 T do confess thou'rt smooth and fair, And I might have gone near to love thee. Had I not found the slightest prayer That lips could speak, had power to move thee; But I can let thee now alone, As worthy to be loved by none.  Select Scottish Songs, Ancient and Modern - Страница 167написао/ла Robert Hartley Cromek - 1810Пуни преглед - О овој књизи
 | Mrs. Charles Meredith - 1836 - 400 страница
...by their predecessors, the coquettes of the olden time. INCONSTANCY REPROVED. I do confess thou'rt smooth and fair, And I might have gone near to love...thee : But I can let thee now alone As worthy to be loved by none. I do confess thee sweet, yet find Thou'rt such an unthrift of thy sweets, Thy favours... | |
 | Mrs. Charles Meredith - 1836 - 400 страница
...INCONSTANCY RKPROVED. I do confess Ihou'rt smooth and fair, And I might have gone near to love tliee, Had I not found the slightest prayer That lips could...speak, had power to move thee : But I can let thee now alune As worthy to be loved by none. I do confess thee sweet, yet find Thou'rt sucli an unthrift of... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1840 - 872 страница
...giving them a Scots dress." The following are the old words of this song : — " I do confess thou'rt smooth and fair, And I might have gone near to love...slightest prayer, That lips could speak, had power to move thcc ; But 1 can let thee now alone As worthy to be lov'd hy none. " I do confess thou'rt sweet; yet... | |
 | Thomas Campbell - 1841 - 844 страница
...sits enthroned. ANONYMOUS. FROM "SELECT AYRES AND DIALOGUES," BY LAWES. 1659. I DO confess thou'rt smooth and fair, And I might have gone near to love thee, Had I not found the slightest prayer That lip could move had power to move thee ; Bat I can let thee now aloue, As worthy to be loved by none.... | |
 | 1844 - 440 страница
...Scottish dialect, begins with the following melodious and expressive lines : — " I do confess thou'rt smooth and fair. And I might have gone near to love thee. Had I not found the slightest pray'r That lips could speak had power to move thee. But I can let thee now alone, As worthy to be... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1844 - 692 страница
...no more A begging to a beggar's door. [Ido Confest Tlum'rt Smooth and Fair.] 'I Jo confess thou'rt this puppet's streamer« did when the wind was in...shrouds ; the motion •••ч wonderful to beh conld speak had power to move thee : But I can let thee now alone, -U worthy to be loved by none. I... | |
 | Sir Robert Ayton - 1844 - 220 страница
...to live alone, Whose only offence is to be but one. INCONSTANCY REPROVED." i. I DO confess thou'rt smooth and fair, And I might have gone near to love thee ; Had I not found the slightest pray'r That lips could speak, had pow'r to move thee ; But I can let thee now alone As worthy to be... | |
 | Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge (Great Britain) - 1844 - 434 страница
...with the following melodious and expressive lines : — " 1 do confess thou'rt smooth and fair. And 1 might have gone near to love thee. Had I not found the slightest pray'r That lips could speak had power to move thee. But I can let thee now alone. As worthy to be... | |
 | 1844 - 148 страница
...wintered hearts renew' tb, SIR ROBERT AYTON. lion, 1570, died IG3S. THE FLIUT. I do confess thnii'rt smooth and fair, And I might have gone near to love thee, llnd I not found the slightest prayer That lip could move hud power to move thee ; But I can let thee... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1847 - 712 страница
...go no more A begging to a beggar's door. [/ do Cmfea TViou'rt Smooth and Fair.] I do confess thou'rt 's care For being so remote : Think then how often love we've 1 not found the slightest prayer That lips could speak had power to more thee : Bat I can let thee... | |
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