 | 1827 - 422 Seiten
...also it is in Playford's earlier musical Had I not found the flighteft prayer That lips could fpeak, had power to move thee ; But I can let thee now alone As worthy to be lov'd by none. • I do confefi thou'rt fweet, yet find Thee fuch an unthrift of thy fweets, Thy favours... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1829 - 356 Seiten
...again ! 107 I DO CONFESS THOU'RT SMOOTH AND FAIR. SIR ROBERT AYTOUN, Secretary to the Queen of James VI. I DO confess thou'rt smooth and fair, And I might...thee : But I can let thee now alone, As worthy to he loved by none. I do confess thou'rt sweet, yet find Thee such an unthrift of thy sweets, Thy favours... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1829 - 408 Seiten
...again ! 120 I DO CONFESS THOU'RT SMOOTH AND FAIR. SIR ROBERT AYTOUN, Secretary to the Queen of James VI* I DO confess thou'rt smooth and fair, And I might...slightest prayer That lips could speak had power to more thee : But I can let thee now alone, Aa worthy to be loved by none. I do confess thou'rt sweet,... | |
 | Charlotte Fiske Bates - 1832 - 1022 Seiten
...its recompense. SIR ROBERT AYTON. FAIR A2fD VA'WORTHY. I no confess thou'rt smooth and fair, And 1 might have gone near to love thee, Had I not found the lightest prayer That lips could speak, had power to move thee : But I can let thee now alone, As worthy... | |
 | Mrs. Charles Meredith - 1836 - 400 Seiten
...of the present day as by their predecessors, the coquettes of the olden time. INCONSTANCY REPROVED. I do confess thou'rt smooth and fair, And I might...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 are but like the wind, 143... | |
 | Mrs. Charles Meredith - 1836 - 400 Seiten
...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 Seiten
...the sentiments by giving them a Scots dress." The following are the old words of this song : — " R pR XR 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 Seiten
...breast, There proudly sits enthroned. ANONYMOUS. FROM "SELECT AYRES AND DIALOGUES," BY LAWES. 1659. I DO confess thou'rt smooth and fair, And I might...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 Seiten
...into the modern Scottish dialect, begins with the following melodious and expressive lines : — " I do confess thou'rt smooth and fair. And I might...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 Seiten
...thee still, but go no more A begging to a beggar's door. [Ido Confest Tlum'rt Smooth and Fair.] 'I Jo r in a storm, as this puppet's streamer« did when...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... | |
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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 lips could speak had power to move thee : But I can let thee now alone, As worthy to be loved by none. 
