 THE FAMILY NAME. What reason first imposed thee, gentle name, Name that my father bore, and his sire's sire, Without reproach? we trace our stream no higher; And I, a childless man, may end the same. Perchance some shepherd on Lincolnian plains, In manners...  The Living Age - Page 2021875Full view - About this book
 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray IV, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) - 1835 - 606 pages
...different strain — his Sonnet ' On the Family Name ' is another great favourite of ours : — « What reason first imposed thee, gentle name, — Name...first amid the merry mocks And arch allusions of his fellow swains. Perchance from Salem's holier fields retuvn'd, With glory gotten on the heads abhorr'd... | |
 | Charles Lamb - 1818 - 320 pages
...mighty debt of love I owe, Mary, to thee, my sister and my friend. SONNETS. VIII. THE FAMILY NAME. WHAT reason first imposed thee, gentle name, Name...first amid the merry mocks And arch allusions of his fellow swains. Perchance from Salem's holier fields returned, With glory gotten on the heads abhorr'd... | |
 | Charles Lamb - 1818 - 316 pages
...But ill the mighty debt of love I owe, Mary, to thee, my sister and my friend. VIII. THE FAMILY NAME. WHAT reason first imposed thee, gentle name, Name...first amid the merry mocks And arch allusions of his fellow swains. Perchance from Salem's holier fields returned, With glory gotten on the heads abhorr'd... | |
 | Samuel Rogers - 1830 - 514 pages
...ill the mighty debt of love I owe, Mary, to thee, my sister and my friend. SONNET. THE FAMILY NAME. WHAT reason first imposed thee, gentle name, Name that my father bore, and his «ire's aire, Without repronch ? we trace our stream no higher; And I, a childless man, may end the... | |
 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray IV, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) - 1835 - 608 pages
...very different strain — his Sonnet ' On the Family Name ' is another great favourite of ours : — ' What reason first imposed thee, gentle name, — Name...Lincolnian plains, In manners guileless as his own sweet (lucks, Received thee first amid the merry mocks And arch allusions of his fellow swains. Perchance... | |
 | 1835 - 466 pages
...year 1774, of Lincolnshire family, as we gather from one of his sonnets, " the Fajnily Name :" — What reason first imposed thee, gentle name — Name...sire's sire, Without reproach ? We trace our stream no hijlher ; And I, a childless man, may end the same. Perhaps, some shepherd on Lineoluian plains, In... | |
 | 1836 - 540 pages
...each other's I uv . Say less than this, and say it to the winds f" And again, of " the family name." " What reason first imposed thee, gentle name, Name...guileless as his own sweet flocks, Received thee first amidst the merry mocks And arch allusions of his fellow-swains. Perchance from Salem's holier fields... | |
 | 1836 - 492 pages
...other's faces. Say less than this, and say it to the winds ! " And again, of " the family name." " What reason first imposed thee, gentle name, Name...guileless as his own sweet flocks, Received thee first amidst the merry mocks And arch allusions of his fellow-swains. Perchance from Salem's holier fields... | |
 | 1836 - 636 pages
...other's faces. Say less than this and say it to the winds ! " And again, of " the family name." •' What reason first imposed thee, gentle name, Name...we trace our stream no higher. And I, a childless num, may end the same. Perchance some shepherd on Lirieolnian plains, In manners guileless as his OAVTI... | |
 | 1836 - 514 pages
...ill the mighty debt of love I owe, Mary, to thee, my sister and my friend. SONNET. THE FAMILY NAME. WHAT reason first imposed thee, gentle name, Name that my father bore, and his sire'« sire, | Without reproach Î we trace our stream no high' г ; 'And I, a childless man, may... | |
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