 | James Boswell - 1889 - 574 páginas
...for his friend Mr. Edmund Hector : — VERSES TO A LADY, ON RECEIVING FROM HER A SPRIG OF MYRTLE. " What hopes what terrors does thy gift create, Ambiguous...Melissa's hand ; Not less capricious than a reigning fair, Now grants, and now rejects, a lover's prayer 1 He also wrote some amatory verses, before he left Staffordshire,... | |
 | James Boswell - 1890 - 568 páginas
...fur his friend r. Edmund Hector : — VERSES to a LADY, он weening from her a SPRIG of MYRTLE. " What hopes, what terrors does thy gift create, Ambiguous emblem of uncertain fate 1 The myrtle, ensign of supreme command, Consign'd by Venus to Melissa's hand; Not less capricious... | |
 | 1896 - 1224 páginas
...— Reflections on Leaving a Place of Retirement. The myrtle (ensign of supreme command, Consigned " Quests. The press is the fourth estate of the realm. n. CARLYLE — Heroes and Hero- prayer; In myrtle shades oft sings the happy swain In myrtle shades despairing ghosts complain. i.... | |
 | George Birkbeck Norman Hill - 1897 - 550 páginas
...written by Dr. Samuel Johnson, at the request of a Gentleman to whom a Lady had given a Sprig of Myrtle. What hopes, what terrors, does thy gift create, Ambiguous...Melissa's hand, Not less capricious than a reigning fair, Now grants, and now rejects a lover's prayer'. In myrtle shades oft sings the happy swain, In myrtle... | |
 | James Boswell - 1900 - 928 páginas
...wrote for his friend Mr Edmund Hector : — VBRSES to a LADY on receiving from her a SPRIG OF MYRTLE. riting, from the original which was found, by the...HONOURABLE THE EARL OF BUTE. " Temple Lane, ׀ 0 Now grants, and now rejects a lover's prayer. In myrtle shades oft sings the happy swain, In myrtle... | |
 | James Boswell - 1900 - 638 páginas
...her; and he addressed to her the following verses, on her presenting him with a nosegay of myrtle : " What hopes, what terrors does thy gift create, Ambiguous...uncertain fate : The myrtle, ensign of supreme command, Consigned by Venus to Melissa's hand ; Not less capricious than a reigning fair, Now grants, and now... | |
 | James Boswell - 1901 - 404 páginas
...he wrote for his friend Mr. Edmund Hector: Verses to a Lady, onreceivingfromhera Sprig of Myrtle ' What hopes, what terrors does thy gift create, Ambiguous...Melissa's hand; Not less capricious than a reigning fair, Now grants, and now rejects a lover's prayer. In myrtle shades oft sings the happy swain ; In myrtle... | |
 | James Boswell - 1904 - 1590 páginas
...Edmund Hector. VERSES to a LADY, on receiving from her a SPEIO of MYRTLE. ' WHAT hopes, what terrours I was Now grants, and now rejects a lover's prayer. In myrtle shades oft sings the happy swain, In myrtle... | |
 | James Boswell - 1907 - 712 páginas
...Edmund Hector. VERSES to a LADY, on receiving from her a SPRIG of MYRTLE'1 What hopes, what terrours does thy gift create, Ambiguous emblem of uncertain...The myrtle, ensign of supreme command, Consign'd by Veuus to Melissa's hand ; Not less capricious than a reigning fair, Now grants, and now rejects a lover's... | |
 | Henry George Bohn - 1911 - 784 páginas
...mocks the night, Brief even, as bright. WYRTLE. The myrtle (ensign of supreme command, Consigned hy Venus to Melissa's hand;, Not less capricious than a reigning fair, Oft favors, oft rejeets a lover's prayer, In myrtle shades oft sings the happy swain, In myrtle shades despairing ghos;s... | |
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What hopes, what terrours does thy gift create, Ambiguous emblem of uncertain fate ! The myrtle, ensign of supreme command, Consign'd by Venus to Melissa's hand ; Not less capricious than a reigning fair, Now grants, and now rejects a lover's prayer.... 
