 Yet, spite of all that Nature did To make his uncouth form forbid, This creature dar'd to love. He felt the charms of EDITH'S eyes, Nor wanted hope to gain the prize, Could ladies look within...  The Poetical Works - Page 25de Thomas Parnell - 1866 - 185 pagesAffichage du livre entier - À propos de ce livre
 | Samuel Johnson - 1855 - 272 pages
...Edwin, I wis, a gentle youth, Endow'd with courage, sense, and truth, Though badly shaped he been. 2 His mountain back mote well be said To measure heighth...did To make his uncouth form forbid, This creature dared to love. 3 He felt the charms of Edith's eyes, Nor wanted hope to gain the prize, Could ladies... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1855 - 276 pages
...Edwin, I wis, a gentle youth, Endow'd with courage, sense, and truth, Though badly shaped he been. 2 His mountain back mote well be said To measure heighth...did To make his uncouth form forbid, This creature dared to love. 3 He felt the charms of Edith's eyes, Nor wanted hope to gain the prize, Could ladies... | |
 | 1855 - 834 pages
...truth, Though badly shaped he been. His mountain back mote well be said To measure heighth against hi» head, And lift itself above ; Yet, spite of all that...did To make his uncouth form forbid, This creature dared to love. He felt the charms of Edith's eyes, Nor wanted hope to gain the prize, Could ladies... | |
 | Harriet Maria Gordon Smythies - 1861 - 316 pages
...Go ! Come not near me. I cannot love you. You were not made to win a woman's love ! Hah ! ha ! ha ! "Yet spite of all that nature did To make his uncouth form forbid, this creature dared to love," she would say — or rather sing, sitting up in bed ; her long black hair wildly streaming... | |
 | Harriet Maria Gordon Smythies - 1861 - 372 pages
...wisely, but too well,' indulged in some unseemly jokes at his expense, and wound up by saying— ' Yet spite of all that nature did To make his uncouth form forbid, This creature dared to love !' And then, as Mark Millar had no relatives, orders were given for his interment ; and... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1864 - 464 pages
...editing the works of Parnell ; had he taken courage from the example of Edwin in the Fairy tale? — " Yet spite of all that nature did To make his uncouth form forbid, This creature dared to love. He felt the force of Edith's eyes, Nor wanted hope to gain the prize Could ladies look... | |
 | Juvenile verse and picture book - 1866 - 130 pages
...sense, and truth, Though badly shaped he been. His mountain back mote well be said To measure height against his head, And lift itself above ; Yet, spite...did To make his uncouth form forbid, This creature dared to love. He felt the charms of Edith's eyes, Nor wanted hope to gain the prize, Could ladies... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1870 - 444 pages
...the works of Parnell ; had he taken courage from the example of Edwin in the Fairy tale ? — " Tet spite of all that nature did To make his uncouth form forbid, This creature dared to love. He felt the force of Edith's eyes, Nor wanted hope to gain the prize Could ladies look... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1870 - 644 pages
...the works of Parnell ; had he taken courage from the example of Edwin in the Fairy talc ? — " Tet spite of all that nature did To make his uncouth form forbid, This creature dared to love. He felt the force of Edith's eyes, Nor wanted hope to gain the prize Could ladies look... | |
 | Hunt - 1871 - 136 pages
...cake is dough ; but I'll in among the rest, Out of hope of all — but my share of the feast.' 6. ' Yet, spite of all that nature did To make his uncouth form, This creature dared to love.' I65 His shining weapons now he wields, And soon the stiff est stubble... | |
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