 BEDFORD*. This morning, timely rapt with holy fire, I thought to form unto my zealous Muse, What kind of creature I could most desire To honour, serve, and love, as Poets use. I meant to make her fair, and free, and wise, Of greatest blood, and yet more...  The Battle Abbey Roll: With Some Account of the Norman Lineages - Page 67by Catherine Lucy Wilhelmina Powlett Duchess of Cleveland - 1889Full view - About this book
 | John Clark Ridpath - 1899 - 546 pages
...holy fire, I thought to form unto my zealous Muse, What kind of creature I could most desire To honor, serve, and love, as Poets use. I meant to make her...blood, and yet more good than great ; I meant the day-star should not brighter rise, Nor lend like influence from his lucent seat. I meant she should... | |
 | Edward Arber - 1901 - 358 pages
...COUNTESS OF BEDFORD. THIS morning, timely rapt with holy fire, I thought to form unto my zealous Muse, What kind of creature I could most desire To honour!...brighter rise; Nor lend like influence from his lucent seat i I meant she should be courteous, facile, sweet; Hating that solemn vice of Greatness, Pride;... | |
 | Henry Troth Coates - 1901 - 1080 pages
...tire, I thought to form unto my zealous Muse, What kind of creature 1 could most desire, To honor, e night-time of sorrow and care, And bring hack the...long be my heart with such memories till'd ! Like day-star should not brighter rise, Nor lend like influence from his lucent seat. I meant she should... | |
 | William John Courthope - 1903 - 590 pages
...is presented : — This morning, timely rapt with holy fire, I thought to form unto my zealous Muse What kind of creature I could most desire To honour,...blood, and yet more good than great ; I meant the day-star should not brighter rise Nor lend like influence from his lucent seat. I meant she should... | |
 | Kate Stephens, Charles Eliot Norton - 1906 - 432 pages
...fire, I thought to form unto my zealous Muse, What kind of creature I could most desire, To honor, serve, and love, as poets use. I meant to make her...greatest blood, and yet more good than great; I meant the day-star should not brighter rise, Nor lend like influence from his lucent seat. I meant she should... | |
 | Charles Eliot Norton - 1906 - 416 pages
...fire, I thought to form unto my zealous Muse, What kind of creature I could most desire, To honor, serve, and love, as poets use. I meant to make her...blood, and yet more good than great ; I meant the day-star should not brighter rise, Nor lend like influence from his lucent seat. I meant she should... | |
 | George William Erskine Russell - 1907 - 360 pages
...Countess of Bedford : — This morning, timely rapt with holy fire, I thought to form unto my zealous muse What kind of creature I could most desire To honour,...blood, and yet more good than great — I meant the day-star should not brighter rise, Nor lend like influence from his lucent seat. I meant she should... | |
 | William Stanley Braithwaite - 1907 - 892 pages
...fire, -*• I thought to form unto my zealous Muse, What kind of creature I could most desire To know, serve, and love, as Poets use. I meant to make her...greatest blood, and yet more good than great; I meant the day-star should not brighter rise, Nor lend like influence from his lucent seat; I meant she should... | |
 | Jerusha D. Richardson ("Mrs. Aubrey Richardson.") - 1908 - 408 pages
...COUNTESS OF BEDFORD "This morning, timely rapt with holy fire, I thought to form unto my zealous Muse, What kind of creature I could most desire To honour,...blood, and yet more good than great ; I meant the day-star should not brighter rise, Nor lend like influence from his lucent seat. I meant she should... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1872 - 480 pages
...that my reading has lighted upon is in Ben Jonson's lines on the Countess of Bedford, describing " what kind of creature I could most desire to honour, serve, and love " : ' I meant to make her fair, and free, and wise, Of greatest blood, and yet more good than great;... | |
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