| English poetry - 1714 - 528 pages
...Jove but laughs at Lovers Peijury.. Dryd P»l. & Arc, Phillis, why fhould we delay Pleafures, fhorter than the Day ? Could we, which we never can, Stretch our Lives beyond their Span j ' Beauty, like a Shadow, flies : And our Youth, before us, dies: Or would Youth and Beauty ftay,... | |
| Edmund Waller - English poetry - 1744 - 496 pages
...the wind. 62 POEMS upon fevera! Qccafions. To PHYLLIS. PHYLLIS! why fhould we delay Pleafures fhorter than the day ? Could we (which we never can ! ) Stretch...wings, and will away. LOVE hath fwifter wings, than Ti ME : Change in love to heay'n does climb; Gods, that never change their ftate, Vary oft their love... | |
| Edmund Waller - English poetry - 1768 - 366 pages
...wing'd with fear, out-flies the wind. To PHILLI 6. PH ILLIS ! why fliould we delay Pleafures fhorter than the day ? Could we (which we never can !) Stretch...beauty, ftay, LOVE hath wings, and will away. LOVE hath iwifter wings than TIME ; Change in love to heav'n does climb : Gods, that never change their ftate,... | |
| Edmund Waller, Percival Stockdale - 1772 - 330 pages
...And, wing'd with fear, out-flies the wind. To PHYLLI s. PHILLIS! why mould we delay Pleafures (horter than the day ? Could we (which we never can !) Stretch our lives beyond their fpan ; Beauty like a (hadow flies, And our youth before us dies. Or would youth, and beauty, ftay, LOVE hath wings, and... | |
| Ballads, English - 1781 - 384 pages
...fly to thy arms. SONG 1207. Written by Mr. WALLIX. pill LI, IS 1 why Aould we delay Plea/ures fhorter than the day ? Could we (which we never can!) Stretch our lives beyond their fpan ; Beauty like a (hadow flies, And our youth before us diet. Or would yonth, and beauty, ftay, Love hath wings, and... | |
| George Ellis - English poetry - 1790 - 346 pages
...that me The common fate of all things rare TO PHILLIS. PHILLIS, why fhould we delay Pleafures dorter than the day ? Could we (which we never can) Stretch...Love hath fwifter wings than time, Change in love to heav'n doth climb ; Gods, that never change their ftate, Vary oft their love and hate. Phillis, to... | |
| Jasper Adams, John Adams - 1793 - 358 pages
...feven fyllables, and the accent lies on the firft, third, ffth, andfevenfh ; as in the following : " Could we, which we never can, " Stretch our lives...a fhadow flies, " A'nd our youth before us dies." The other fort has a hafty found, and requires an accent on every third fyllable ; as for example :... | |
| Robert Anderson - English poetry - 1795 - 740 pages
...And pow'rful, tea, as either god. XIV. TO PHYLLIS. PBTLLIS ! why fhould we delay Pleafures fhorter than the day ? Could we (which we never can) Stretch...our youth before us dies. Or would youth and beauty flay, Love hath wings, and will away. Love hath fwiftcr wings than time. Change in love to Heav'n does... | |
| Joseph Robertson - English language - 1799 - 156 pages
...fyllables. EXAMPLES. Faireft piece of well-form'd earth, U'rge not thus your haughty birth. Waller. Could we, which we never can, Stretch our lives beyond...like a fhadow flies, A'nd our youth before us dies. This meafure has been frequently called the trochaic verfe ; becaufe, in Greek and Roman poets, the... | |
| Shrewsbury (England). Royal School - English poetry - 1801 - 368 pages
...will fly for fear, My spouse Nancy. BURNS. To Phyllis. Phyllis, why should we delay Pleasures shorter than the day ? Could we (which we never can) Stretch our lives beyond their span, Beauty like a shadow flies, And our youth before us dies : Or, would youth and beauty stay, Love... | |
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