 | 1905 - 606 Seiten
...died of a broken heart. They, these chroniclers of Arcadian story, like Dr. Donne after them — (' I long to talk with some old lover's ghost Who died before the god of love was born') — would seem to have made it their main endeavour to conjure up that pagan world of fancy and invention... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1819 - 368 Seiten
...of this author's manner, in which the thoughts are inlaid in a costly but imperfect mosaic-work. " I long to talk with some old lover's ghost, Who died before the God of Love was born: I cannot think that he, who then lov'd most, Sunk so low, as to love one which did scorn. But since... | |
 | Henry Southern, Sir Nicholas Harris Nicolas - 1823 - 402 Seiten
...them. I add the lines which succeed them, merely to shew the manner in which the thought is applied. " I long to talk with some old lover's ghost, Who died before the God of Love was born : I cannot think that he, who then lov'd most, Sunk so low, as to love one which did scorn. But since... | |
 | Henry Southern - 1823 - 398 Seiten
...them. I add the lines which succeed them, merely to shew the manner m which the thought is applied. " / long to talk with some old lover's ghost, Who died before the God of Love was born : I cannot think that he, who then lov'd most, Sunk so low, as to love one which did scorn. But since... | |
 | 1893 - 840 Seiten
...of his cascades of ringing monosyllables, his For God's sake, hold your tongue and let me love, or, I long to talk with some old lover's ghost, Who died before the God of Love was born, i O more than moon, Draw not thy seas to drown me in thy sphere. In these and similar passages, of... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1845 - 242 Seiten
...of this author's manner, in which the thoughts are inlaid in a costly but imperfect mosaic-work. " I long to talk with some old lover's ghost, Who died before the God of Love was born ; I cannot think that he, who then loved most, Sunk so low, as to love one which did scorn. But since... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1845 - 512 Seiten
...characteristic of this author's manner, in which the thoughts are inlaid in a costly but imperfect mosaic-work " I long to talk with some old lover's ghost, Who died before the God of Love was bom; I cannot think that he, who then loved most, Sunk so low, as to love one which did scorn. But... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1845 - 246 Seiten
...of this author's manner, in which the thoughts are inlaid in a costly but imperfect mosaic-work. . " I long to talk with some old lover's ghost, Who died before the God of Love was bom ; I cannot think that he, who then loved most, Sunk so low, as to love one which did scorn. But... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1854 - 980 Seiten
...of this author's manner, in which the thoughts are inlaid in a costly but imperfect mosaic-work. " I long to talk with some old lover's ghost, Who died before the God of Love was born ; I cannot think that he, who then loved most, Sunk so low, as to love one which did scorn. But since... | |
 | J. H. - 1867 - 860 Seiten
...she'll see, Such mutual bliss, as turtles prove, May Delia share with me. Cunningham. 301. LOVE'S DEITY. I LONG to talk with some old lover's ghost, Who died before the god of love was born : I cannot think that he, who then lov'd most, Sank so low as to love one which did scorn ; But since... | |
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I LONG to talk with some old lover's ghost, Who died before the god of love was born. I cannot think that he, who then loved most, Sunk so low as to love one which did scorn. But since this god produced a destiny, And that vice-nature, custom, lets it... 
