 Ah, were she pitiful as she is fair, Or but as mild as she is seeming so, Then were my hopes greater than my despair, Then all the world were heaven, nothing woe. Ah, were her heart relenting as her hand, That seems to melt even with the mildest touch,...  The Poetical Decameron, Or, Ten Conversations on English Poets and Poetry ... - Page 181by John Payne Collier - 1820 - 674 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Edward Hutton - English poetry - 1905 - 272 pages
...would God that she were mine ! THOMAS LODGE DORASTUS IN LOVE PASSION TO FAWNIA l AH, were she pitiful as she is fair, Or but as mild as she is seeming so,...hopes greater than my despair, Then all the world were heaven, nothing woe ! Ah, were her heart relenting as her hand, That seems to melt even with the mildest... | |
 | Edward Hutton - English poetry - 1905 - 276 pages
...mine ! THOMAS LODGE DORASTUS IN LOVE PASSION TO FAWNIA1 AH, were she pitiful as she is fair, •i*- Or but as mild as she is seeming so, Then were my...hopes greater than my despair, Then all the world were heaven, nothing woe ! Ah, were her heart relenting as her hand, That seems to melt even with the mildest... | |
 | Robert Greene - Poetry - 1905 - 428 pages
...Loue-passiori) writes these lines in Praise of his lotting and best-beloued Fawnia. Ah ! were she pitiful as she is fair, Or but as mild as she is seeming so, XXII Qj ijSS, 1607, 1614 XXIII Q 1677, 1696 Then were my hopes greater than my despair; Then all the... | |
 | English poetry - 1906 - 218 pages
...; Phyllis was loved, and she liked Coridon. (Ibid.) Dorastus' Praise of Fawnia AH, were she pitiful as she is fair, Or but as mild as she is seeming so,...hopes greater than my despair, Then all the world were heaven, nothing woe. Ah, were her heart relenting as her hand, That seems to melt even with the mildest... | |
 | William Stanley Braithwaite - English poetry - 1907 - 892 pages
...know the hand of Nature Will not make a fairer creature. 129. Fawnia G. Wither AH! were she pitiful as she is fair, •'*• Or but as mild as she is...hopes greater than my despair, Then all the world were heaven, nothing woe. Ah! were her heart relenting as her hand, That seems to melt even with the mildest... | |
 | Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch, Arthur Quiller-Couch - English poetry - 1908 - 1098 pages
...mild as she is seeming so, Then were my hopes greater than my despair, Then all the world were heaven, nothing woe. Ah ! were her heart relenting as her hand, That seems to melt even with the mildest touch, Then knew I where to seat me in a land Under wide heavens, but yet there... | |
 | Robert Maynard Leonard - English poetry - 1909 - 636 pages
...more ; where ignorance is bliss, 'Tis folly to be wise. T. GRAY. 414. FAWNIA AH ! were she pitiful as she is fair, Or but as mild as she is seeming so,...greater than my despair ; Then all the world were heaven, nothing woe. Ah ! were her heart relenting as her hand, That seems to melt e'en with the mildest... | |
 | Oswald John Fredeick Crawford - 1910 - 220 pages
...with his nails he'll dig them up again. XXVL FAWNIA. AH, were she pitiful as she is fair, /. Webster. Or but as mild as she is seeming so, Then were my...hopes greater than my despair, Then all the world were heaven, nothing woe. Ah, were her heart relenting as her hand, That seems to melt even with the mildest... | |
 | Poetry - 1912 - 408 pages
...never moved: Forget not this! Thomas Wyatt [1so3?-1542] FAWNIA From " Pandosto " AH! were she pitiful as she is fair, Or but as mild as she is seeming so,...hopes greater than my despair, Then all the world were heaven, nothing woe. Ah! were her heart relenting as her hand, That seems to melt even with the mildest... | |
 | Amy Cruse - English poetry - 1913 - 156 pages
...and matchless dignity Yield to Samela. AH, WERE SHE PITIFUL (From "Pandosto") Ah, were she pitiful as she is fair, Or but as mild as she is seeming so,...hopes greater than my despair, Then all the world were heaven, nothing woe. Ah, were her heart relenting as her hand, That seems to melt even with the mildest... | |
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