PASSIONS are likened best to floods and streams. The shallow murmur, but the deep are dumb. So, when affections yield discourse, it seems The bottom is but shallow whence they come ; They that are rich in words must needs discover, They are but poor in... The Family friend [ed. by R.K. Philp]. - Sida 268redigerad av Obegränsad förhandsgranskning - Om den här boken
| Richard Green Parker - 1875 - 458 sidor
...and there are those who hear me who nsa b»or witn^sj to its truth, — that " Passions are likened best to floods and streams ; The shallow murmur. —but the deep are dwnb: So when affections yield discourse. it seems The bottom is but shallow whence they coin*. They... | |
| Robert Chambers, Robert Carruthers - 1876 - 870 sidor
...afterwards Earl of Suffolk, as the author. Raleigh's claim is supported by numerous independent testimonies. in words discover, That they are poor in that which makes a lover. Wrong not, sweet empress of my heart.... | |
| Robert Aitkin Bertram - 1877 - 766 sidor
...hatred, pride, hope, sorrow — all save fear. Halltet. 2629. PASSIONS. Strong PASSIONS are liken'd d D. Dickinson comt. They that are rich in words must needs discover They are but poor in that which makes a lover.... | |
| Amelia B. Edwards - 1878 - 332 sidor
...help of Fame, Cease to recite thy sacred name ! Tkomas Lodge. THE SILENT LOVER. PASSIONS are liken'd best to floods and streams, The shallow murmur, but...discover They are but poor in that which makes a lover. Wrong not, sweet mistress of my heart, The merit of true passion, With thinking that he feels no smart... | |
| Amelia Ann Blanford Edwards - 1879 - 318 sidor
...recite thy sacred name ! Thomas Lodge. 122 THE SILENT LOVER. THE SILENT LOVER. PASSIONS are liken'd best to floods and streams, The shallow murmur, but...discover They are but poor in that which makes a lover. Wrong not, sweet mistress of my heart, The merit of true passion, With thinking that he feels no smart... | |
| Laura Valentine - 1880 - 634 sidor
...first her judgment weighs before it SIR WALTER RALEIGH. 1552 — 1618. PASSIONS. PASSIONS are likened best to floods and streams : The shallow murmur, but...discover They are but poor in that which makes a lover. THE NIGHT BEFORE HIS DEATH. EVEN such is Time, that takes on mist Our youth, our joys, our all we have,... | |
| Robert Chambers - 1880 - 842 sidor
...the author. Raleigh's claim is supported by numerous independent testimonies. PassionS'Sre likened best to floods and streams ; The shallow murmur, but...shallow whence they come. They that are rich in words, in words discover, That they are poor in that which makes a lover. Wrong not, sweet empress of my heart,... | |
| David M. Main - 1880 - 490 sidor
...ed. 1598); Raleigh's Silent Lover (Dr. Hannah's Courtly Poets, 1870, p. w) : ' Passions are likened best to floods and streams : The shallow murmur, but...it seems The bottom is but shallow whence they come ; ' Earl of Sterline's Aurora, 1604, Song i : " The deepest rivers make least din, The silent soule... | |
| David M. Main - 1880 - 506 sidor
...Delckcr-and- Webster (Famous Hat. eg, t Hannah's Courtly Poets, 1870, p. 20) : ' Passions are likened best to floods and streams : The shallow murmur, but...it seems The bottom is but shallow whence they come ; ' Karl of Sterline's Aurora, 1604, Song i : ' The deepest rivers make least din. The silent soule... | |
| Aristos Philadelphus - 1880 - 272 sidor
...never love me." Fool, that he is, this is the very demeanour to make the girl fall in love with him. " They that are rich in words must needs discover, They are but poor in that which makes a lover." — ( W. Raleigh}. It is the height of his ambition to lead her through a dance, but he wants the moral... | |
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