 | Charles Mackay - English poetry - 1896 - 680 pages
...1614—1650.] LL NEVER LOVE THEE MORE. MY dear and only love, I pray That little world of thee Be covem'd by no other sway But purest monarchy : For if confusion have a part. Which virtuous souls abhor, 111 call a synod in my heart, And never love thee more. As Alexander I will reign, And I will reign... | |
 | Charles Mackay - 1897 - 666 pages
...May. or MOHTROSE. 1614— 1630.] I'LL NEVER LOVE THEE MORE. 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, 11! call a synod in my heart, And never love thee more. As Alexander I will reign, And I will reign... | |
 | Alan Reid - English poetry - 1897 - 674 pages
...quoted, is perhaps the most representative of the writings now available. TO MY MISTRESS. KXTRACT. My dear and only love, I pray This noble world of thee Be govern'd by no other sway But purest monarchie ; For if confusion have a part, Which virtuous souls abhor, And hold a synod in thy heart,... | |
 | William Harvey - Scottish poetry - 1897 - 556 pages
...addressed by the author to his country. My dear and only love, I pray That little world of thee Be governed by 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... | |
 | Frederic Ives Carpenter - English poetry - 1897 - 350 pages
...Hannah's Courtly Poets. A1Y dear and only love, I pray, "*• This little world of thee Be governed by no other sway But purest monarchy. For if confusion have a part, And hold a synod in thy heart, I 'll never love thee more. Like Alexander I will reign, And I will... | |
 | Thomas Newbigging - Literature - 1898 - 254 pages
...though there are not many who are aware of its source : 1 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... | |
 | Andrew Lang, Donald Grant Mitchell - Literature - 1898 - 578 pages
...1650 with a small force, he was defeated and captured, and hanged in Edinburgh, May 21.] PAKT FIRST. MY dear and only love, I pray, This noble world of thee Be governed by no other sway But purest monarchy. For if confusion have a part, Which virtuous souls abhore,... | |
 | Love poetry - 1899 - 386 pages
...James P. Sawyer. MONTROSE'S LOVE. MY dear and only love, I pray That little world of thee Be governed by no other sway But purest monarchy ; For if confusion...part, Which virtuous souls abhor, And hold a synod in my heart, I'll never love thee more. Like Alexander I will reign, And I will reign alone ; My thoughts... | |
 | Frederick Saunders, Minnie K. Davis - American poetry - 1899 - 768 pages
...MORE. /8fi\ Y dear and only love, I pray \W That little world of Ihee Be governed by no other sway Than purest monarchy ; For if confusion have a part, Which virtuous souls abhor, And hold a synod in thine heart, I'll never love thee more. As Alexander I will reign, And I will reign alone ; My thoughts... | |
 | Richard Garnett, Léon Vallée, Alois Brandl - Anthologies - 1899 - 446 pages
...Edinburgh, May 21.] PART FIRST. MY DEAR and only love, I pray, This noble world of thee Be governed by no other sway But purest monarchy. For if confusion have a part, Which virtuous souls abhore, And hold a synod in thy heart, I'll never love thee more. Like Alexander I will reign, And... | |
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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. 
