 | Apollo - 1800 - 224 pages
...her bright form fhall appear, Each bird fhall hannonioufly join In a concert fo foft and fo clear, 1 have found out a gift for my fair ; I have found where...'twas a barbarous deed. For he ne'er could be true, me aver'd, Who could rob a poor bird of its young : And I lov'd her the more when I heard Such tendernefs... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1800 - 714 pages
...me return. In the second this passage has its prettiness, though it be not equal to the former : » I have found out a gift for my fair ; I have found...'wood-pigeons 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 its... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1800 - 512 pages
...fond torefign. 1 have found out a gift for my fair ; I iiave found where the wood-pigeons breed ! Eut let 'me that plunder forbear, She will fay 'twas a barbarous deed. For he ne'er could be true, (he aver'd, Whoïculd rob a poor bird of its young ; And 1 bv'd her the more \vhe ; I heard Such tendernefs... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1800 - 512 pages
...fo foft and fo clear, Лв— Ihe may not be fond to rcf'gn. 1 have found out a gift Tor my für ; I have found where the wood-pigeons breed : But let me that plunder forbear, She will fay 'tvm.3 a birb.irom dfed. For hi ne'er could be true, '(ht: avef'd. Who could rob a poor bin! of its... | |
 | W. M. - Children - 1801 - 356 pages
...every blefling's flown, 3 JUT thee for thyielf alone. > BA&BAULD. V ,' ', ON TAKING OF BIRDSNESTS. 1 HAVE found out a gift for my Fair, I have found where...breed : But let me that plunder forbear ! She will fay 'tis a barbarous deed. He ne'er can be true, flie averr'd, Who can rob a poor bird of its young ; And... | |
 | Great Britain - 1804 - 716 pages
...bade me return. In the second this passage has its prettiness, though it be not equal to the former : I have found out a gift for my fair ; I have found...wood-pigeons 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 its... | |
 | E. Tomkins - 1804 - 416 pages
...shall harmoniously join In a concert so soft and so clear, As — she may not he fond to resign. 1 have found out a gift for my fair; I have found where the wood-pigeons hreed • But let me that plunder forhear, She will say 'twas a harharous deed. For he ne'er could... | |
 | Great Britain - 1804 - 508 pages
...fo clear. As— -the may not be fond tore.Tgn. 1 have found nut a gift lor my fair ;• I have to:md where the wood-pigeons breed : But let me that plunder forbear, She will lay 'twas al^rbarous d-.'crl. For he ne'er c.'i>ld he ture, ihe ai'or'd, Wl)o could i ob a poor bird... | |
 | Ossian - 1805 - 648 pages
...shield. The start lates with such improvement as the rugged Johnson pronounced a prettiness. • . I have found out a gift for my fair, I have found...wood-pigeons breed ; But let me that plunder forbear ; ing foe arose. We rushed on in the sound of our arms. Their crowded steps fly over the heath. They... | |
 | Salomon Gessner - German poetry - 1805 - 332 pages
...subject has been a favorite with pastoral writers. Shenstone's lines are familiar to every one : " I have found out a gift for my fair ; I have found where the wood-pigeons breed : The bird. which he presented to Phillis: she received it with delight, and kissed him in return.... | |
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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... 
