov.s deed. For he ne'er can be true, sh-... | |
 | Earl John Russell Russell - 1820 - 464 страници
...loaded, father;" and falling into his sister's humour, very gracefully presented his basket, repeating, " I have found out a gift for my fair ; I have found where the wood-pigeons breed :" and all eyes being turned upon me and this mysterious basket, I uncovered it, and found two young... | |
 | Alexander Jamieson - 1820 - 388 страници
...congessere palumhes." Examples. The two last liues are heautifully translated and improved hy Shenstune ; " I have found out a gift for my fair, I have found where the wood-pigeons hreed : But let me the plunder forhear, She will say 'twas a harharous deed." OSs. 3. Not ahove the... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1821 - 278 страници
...thy gifts apply ; Unask'd, what good thou knowest grant ; What ill, though ask'd, deny. Compassion. I have found out a gift for my fair ; I have found...breed {' But let me that plunder forbear ! She will say, 'tis-« barbaroas deed, For he ne'er can be true, she averr'd, Who can rob a poor bird of its... | |
 | Heliodorus (of Emesa.) - 1889 - 576 страници
...Veneri aunt prsemia ; namque notavi, Ipse locum aerise quo congesssre palumbes." Virg. Ec. iii. 68. " I have found out a gift for my fair, I have found where the wood-pigeons breed." Shenstone. •f' t\aipi — t^aipev. + ovStv ;pi0wv Siaijiipii, § aprof oj3eXiaf, — Bread baked... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1890 - 480 страници
...she bade me adieu, I thought that she bade me return." In the second this passage has its prettiness, though it be not equal to the former : • " I have...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... | |
 | Sarah Warner Brooks - 1890 - 520 страници
...stanzas from Shenstone, conned in the dear old "English Reader," delighted our tender infant heart : " I have found out a gift for my fair, I have found where the wood-pigeons breed : But, oh, let me this plunder forbear She will say 't was a barbarous deed; " For he ne'er can be true, she... | |
 | James Thomson - 1891 - 458 страници
...bedight As is his sister of the copses green.' 710. this barbarous act forbear. Cp. Shenstone — ' I have found out a gift for my fair, I have found...breed ; But let me that plunder forbear, She will say 'twas a barbarous deed.' Pastoral Ballad, Ft. II. (date i?43\ 714. Her ruined care. Her young,... | |
 | Thomas Hughes - 1891 - 432 страници
...Martin and he had nearly been drowned in the yolk. 262 TOM PUT OUT. CHAPTEE IV. THE BIRD-FANCIEES. * I have found out a gift for my fair, I have found where the wood-pigeons bn»4 : But let me the plunder forbear, Shu would say 'twas a barbarous deed." Eowm. * And now, my... | |
 | Abby Sage Richardson - 1892 - 452 страници
...than my cattle unfold; Not a brook that is limpid and clear, But it glitters with fishes of gold. " I have found out a gift for my fair, I have found...wood-pigeons breed; But let me that plunder forbear, She will say 't was a barbarous deed. For he ne'er could be true, she averred, Who could rob a poor bird of... | |
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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... 
