 LOVING in truth, and fain in verse my love to show, That she, dear she, might take some pleasure of my pain,— Pleasure might cause her read, reading might make her know, Knowledge might pity win, and pity grace obtain, — I sought fit words to paint...  The New Monthly Belle Assemblée - Page 288Full view - About this book
 | Jean Jules Jusserand - English literature - 1926 - 580 pages
...and faine in verse my love to show, That she, deare She, might take some pleasure of my paine . . . I sought fit words to paint the blackest face of woe ; Studying inventions fine, her wits to entertaine, Oft turning others' leaves, to see if thence would flow Some fresh and fruitfull showers... | |
 | John Matthews Manly - English literature - 1926 - 928 pages
...to show, That she, dear she, might take some pleasure of my pain, — Pleasure might cause her read, C J n S T U l — 1 proof 2 desirous I sought fit words to paint the blackest face of woe ; Studying inventions fine,... | |
 | Robert Lynd - Sonnets, English - 1927 - 78 pages
...to show, That she, dear she, might take some pleasure of my pain, • Pleasure might cause her read, reading might make her know, Knowledge might pity...inventions fine, her wits to entertain, Oft turning others' leaves, to see if thence would flow Some fresh and fruitful showers upon my sunburn'd brain.... | |
 | Percy Hazen Houston - English literature - 1926 - 548 pages
...to show, That she, dear she, might take some pleasure of my pain, — Pleasure might cause her read, reading might make her know, Knowledge might pity...inventions fine, her wits to entertain, Oft turning others' leaves, to see if thence would flow Some fresh and fruitful showers upon my sunburnt brain.... | |
 | Earl Ellsworth Fisk - English poetry - 1927 - 120 pages
...to show, That she, dear she, might take some pleasure of my pain,— Pleasure might cause her read, reading might make her know, Knowledge might pity...inventions fine, her wits to entertain, Oft turning others' leaves, to see if thence would flow Some fresh and fruitful showers upon my sunburnt brain.... | |
 | Tom Peete Cross, Clement Tyson Goode - English literature - 1927 - 1432 pages
...to show, That she, dear She, might take some pleasure of my pain, — Pleasure might cause her read, reading might make her know, Knowledge might pity...sought fit words to paint the blackest face of woe, 5 Studying inventions fine, her wits to entertain, Oft turning others' leaves, to see if thence would... | |
 | Mark Van Doren - Poetry - 1928 - 1390 pages
...to show, That she, dear she, might take some pleasure of my pain, — Pleasure might cause her read, reading might make her know, Knowledge might pity...inventions fine, her wits to entertain, Oft turning others' leaves, to see if thence would flow Some fresh and fruitful showers upon my sunburnt brain.... | |
 | George Bagshawe Harrison - Great Britain - 1928 - 536 pages
...verse to show, That the dear She, might take some pleasure of my pain : Pleasure might cause her read, reading might make her know, Knowledge might pity...inventions fine, her wits to entertain, Oft turning others' leaves, to see if thence would flow, Some fresh and fruitful shower, upon my sunburnt brain.... | |
 | William Peacock - American poetry - 1928 - 476 pages
...might cause her reade, reading might make her know, Knowledge might pitie win, and pitie grace obtaine, I sought fit words to paint the blackest face of woe, Studying inuentions fine, her wits to entertaine : Oft turning others leaues, to see if thence would flow Some... | |
 | Margaret W. Ferguson, Maureen Quilligan, Nancy Vickers - History - 1986 - 464 pages
...cause her reade, reading might make her know, Knowledge might pitie winne, and pitie grace obtaine, I sought fit words to paint the blackest face of woe, Studying inventions fine, her wits to entertaine. Sidney assumes that the woman whom he addresses is highly skilled in a rhetorical process... | |
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