 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, John Murray, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle), George Walter Prothero - English literature - 1847 - 578 pages
...three stanzas, which Mrs. Arkwright has set to music with her usual exquisite taste and skill : — ' My dear and only love, I pray This noble world of thee Be governed by no other sway Than purest monarchy. For if confusion have a part, Which virtuous souls... | |
 | Mark Napier - 1848 - 450 pages
...feelings which prompted such allusions as these ; of which we can here only afford a sample : — ' My dear and only love, I pray, this noble world, — of THEE, — Be govern'd by no other sway than purest monarchy ; For if confusion have a part, which virtuous souls abhor, And hold a synod in... | |
 | Mark Napier - 1848 - 446 pages
...feelings which prompted such allusions as these ; of which we can here only afford a sample : — ' My dear and only love, I pray, this noble world, — of THEE, — Be govern'd by no other sway than purest monarchy ; For if confusion have a part, which virtuous souls abhor, And hold a synod in... | |
 | Earl Philip Henry Stanhope Stanhope - France - 1849 - 332 pages
...three stanzas, which Mrs. Arkwright has set to music with her usual exquisite taste and skill : — " My dear and only love, I pray This noble world of thee Be governed by no other sway Than purest monarchy. For if confusion have a part, Which virtuous souls... | |
 | Philip Henry Stanhope (5th earl.) - 1849 - 338 pages
...three stanzas, which Mrs. Arkwright has set to music with her usual exquisite taste and skill : — " My dear and only love, I pray This noble world of thee Be governed by no other sway Than purest monarchy. For if confusion have a part, Which virtuous souls... | |
 | England - Catholic youth - 1850 - 456 pages
...her king. " My dear and only love, I pray That little world of thee Be governed by no other sway Than purest monarchy ; For if confusion have a part Which virtuous souls abhor, And call a synod in thy heart, I'll never love thee more. Like Alexander, I will reign, And I will reign... | |
 | Mary Russell Mitford - Authors - 1852 - 592 pages
...this soldierly mode of wooing in favor of its frankness. It is to be presumed the lady did the same. My dear and only love, I pray This noble world of thee, Be governed by no other sway Than purest monarchy. For if confusion have a part, Which virtuous souls... | |
 | Scottish songs - 1852 - 356 pages
...born 1612, died May 21, 1650. MY dear and only love, I pray That little world of thee Be govern'd hy no other sway But purest monarchy ; For if confusion have a part, Which virtuous souls abhor, I'll call a synod in my heart, And never love thee more. As Alexander I will reign, And I will reign... | |
 | Ballads, Scots - 1854 - 356 pages
...MORE. JlAEQins OF MONTEOSE, born 1612, died May 21, 1650. MY dear and only love, I pray That little world of thee Be govern'd by no other sway But purest...confusion have a part, Which virtuous souls abhor, I'll call a synod in my heart, And never love thee more. As Alexander I will reign, And I will reign... | |
 | Mary Russell Mitford - Authors - 1855 - 580 pages
...this soldierly mode of wooing in favor of its frankness, It is to be presumed the lady did the game. My dear and only love, I pray This noble world of thee, Be governed by no other sway Than purest monarchy. For if confusion have a part, Which virtuous souls... | |
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I'll never love thee more. As Alexander I will reign, And I will reign alone ; My thoughts did evermore disdain A rival on my throne. He either fears his fate too much, Or his deserts are small, That dares not put it to the touch, To gain or lose it all. 
