 | William Hazlitt - English literature - 1890 - 582 pages
...Poems, ed. 1772, p. 171.] " The Bock oj Rubies and the Quarry of Peat it. Some ask'd me where the rabies grew ; And nothing I did say ; But with my finger...where ; Then spoke I to my girl To part her lips, and show them there The quarrelets of pearl."* Now this is making a petrifaction both of love and poetry.... | |
 | Robert Herrick - English poetry - 1891 - 362 pages
...red, The rest I'll speak when we meet both in bed. 75. THE ROCK OF RUBIES, AND THE QUARRY OF PEARLS. SOME ask'd me where the rubies grew, And nothing I...where ; Then spoke I to my girl, To part her lips, and show'd them there The quarelets of Pearl. 76. CONFORMITY. CONFORMITY was ever known A foe to dissolution... | |
 | Ballads, English - 1891 - 250 pages
...brief of that behold. Welcome, welcome, etc. ROBERT HERRICK. 1591-1674. THE ROCK OF RUBIES. OOME asked me where the rubies grew; And nothing I did say, But...with my finger pointed to The lips of Julia. Some asked how pearls did grow, and where ; Then spoke I to my girl To part her lips, and show me there... | |
 | Andrew Lang - Ballads, English - 1891 - 316 pages
...the rubies grew; And nothing I did say, But with my finger pointed to The lips of Julia. Some asked how pearls did grow, and where ; Then spoke I to my girl To part her lips, and show me there The quarrelets of pearl. UPON SAPPHO SWEETLY PLAYING AND SWEETLY SINGING. \17HEN thou... | |
 | Robert Herrick - 1893 - 368 pages
...red, The rest Ile speak, when we meet both in bed. 75. THE ROCK OF RUBIES: AND THE QUARRIE OF PEARLS. SOME ask'd me where the Rubies grew ? And nothing...how Pearls did grow, and where ? Then spoke I to my Girle, To part her lips, and shew'd them there The Quarelets* of Pearl. 1 One of the endless imitations... | |
 | American poetry - 1893 - 472 pages
...servant, nor yet a child. ARTHUR J. MUNBV. JULIA. SOME ask'd me where the rubies grew, And nothing 1 did say, But with my finger pointed to The lips of Julia. Sorne ask'd how pearls did grow, and where; Then spoke me to my girle, To part her lips, and show'd... | |
 | Thomas Humphry Ward - English poetry - 1895 - 530 pages
...time serves, and we are but decaying, Come, my Corinna ! come, let's go a Maying. THE ROCK OF RUBIES. Some ask'd me where the Rubies grew: And nothing I...Then spoke I to my girl, To part her lips, and shew me there CANDLEMAS Eva Down with the rosemary and bays, Down with the misletoe ; Instead of holly,... | |
 | 1898 - 122 pages
...which is entitled ' ' The Rock of Rubies, and the Quarry of Pearls. ' ' It runs thus : — " Some asked me where the Rubies grew, And nothing I did say ;...with my finger pointed to The lips of Julia. Some asked how Pearls did grow, and where ; Then spoke I to my girl, To part her lips, and show them there... | |
 | Thomas Humphry Ward - English poetry - 1896 - 520 pages
...time serves, and we are but decaying, Come, my Corinna ! come, let's go a Maying. THE ROCK OF RUBIES. Some ask'd me where the Rubies grew : And nothing...Then spoke I to my girl, To part her lips, and shew me there CANDLEMAS EVE. Down with the rosemary and bays, Down with the misletoe ; Instead of holly,... | |
 | English poetry - 1896 - 468 pages
...through mine, with kiss on kiss Sweet as heated honey is. JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY. JULIA. C OME asked me where the rubies grew, And nothing I did say, But...with my finger pointed to The lips of Julia. Some asked how pearls did grow, and where ; Then spake I to my girl, To part her lips, and shew me there... | |
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SOME ask'd me where the rubies grew, And nothing I did say : But with my finger pointed to The lips of Julia. Some ask'd how pearls did grow, and where ; Then spoke I to my girl, To part her lips, and show'd them there The quarelets of Pearl. 
