 | Cornelia Mitchell Parsons - 1911 - Liczba stron: 378
...fear, Which, if they chance to 'scape Rivals and falsehoods soon appear, In a more dreadful shape. "'Tis cruel to prolong a pain; And to defer a joy,...Believe me, gentle Celemene Offends the winged boy. " A hundred thousand oaths your fears Perhaps could not remove; And if I gazed a thousand years I could... | |
 | 1912 - Liczba stron: 408
...first Disdain and Pride they fear, Which if they chance to 'scape, Rivals and Falsehood soon appear, In a more dreadful shape. By such degrees to joy they...are so long withstood, So slowly they receive the sun, It hardly does them good. 'Tis cruel to prolong a pain; And to defer a joy, Believe me, gentle... | |
 | Edward Bliss Reed - 1912 - Liczba stron: 638
...approaches Prior's To a child of quality. Occasionally he introduces an epigrammatic turn to his verse: " "Tis cruel to prolong a pain, And to defer a joy, Believe me, gentle Celemene, Offends the winged boy."2 but he relies chiefly on the ease of his style. Two other songs of Sedley deserve notice: "Phillis... | |
 | Felix Emmanuel Schelling - 1913 - Liczba stron: 362
...More in accord with the average excellence of this group of lyrists are these stanzas of Sedley: "T is cruel to prolong a pain; And to defer a joy, Believe...Celemene, Offends the winged boy. An hundred thousand oaths your fears Perhaps would not remove; And, if I gazed a thousand years, I could no deeper love.... | |
 | Felix Emmanuel Schelling - 1913 - Liczba stron: 360
...More in accord with the average excellence of this group of lyrists are these stanzas of Sedley: T is cruel to prolong a pain; And to defer a joy. Believe...Celemene, Offends the winged boy. An hundred thousand oaths your fears Perhaps would not remove; And, if I gazed a thousand years, I could no deeper love.... | |
 | 1916 - Liczba stron: 792
...disdain and pride they fear, Which, if they chance to 'scape. Rivals and falsehood soon appear 15 In 20 'Tis cruel to prolong a pain ; And to defer a bliss, Believe me, gentle Hermione, No less inhuman... | |
 | John Matthews Manly - 1916 - Liczba stron: 828
...disdain and pride they fear, Which, if they chance to 'scape. Rivals and falsehood soon appear 15 In nswer to the full Th' intent proposed, that license...to take, 150 May boldly deviate from the common tra 20 'Tis cruel to prolong a pain; And to defer a bliss, Believe me, gentle Hermione, No less inhuman... | |
 | Charles Dudley Warner, John William Cunliffe, Ashley Horace Thorndike, Harry Morgan Ayres, Helen Rex Keller, Gerhard Richard Lomer - 1917 - Liczba stron: 816
...first disdain and pride they fear, Which if they chance to 'scape, Rivals and falsehood soon -appear In a more dreadful shape. By such degrees to joy they...good. 'Tis cruel to prolong a pain; And to defer a bliss, Believe me, gentle Hermione, No less inhuman is. A hundred thousand foes your fears Perhaps... | |
 | 1918 - Liczba stron: 2030
...Disdain and Pride they fear, Which if they chance to 'scape, ; Rivals and Falsehood soon appear, In a more dreadful shape. By such degrees to joy they come, And arc so long withstood, So slowly they receive the sun, , It hardly does them good. 'Tis cruel to prolong... | |
 | Reinard Willem Zandvoort - 1924 - Liczba stron: 494
...touch the port, Then straight into the main Some angry wind in cruel sport The vessel drives again. Tis cruel to prolong a pain, And to defer a joy, Believe me, gentle Celimene, Offends the winged boy. An hundred thousand oaths your fears Perhaps would not remove ; And... | |
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They wither under cold delays, Or are in tempests lost. One while they seem to touch the port, Then straight into the main Some angry wind in cruel sport The vessel drives again. At first Disdain and Pride they fear, Which, if they chance to 'scape, Rivals... 
