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. Gurney Married: A Sequel to Gilbert Gurney - Seite 19von Theodore Edward Hook - 1863 - 413 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
| Samuel Butler, George Gilfillan - 1854 - 318 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...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... | |
| 1856 - 374 Seiten
...MCCCXXXV. All love, at first, like gen'rous wine, Ferments and frets until '! is fine ; But when 't is settled on the lee, And from th' impurer matter free,...still the older, And proves the pleasanter the colder. Butler. MCCCXXXVL One of the most bitter circumstances of poverty has been observed to be, that it... | |
| 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
...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... | |
| 1866 - 358 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...Becomes the richer still the older, And proves the pleasan|er the colder. THE motions of the earth or sun (The Lord knows which), that turn, or run, Are... | |
| 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, 355 And proves the pleasanter the colder. THE motions of the earth or sun, (The Lord knows which),... | |
| Samuel Butler, Samuel Johnson - 1807 - 414 Seiten
...preparatives to trust j The gilt and ornament of things, • And 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... | |
| 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 - 910 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...settled on the lee, And from th' impurer matter free, o 2 Becomes the richer still, the older ; And proves the pleasanter, the colder." He might have added... | |
| 1871 - 930 Seiten
...and frets until 'tis fine ; But when 'tis settled on the lee, And from th' impurer matter free, o 2 Becomes the richer still, 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... | |
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