 | 1875 - Liczba stron: 398
...light upon a dead face. " O, rare Ben Jonson," such sweet words were thine : — " I sent thee late a rosy wreath, Not so much honouring thee, As giving...grows, and smells, I swear Not of itself but thee ! " I suppose Lord Byron must have admired these lines. Or did he never read them ? I cannot tell.... | |
 | William Harmon - 1998 - Liczba stron: 386
...Jove's nectar sup, I would not change for thine. I sent thee late a rosy wreath, Not so much honoring thee As giving it a hope that there It could not withered...grows, and smells, I swear, Not of itself, but thee. COMPOSED AROUND 1615; PUBLISHED 1616. Three of Jonson's poems are called "To Celia." Two of them have... | |
 | Kenneth Koch - 1999 - Liczba stron: 324
...Jove's nectar sup, I would not change for thine. I sent thee late a rosy wreath, Not so much honoring thee, As giving it a hope, that there It could not...grows and smells, I swear, Not of itself, but thee. This song, like other Jonson poems, is witty and formally elegant. The complicated rhyme scheme (the... | |
 | Robert X. Leeds - 1999 - Liczba stron: 366
...Jove's nectar sup, I would not change for thine. I sent thee late a rosy wreath, Not so much honoring thee As giving it a hope that there It could not withered be. But thou thereon didst only breathe, And sent' it back to me: Since when it grows, and smells, I swear. Not of itself, but thee. THE MEN THAT... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 2001 - Liczba stron: 636
...offensive, and wain-ropes cannot hale me to the belief that smell is Shakespeare's word. I do not forget ' Since when it grows and smells, I swear, Not of itself but thee,' and I also do not forget that the rosy wreath was perfumed because ' Thou thereon didst only breathe,'... | |
 | H. Porter Abbott - 2002 - Liczba stron: 230
...JOVE'S \ectar sup, I would not change for thine. I sent thee, late, a rosie wreath, Not so much honoring thee, As giving it a hope, that there It could not withered bee. But thou thereon didst onely breath, And sent'st it backe to mee: Since when it growes, and smells,... | |
 | Ben Jonson - 2003 - Liczba stron: 130
...sup, I would not change for thine. I sent thee, late, a rosie wreath, Not so much honouring thee, 10 As giving it a hope, that there It could not withered...grows, and smells, I swear. Not of itself, but thee. And must I sing? What subject shall I choose? Or whose great name in poets' heaven use? For the more... | |
 | Geoffrey O'Brien, Billy Collins - 2007 - Liczba stron: 778
...Jove's nectar sup, I would not change for thine. I sent thee late a rosy wreath, Not so much honoring thee As giving it a hope that there It could not withered...grows, and smells, I swear, Not of itself but thee! BEN JONSON ENGLISH (1572-1637) The Good-Morrow I wonder, by my troth, what thou and I Did, till we... | |
 | Cambridge International Examinations - 2005 - Liczba stron: 272
...ask a drink divine. But might I of Jove's nectar sup, I would not change for thine. I sent thee late a rosy wreath, Not so much honouring thee As giving...only breathe And sent'st it back to me, Since when it breathes and smells, I swear, Not of itself but thee. ask] demand Jove) Jupiter, the supreme god of... | |
 | Mandy Newman, June Newman - 2005 - Liczba stron: 244
...Jove's nectar sup, I would not change for thine. I sent thee late a rosy wreath, Not so much honoring thee, As giving it a hope that there It could not...withered be. But thou thereon didst only breathe, And send'st it back to me: Since when it grows, and smells, I swear, Not of itself, but thee. 'My Love... | |
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I'll not look for wine. The thirst that from the soul doth rise Doth ask a drink divine; But might I of Jove's nectar sup, I would not change for thine. I sent thee late a rosy wreath, Not so much honouring thee As giving it a hope that there It could... 
