 I said. I said — but ah I had not learn'd to prove How strong the fetters that are forged by love. That little thread of gold I strove to sever Was bound like steel about my heart for ever; And, from that luckless hour, my tyrant fair Has led and...  Poems Original and Translated - Page 216by John Herman Merivale - 1844Full view - About this book
 | John Arliss - 1825 - 382 pages
...No resting place can ever suit, So well as home a Mother's foot. THE CHAIN OF LOVE. IN wanton spot, my Doris from her fair And glossy tresses, tore a...And I some royal captive in her chain. At first I laughed — "This fetter lovely maid, Js lightly worn and soon dissolved," I said : I said : but ah... | |
 | Cupid - 1826 - 252 pages
...stage, art does not adorn her ; nature tidorns her there, and art glorifies her." THE CHAIN OF LOVE. In wanton sport, my Doris, from her fair, And glossy tresses, tore a straggling hair, And hound my hands, as if of conquest vain, And I, some royal captive in her chain. At first, I laugh'd... | |
 | William Peter - English poetry - 1847 - 562 pages
...whimsical, Love, are thy ways!) While it put out my curls, set my heart in a blaze. THE CHAIN OF LOVE. lli wanton sport, my Doris from her fair And glossy tresses,...in her chain. At first I laugh'd— "This fetter, lovely maid, Is lightly worn, and soon dissolved," I said. I said— but ah, I had not learned to prove... | |
 | George Burges - Epigrams, Greek - 1852 - 552 pages
...Med. 1183. 2 Jacobs aptly refers to Ovid's expression, " Verba superciliis sine voce loquentia dicam." And bound my hands, as if of conquest vain, And I...in her chain. At first I laugh'd — " This fetter, lovely maid, Is lightly worn, and soon dissolved," I said. I said : but ah ! I had not learn'd to prove... | |
 | Epigrams, Greek - 1852 - 698 pages
...*/ wretched, I am hung by a hair,3 and frequently dragged, wherever my mistress pulls me. . , ., . In wanton sport, my Doris from her fair And glossy tresses tore a straggling hair ; 1 The poet alludes to Eurip. Med. 1183. 1 Jacobs aptly refers to Ovid's expression, " Verba superciliis... | |
 | Epigrammatists - 1870 - 654 pages
...by Merivale (Jacobs IV. 48, xxiii.): In wanton sport, my Doris from her fair And glossy tresses We a straggling hair, And bound my hands, as if of conquest...in her chain. At first I laugh'd— " This fetter, lovely maid, Is lightly worn, and soon dissolv'cl," I said. I said — but ah I had not learn'd to... | |
 | Henry Philip Dodd - Epigrams - 1870 - 652 pages
...IV. 48, xxiii.) : In wanton sport, my Doris from her fti And glossy tresses tore a straggling hi. , And bound my hands, as if of conquest vain, And I...in her chain. At first I laugh'd — " This fetter, lovely maid, Is lightly worn, and soon dissolv'd," I sfiid. I said — but ah I had not learn'd to... | |
 | Henry Philip Dodd - Epigrams - 1875 - 768 pages
...in an epigram by Paul the Silentiary, which is thus translated by Merivale (Jacobs IV. 48, xxiii.) : In wanton sport, my Doris from her fair And glossy...in her chain. At first I laugh'd— " This fetter, lovely maid, Is lightly worn, and soon dissolv'd," I said. I said — but ah I had not learn'd to prove... | |
 | Henry Philip Dodd - Epigrams - 1875 - 748 pages
...in an epigram by Paul the Silentiary, which is thus translated by Merivale (Jacobs IV. 48, xxiii.): In wanton sport, my Doris from her fair And glossy...as if of conquest vain, And I some royal captive in lior chain. At first I lauglVd—^'• This fetter, lovely maid, Is lightly worn, and soon dissolv'd."... | |
 | Epes Sargent - American poetry - 1881 - 1000 pages
...belly creep, and, for thy fee, Eat dust, so loug as thou hast leave to be." FROM THE GREEK ANTHOLOGY. o him no high, no low, no great, no small ; Ho fills,...all. Cease, then, nor order imperfection name ; Ou roynl captive in her chain. At first I laughed : " This fetter, charming maid. Is lightly worn, and... | |
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