 | Izaak Walton - 1817 - 740 str.
...thou gav'st me milk and sweetnesses; " I had my wish and way : " My days were strcw'i with flow'rs and happiness ; " There was no month but May. " But with my years sorrow did twist and grow, " And'madc a party unawares for woe: " My fleah began unto my soul in pain, " SidctKii eifoe my bouet,... | |
 | 1836 - 804 str.
...me milk and sweetnesses; I had my wish and way : My days were strew'd with flowers and hnppinoe* ; There was no month but May. But with my years sorrow...twist and grow. And made a party unawares for woe. My flesh began unto my soul in pain, Sicknesses clave my bones, Consuming agues dwell in every vein,... | |
 | Robert Aris Willmott - 1834 - 478 str.
...this place. At first thou gav'st me milk and sweetness, I had my wish and way; My days were strewn with flowers and happiness. There was no month but...May: But with my years, sorrow did twist and grow, Sickness clave my bones. Consuming agues dwell in ever) 1 vein, i In the hope of escaping from the... | |
 | George Herbert - 1838 - 408 str.
...thy face : At first thou gavest me milk and sweetnesses; I had my wish and way: My days were strew'd with flowers and happiness ; There was no month but...twist and grow, And made a party unawares for woe. My flesh began unto my soul in pain, Sicknesses clave my bones, Consuming agues dwell in every vein,... | |
 | George Herbert - 1838 - 420 str.
...face : At first thou gavest me milk and sweetnesses ; I had my wish and way : My days were strew'd with flowers and happiness ; There was no month but...twist and grow, And made a party unawares for woe. My flesh began unto my soul in pain, Sicknesses clave my bones, Consuming agues dwell in every vein,... | |
 | George Herbert - 1838 - 454 str.
...thy face : At first thou gavest me milk and sweetnesses; I had my wish and way : My days were strew'd with flowers and happiness; There was no month but...twist and grow, And made a party unawares for woe. My flesh began unto my soul in pain, Sicknesses clave my bones, Consuming agues dwell in every vein,... | |
 | George Herbert - 1842 - 400 str.
...fierceness seek thy face. At first, thou gav'st me milk and sweetnesses; I had my wish and way: My days were strewed with flowers and happiness: There was no month...did twist and grow, And made a party unawares for wo. My flesh began unto my soul in pain— " Sicknesses cleave my bones; Consuming agues dwell in every... | |
 | 1851 - 888 str.
...iny wish and way: My days were strewed with flowers and happiness; There was no month but May: Rut with my years sorrow did twist and grow, And made a party unawares for wo.' If you are more offended by the rhythm, and rhyme, and curious diction of such lines, than charmed... | |
 | George Herbert - 1850 - 56 str.
...the praise. At first thou gavest me milk and sweetnesses; I had my wish and way: My days were strew'd with flowers and happiness; There was no month but...May. But with my years sorrow did twist and grow, And make a party unawares for woe. Give me the pliant mind, whose gentle measure Complies and suits with... | |
 | 1851 - 608 str.
...stopped me :— "At first thou gavest me milk and sweetnesses; I bad my wish and way : My days were strewed with flowers and happiness; There was no month...did twist and grow, And made a party unawares for wo." §LA Pray go on: I shall learn to delight in Herbert when once his beauties are fairly illutrated... | |
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strewed with flowers and happiness, There was no month but May. But with my years sorrow did twist and grow, And made a party unawares for woe. 
