 | John Holmes Agnew - American periodicals - 1843 - 614 pages
...Talks in a high romantic strain j Or whether he at last descends To love with less seraphic ends ; Or to compound the business, whether They temper love and books together j Must never to mankind be told, Nor shall the conscious muse unfold. This mystery is not altogether... | |
 | Mrs. Jameson (Anna) - Love poetry - 1844 - 384 pages
...swain, Talks in a high romantic strain, Or whether he at last descends To act with less seraphic ends; Or to compound the business, whether They temper love...mankind be told, Nor shall the conscious Muse unfold. Such is the story of this celebrated poem. The passion, the circumstances, the feelings are real, and... | |
 | English poetry - 1852 - 874 pages
...swain, Talks in a high romantic strain ; Or whether he at last descends To act with less seraphic ends ; heavenly form Angelic, but more soft, and ... , ܀ 0 g Meantime the mournful queen of love Led but a weary life above. She ventures now to leave the skies.... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1853 - 380 pages
...swain, Talks in a high romantic strain ; Or whether he at last descends To act with less seraphic ends ; They temper love and books together ; Must never to...mankind be told, Nor shall the conscious Muse unfold. Meantime the mournful Queen of Love Led but a weary life above. She ventures now to leave the skies,... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1860 - 1090 pages
...whether he at last descends To act with less seraphic ends: Or to compound the business, whether ihey temper love and books together; Must never to mankind be told. Nor shall thy conscious Muse unfold. Meantime the mournful queen of Lovo Led but a weary life above. She ventures... | |
 | Rossiter Johnson - English poetry - 1876 - 840 pages
...swain. Talks in a high romantic strain ; Or whether he at last descends To act with less seraphic ends ; Or, to compound the business, whether They temper...mankind be told, Nor shall the conscious Muse unfold. Meantime the mournful queen of love" Led but a weary life above. . She ventures now lo leave the skies.... | |
 | Graeme Mercer Adam, George Stewart - Anthologies - 1877 - 732 pages
...swain Talks in the high romantic strain, Or whether he at last descends To act with less seraphic ends, Or to compound the business whether They temper love...mankind be told Nor shall the conscious muse unfold.' The facts seem to be that Vanessa .became passionately attached to Swift, and satisfied from the pleasure... | |
 | Mrs. Jameson (Anna) - Poets - 1879 - 536 pages
...swain, Talks in a high romantic strain, Or whether he at last descends To act with less seraphic ends; Or to compound the business, whether They temper love and books together; Must never to mankh.d be told, Nor shall the conscious Jluse unfold. Such is the story of this celebrated poem. The... | |
 | Edward Walford, George W. Redway - Archaeology - 1885 - 316 pages
...swain, Talks in a high romantic strain ; Or whether he at last descends To act with less seraphic ends ; Or to compound the business, whether They temper love...mankind be told, Nor shall the conscious muse unfold." These lines are a great blot on the beauty of the poem ; they are vague, suggestive, flippant, and... | |
 | Sir Henry Craik - Authors, Irish - 1882 - 622 pages
...swain, Talks in a high romantic strain : Or whether he at last descends To act with less seraphic ends : Or, to compound the business, whether They temper...mankind be told, Nor shall the conscious Muse unfold." No lines more unfortunate were ever penned: so much we are bound to allow. To defend them is impossible... | |
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But what success Vanessa met, Is to the world a secret yet. Whether the nymph, to please her swain, Talks in a high romantic strain; Or whether he at last descends To act with less seraphic ends; Or to compound the business, whether They temper love and... 
