 | Abel Stevens, James Floy - Periodicals - 1855 - 586 pages
...faithful Love. And thou, sweet Poetry, thou loveliest maid, Still first to fly where sensual joys invade, Unfit, in these degenerate times of shame, To catch...solitary pride ; Thou source of all my bliss, and all my woe, That found'st me poor at first, and keep'st me so; Thou guide, by which the nobler arts excel,... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1855 - 582 pages
...faithful Love. And thou, sweet Poetry, thou loveliest maid, Still first to fly where sensual joys invade ; Unfit, in these degenerate times of shame, To catch...fame ; Dear charming nymph, neglected and decried, Jly shame in crowds, my solitary pride ; Thou source of all my bliss, and all my woe, That found'st... | |
 | Abel Stevens, James Floy - Periodicals - 1855 - 586 pages
...faithful Love. And thou, sweet Poetry, thou loveliest maid, Still first to fly where sensual joys invade, Unfit, in these degenerate times of shame, To catch the heart, or strike for honust fame ; Dear charming nymph, neglected and decried, My shame ill crowds, my solitary pride ;... | |
 | Sarah Josepha Buell Hale - Quotations, English - 1855 - 610 pages
...negleeted and deeay'd, My shame in erowds, my solitary pride ; Thou souree of all my bliss, and all my woe, That found'st me poor at first, and keep'st me so Thou guide, by whieh the nobler arts exeel, Thou nurse of every virtue, fare thee well ! Goldsmiih's Deserted Village... | |
 | Raymond Williams - Literary Criticism - 1975 - 356 pages
...order) : And thou, sweet Poesy, thou loveliest Maid, Still first to fly where sensual joys invade; Unfit in these degenerate times of shame, To catch...for honest fame. Dear charming nymph, neglected and denied, My shame in crowds, my solitary pride. Thou source of all my bliss, and all my woe, That found'st... | |
 | G. S. Rousseau - Literary Criticism - 1995 - 420 pages
...of her. 'And thou sweet Poetry, thou loveliest maid, Still first to fly where sensual joys invade; Unfit in these degenerate times of shame, To catch...solitary pride. Thou source of all my bliss, and all my woe, That found'st me poor at first, and keep'st me so ; Thou guide by which the nobler arts excell,... | |
 | Carl R. Woodring, James Shapiro - Literary Criticism - 1995 - 936 pages
...faithful love. And thou, sweet Poetry, thou loveliest maid, Still first to fly where sensual joys invade; Unfit, in these degenerate times of shame. To catch the heart or strike for honest fame; 410 Dear charming nymph, neglected and decried, My shame in crowds, my solitary pride; Thou source... | |
 | Andrew Carpenter - Literary Criticism - 1998 - 662 pages
...faithful love: And thou, sweet Poetry, thou loveliest maid, Still first to fly where sensual joys invade, Unfit in these degenerate times of shame, To catch the heart, or strike for honest fame; 230 Dear charming nymph,30 neglected and decried, My shame in crowds, my solitary pride; Thou source... | |
 | Anne Ferry - Literary Criticism - 2001 - 318 pages
...unceremoniously, with teasing affection, as if she were a lovable and not quite respectable mistress: Dear charming nymph, neglected and decried, My shame...solitary pride. Thou source of all my bliss, and all my woe, That found'st me poor at first, and keep'st me so. ... (411-14) This kind of writing, while in... | |
 | Diane Ravitch, Michael Ravitch - Literary Collections - 2006 - 512 pages
...faithful love. And thou, sweet Poetry, thou loveliest maid, Still first to fly where sensual joys invade; Unfit in these degenerate times of shame To catch the heart, or strike for honest fame; My shame in crowds, my solitary pride; Thou source of all my bliss, and all my woe, That found'st me... | |
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Dear charming nymph, neglected and decried, My shame in crowds, my solitary pride; Thou source of all my bliss and all my woe, That found'st me poor at first, and keep'st me so; Thou guide by which the nobler arts excel, Thou nurse of every virtue, fare... 
