 ... O Susan, Susan, lovely dear, My vows shall ever true remain ; Let me kiss off that falling tear ; We only part to meet again. Change as ye list, ye winds ; my heart shall be The faithful compass that still points to thee. " Believe not what the landmen...  Poemata Latine partim reddita, partim scripta - Page 50by Vincent Bourne - 1808 - 286 pagesFull view - About this book
 | English poetry - 1797 - 420 pages
...landmen say, Who tempt with doubt thy constant mind; They 'II tell thee sailors, when away, In ev'ey port a mistress find. Yes, yes, believe them when...tell thee so, For thou art present wheresoe'er I go. 30 vi. . . If to far India's coast we sail, Thy eyes are seen in di'monds bright, Thy breath is Afric's... | |
 | Philadelphia (Pa.) - 1814 - 640 pages
...still points to thee. V. Believe not what the landsmen say, Who tempt with doubts thy constant mind; They'll tell thee, sailors, when away, In every port...them, when they tell thee so, For thou art present whereso'cr I go. VI. If to far India's coast we sail, Thy eyes are seen in diamonds bright; Thy breath... | |
 | Philadelphia (Pa.) - 1814 - 652 pages
...thee. V. Believe not what the landsmen say, Who tempt with doubts thy constant mind; They'll tell thec, sailors, when away, In every port a mistress find....them, when they tell thee so, For thou art present whcreso'er I go. VI. If to far India's coast we sail, Thy eyes are seen in diamonds blight; Thy breath... | |
 | Goldfinch - 1805 - 276 pages
...landmen say, Who tempt with doubt* thy constant mind ; They'll tell thee, sailors, when away, In ev'ry port a mistress find. Yes, yes, believe them when...Thy eyes are seen in diamonds bright ; Thy breath is Afric's spicy gale, Thy skin is ivory so white. Thus ev'ry beauteous object that I view, Wakes in my... | |
 | Charles Henry Wilson - English ballads and songs - 1803 - 228 pages
...landmen say, Who tempt with doubts thy constant mind ;. They'll tell thee, sailors, when away, In ev'ry port a mistress find — Yes, yes, believe them, when...SO) For thou art present, wheresoe'er I go. If to far India's coast we sail, Thy eyes are seen in diamonds bright : Thy breath is Afric's spicy gale... | |
 | Select collection - 1806 - 322 pages
...landsmen say, Who tempt with doubts thy constant mind : They'll tell thee, sailors, when away, In ev'ry port a mistress find. Yes, yes, believe them when...tell thee so ; For thou art present wheresoe'er I go. Tho' battle call me from thy arms, Let not my pretty Susan mourn ; Tho' cannons roar, yet, free from... | |
 | George Ashburner - 1807 - 238 pages
...landmen say, Who tempt -with doubts thy constant mind; They'll tell thee, sailors, when away, In ev'ry port a mistress find — Yes, yes, believe them, when they tell thee so, Eor thou art present wheresoe'er I go. If to far India's coast we sail, Thy eyes are seen in diamonds... | |
 | Vincent Bourne - 1808 - 228 pages
...still points to thee. V. Believe not what the landsmen say, Who tempt with doubts thy constant mind ; They'll tell thee, sailors, when away, In every port...tell thee so, For thou art present, wheresoe'er I go. HI. Sic alto in ccelo tremulis se librat ut aus, Si soche accipiat forsan alauda sonos, Devolat extemplo... | |
 | Vincent Bourne - English poetry - 1808 - 398 pages
...still points to thee. V. Believe not. what the landsmen say, Who tempt with doubts thy constant mind ; They'll tell thee, sailors, when away, In every port...them when they tell thee so, For thou art present, whcresoe'er I go. III. Sic alto in coelo tremulis se libra! ut alis, Si socia: accipiat forsan alauda... | |
 | British poets - English poetry - 1809 - 512 pages
...still points to thee. ' Believe not what the landmen say, Who tempt with doubts thy constant mind; They'll tell thee sailors, when away, In every port...so, For thou art present wheresoe'er I go. ' If to far India's coast we sail, > Thy eyes are seen in diamonds bright, Thy breath is Afric's spicy gale,... | |
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