 Must all be veiled, while he that reads, divines, Catching the sense at two removes? Shepherds are honest people ; let them sing : Riddle who list, for me, and pull for Prime : I envy no man's nightingale or spring ; Nor let them punish me with loss of...  The Retrospective Review - Page 2181821Full view - About this book
 | 1906 - 466 pages
...arbours shadow coarse-spun lines ? Must purling streams refresh a lover's love 1 Must all be vail'd while he that reads divines, Catching the sense at...: I envy no man's nightingale or spring : Nor let thorn punish me with loss of rhyme, Who plainly say, My God ! My King ! " Not so subtle and daring... | |
 | George Herbert - Christian poetry, English - 1906 - 288 pages
...coarse-spunne lines ? Must purling streams refresh a lover's loves ? Must all be vail'd, while he that reades, divines, Catching the sense at two removes ? Shepherds...sing : Riddle who list, for me, and pull for Prime, I envie no man's nightingale or spring ; Nor let them punish me with loss of rhyme, Who plainly say,... | |
 | Edward Thomas - English poetry - 1911 - 388 pages
...verse, except enchanted groves And sudden arbours shadow coarse-spun lines ? And in " I envy," he says : I envy no man's nightingale or spring ; Nor let them punish me with loss of rhyme, Who plainly say, My God, My King. But when he praises " Church-music," it is for all the world like a mortal... | |
 | George Herbert - Christian poetry, English - 1913 - 364 pages
...coarse-spunne lines ? Must purling streams refresh a lover's loves ? Must all be vail'd while he that reades divines, Catching the sense at two removes ? Shepherds...sing : Riddle who list, for me, and pull for prime, I envie no man's nightingale or spring ; Nor let them punish me with loss of rhyme, Who plainly say,... | |
 | Sir Herbert John Clifford Grierson - English poetry - 1921 - 316 pages
...course-spunne lines ? Must purling streams refresh a lovers loves ? Must all be vail'd, while he that reades, divines, Catching the sense at two removes ? Shepherds...: Riddle who list, for me, and pull for Prime : I envie no mans nightingale or spring ; Nor let them punish me with losse of ryme, Who plainly say, My... | |
 | Joan Bennett - 168 pages
...course-spunne lines? Must purling streams refresh a lovers loves? Must all be vail'd, while he that reades, divines, Catching the sense at two removes? Shepherds...sing: Riddle who list, for me, and pull for Prime: I envie no mans nightingale or spring; Nor let them punish me with loss of rime, Who plainly say, My... | |
 | D. H. Rawlinson - Literary Criticism - 1968 - 254 pages
...lovers loves? Must all be vail'd, while he that reades, divines, Catching the sense at two removes? 10 Shepherds are honest people; let them sing: Riddle who list, for me, and pull for Prime: I envie no mans nightingale or spring; Nor let them punish me with losse of ryme, Who plainly say, My... | |
 | David Daiches - 1979 - 304 pages
...false hair Become a verse? Is there in truth no beauty? Is all good structure in a winding stair? . . . I envy no man's nightingale or spring; Nor let them punish me with loss of rhyme Who plainly say, My God, My King. If, in spite of this affirmation, Herbert's poetry is not plain in the... | |
 | L. C. Knights - Literary Criticism - 1981 - 246 pages
...course-spunne lines? Must purling streams refresh a lovers loves? Must all be vail'd, while he that reades, divines, Catching the sense at two removes? Shepherds...sing: Riddle who list, for me, and pull for Prime. . . . The 'pure, manly and unaffected' diction that Coleridge noted, the rhythm that, though musical,... | |
 | George Herbert - Biography & Autobiography - 1981 - 382 pages
...lover's loves? Must all be veil'd, while he that reads, divines, Catching the sense at two removes? 10 Shepherds are honest people; let them sing: Riddle who list, for me, and pull for Prime:112 I envy no man's nightingale or spring; Nor let them punish me with loss of rhyme, Who plainly... | |
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