 | Samuel Butler - 1855 - 264 Seiten
...preparatives to trust, The gilt and ornament of things, And not their movements, wheels, and springs. ALL love at first, like generous wine, Ferments and...fine; But when 'tis settled on the lee, And from th' itnpurer matter free, Becomes the richer still, the older, And proves the pleasanter, the colder. THE... | |
 | English poets - 1862 - 626 Seiten
...high For perishing mortality ; Translate to earth the joys above; For nothing goes to Heaven but Love. All love at first, like generous wine, Ferments and frets until 'tis fine ; For when 'tis settled on the lee, And from the impurer matter free, Becomes the richer still the... | |
 | Samuel Butler - 1866 - 324 Seiten
...preparatives to trust ; The gilt and ornament of things, And not their movements, wheels, and springs. 350 ALL love, at first, like generous wine, Ferments and...impurer matter free, Becomes the richer still the older, 865 And proves the pleasanter the colder. THE motions of the earth or sun, (The Lord knows which),... | |
 | Henry George Bohn - 1867 - 752 Seiten
...to forbid my pulse to move, Butler, Hud. LOVE. LOVEBS— continued. All love at first, like geu'rous wine, Ferments and frets until 'tis fine ; But when 'tis settled on the lee And from the impurer matter free, Becomes the richer still the older. Butler, Hudibras. Love ia a fire, that... | |
 | 1871 - 930 Seiten
...kind that I remember throughout the compositions of Butler, and the spirit of it is beautiful : — "All love at first, like generous wine, Ferments and...the older ; And proves the pleasanter, the colder." He might have added that in that state, too, it is the more accurately tested. His inimitably humorous... | |
 | 1871 - 908 Seiten
...kind that I remember throughout the compositions of Butler, and the spirit of it is beautiful : — " All love at first, like generous wine, Ferments and frets until 'tis line ; Bnt when 'tis settled on the lee, And from th' impurer matter free, Becomes the richer still,... | |
 | Book - 1872 - 326 Seiten
...of, which endure^ the refining tests of later life, is thus described 'by Butler in Hudibras : — All love at first, like generous wine, Ferments and frets until 'tis fine ; For when 'tis settled on the lee, And from the impurer matter free, Becomes the richer still the... | |
 | 1873 - 756 Seiten
...author of " Hudibras " has a charming sentiment upon the question we have just considered. He says : — All love, at first, like generous wine, Ferments and...frets, until 'tis fine ; But when 'tis settled on the Ice, And from th' impurer matter free, Becomes the richer still the older, And proves the pleasantcr... | |
 | Robert Chambers, Robert Carruthers - 1876 - 870 Seiten
...For perishing mortality ; Translate to earth the joys above ; For nothing goes to heaven but love. bers ; For when 'tis settled on the lee, And from the impurer matter free, Becomes the richer still the... | |
 | Samuel Butler - 1877 - 610 Seiten
...preparatives to trust ; The gilt and ornament of things, A.nd not their movements, wheels, and springs. All love at first, like generous wine, Ferments and...still the older, And proves the pleasanter the colder. The motions of the Earth or Sun (The Lord knows which) that turn or run, Are both perform'd by fits... | |
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ALL love, at first, like generous wine, Ferments and frets until 'tis fine ; But, when 'tis settled on the lee, And from th' impurer matter free, Becomes the richer still the older, And proves the pleasanter the colder. 
