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" My dear mistress has a heart Soft as those kind looks she gave me, When, with love's resistless art, And her eyes, she did enslave me. But her constancy's so weak She's so wild and apt to wander, That my jealous heart would break, Should we live one day... "
A Catalogue of the Royal and Noble Authors of England, Scotland, and Ireland ... - Page 242
by Horace Walpole - 1806
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Essays on Song-writing: With a Collection of Such English Songs as are Most ...

John Aikin - Ballads, English - 1810 - 386 pages
...the wound. [ROCHEsTER.] MY dear mistress has a heart, Soft as those kind looks she gave me, But her constancy's so weak, She's so wild and apt to wander,...live one day asunder. Melting joys about her move, Wounding pleasures, killing blisses, She can dress her eyes in love, And her lips can arm with kisses...
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Vocal Poetry: Or, A Select Collection of English Songs. To which is Prefixed ...

John Aikin - Ballads, English - 1810 - 330 pages
...she gave me, When with love's resistless art, And her eyes, she did enslave me: But her constancy 's so weak, She's so wild and apt to wander, That my...live one day asunder. Melting joys about her move, Wounding pleasures, killing blisses ; She can dress her eyes in love, And her lips can arm with kisses...
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Letters to John Aikin, M. D.: On His Volume of Vocal Poetry: and on His ...

James Plumptre - Songs, English - 1811 - 486 pages
...corrupt mankind.* Here it is said of his mistress, — — her constancy's to weak, Sbe'sso wild aod apt to wander, That my jealous heart would break Should we live one day asunder. Yet he afterwards says of her, " Angels listen when she speaks," I suppose he means with complacency,...
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The Works of the English Poets, from Chaucer to Cowper, Volume 8

Alexander Chalmers - English poetry - 1819 - 644 pages
...When, with Love's resistless art, And her eyes, she did enslave me. But her constancy's so weak, She 's so wild and apt to wander, That my jealous heart would...Should we live one day asunder. Melting joys about her more. Killing pleasures, wounding blisses : She can dress her eyes in love, And her lips ean warm with...
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Brambletye House: Or, Cavaliers and Roundheads : a Novel, Volume 2

Horace Smith - Great Britain - 1826 - 284 pages
...kind looks she gave me, When with love's resistless art, And her eyes, she did inflame me. II. But her constancy's so weak, She's so wild and apt to wander,...heart would break, Should we live one day asunder. III. Angels listen when she speaks ; She's my delight, all mankind's wonder; But my jealous heart would...
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Brambletye House: Or, Cavaliers and Roundheads, a Novel, Volume 2

Horace Smith - Great Britain - 1826 - 418 pages
...with love's resistless art, And her eyes, she did inflame me. II. But her constancy 'e so weak, She 's so wild and apt to wander, That my jealous heart would break, Should we live one day asunderIll. Angels listen when she speaks; She's my delight, all mankind's wonder; But my jealous heart...
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Brambletye House, Or, Cavaliers and Roundheads: A Novel, Volume 2

Horace Smith - Great Britain - 1826 - 418 pages
...kind looks she gave me, When with love's resistless art, And her eyes, she did inflame me. II. But her constancy's so weak, She's so wild and apt to wander, That my jealous heart would hreak, Should we live one day asunder. III. Angels listen when she speaks; She's my delight, all mankind's...
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The Universal Songster, Or, Museum of Mirth: Forming the Most Complete ...

Ballads, English - 1834 - 480 pages
...kind looks she gave me, When with love's resistless art, And her eyes, she did enslave me ; But her constancy's so weak, She's so wild and apt to wander,...live one day asunder. Melting joys about her move, Wounding pleasures, killing blisses, She can dress her eyes in love, And her lips can arm with kisses...
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The Book of Gems: Chaucer to Prior

Samuel Carter Hall - English poetry - 1836 - 336 pages
...she gave me, When, with love's resistless art, And her eyes, she did enslave me. But her constaney's so weak, She's so wild and apt to wander, That my...: She can dress her eyes in love, And her lips can warm with kisses. Angels listen when she speaks, She's my delight, all mankind's wonder ; But my jealous...
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The Book of Gems: Chaucer to Prior

Samuel Carter Hall - English poetry - 1836 - 390 pages
...she gave me, When, with love's resistless art, And her eyes, she did enslave me. But her constaney's so weak, She's so wild and apt to wander, That my...: She can dress her eyes in love, And her lips can warm with kisses. Angels listen when she speaks, She's my delight, all mankind's wonder ; But my jealous...
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