 | 1918 - 492 páginas
...thought to be " poor Mrs. Bracegirdle." SONG. Pious Selinda goes to prayers, If I but ask the favour ; And yet the tender fool's in tears, When she believes...hopes to win her ! Would she could make of me a saint, Or I of her a sinner ! Congreve had an admiration of fair saints ; which indeed is natural to a sinner... | |
 | 1918 - 2030 páginas
...SELINDA Pious Selinda goes to prayers, If I but ask her favor; And yet the silly fool's in tears If she believes I'll leave her; Would I were free from...hopes to win her: Would she could make of me a saint, Or I of her a sinner. William Congreve [1670-1729] FAIR HEBE FAIR Hebe I left, with a cautious design... | |
 | Watson Nicholson - 1920 - 108 páginas
...which Observation he made the following Song: PIOUS Celinda goes to Pray'rs, Whene'er I ask the Favour; Yet, the tender Fool's in Tears, When she believes I'll leave her. Won'd I were free from this Restraint, Or else had Power to win her! Wou'd she cou'd make of me a Saint,... | |
 | Lewis Saul Benjamin - 1924 - 390 páginas
...Belinda goes to prayers Whenever I ask a favour. Yet the tender fool's in tears When she thinks I'd leave her. Would I were free from this restraint, Or else had power to win her ; Would she could make of me a saint, Or I of her a sinner." By way of contrast to... | |
 | Edmondstoune Duncan - 1927 - 634 páginas
...England, I, 44 (Augener). 409. Pious Celinda PIOUS Celinda goes to prayers, If I but ask the favour ; And yet the tender fool's in tears, When she believes...hopes to win her ; Would she could make of me a saint, Or I of her a sinner. From Thesaurus Musicus, Bk. IV, 1695 ; set as a song by Henry Purcell. 410. Tell... | |
 | Thomas Brown - 1927 - 530 páginas
...Brown and his l1ke were unable to besmirch. It was of her that Congreve wrote : Would I were free of this restraint, Or else had hopes to win her ; Would she could make of me a saint, can be brought to bed of a living child without any manner of notice taken of her ? Look upon him once... | |
 | Jon Stallworthy - 1986 - 422 páginas
...delight. ABERRATIONS William Congreve SONG Pious Selinda goes to prayers, If I but ask the favour; And yet the tender fool's in tears, When she believes...hopes to win her; Would she could make of me a saint, Or I of her a sinner. Anon SEVENTEENTH CENTURY FRAGMENT OF A SONG ON THE BEAUTIFUL WIFE OF DR JOHN... | |
 | Bill Moore - 1987 - 180 páginas
...physical as much as the emotional side of love. Pious Selinda goes to prayers, If but I ask a favour; And yet the tender fool's in tears, When she believes...Would I were free from this restraint, Or else had hope to win her! Would she would make of me a saint, Or I of her a sinner! WILLIAM CONGREVE The Restoration... | |
 | Julie Stone Peters - 1990 - 312 páginas
...to elaborately drawn conceits, as in "Song": Pious Selinda goes to Pray'rs, If I but ask the Favour; And yet the tender Fool's in Tears, When she believes I'll leave her. (S: p. 78) It is only at his most impassioned, his most self-consciously "poetic," his loftiest version... | |
 | Edith P. Hazen - 1992 - 1172 páginas
...TEP Colinan POETRY QUOTATIONS Pious Selinda 1 Pious Selinda goes to prayers, If I but ask the favour; f fire and dews of blood, Disasters in the sun; and...empire stands Was sick almost to doomsday with ecl would make of me a saint, Or I of her a sinner. (1. 1 —8) GEORGE COOPER (1838-1927) Only One Mother... | |
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And yet the tender fool's in tears, When she believes I'll leave her : Would I were free from this restraint, Or else had hopes to win her : Would she could make of me a saint, Or I of her a sinner !" What a conquering air there is about these ! What... 
