And when you first to me made suit, How fair I was, you oft would say! And proud of conquest, plucked the fruit, Then left the blossom to decay. Kenilworth - Pàgina viiiper Walter Scott - 1836Visualització completa - Sobre aquest llibre
| Thomas Evans - 1810 - 384 pàgines
...despis'd " The rose is pale — the lily's dead — " But he that once their charms so priz'd, ' Is sure the cause those charms are fled. " For know,...scorn, " The sweetest beauty will decay — " What flow'ret can endure the storm ? " At court I'm told is beauty's' throne, " Where every lady's passing... | |
| Hugh Usher Tighe - 1821 - 100 pàgines
...conquest, pluck'd the fruit, " Then left the blossom to decay. *' Yes, now neglected and despis'd, " The rose is pale — the lily's dead — " But he that once their charms so priz'd, " Is sure the cause those charms are fled. " For know, when sick'ning grief doth prey, " And... | |
| Robert Laneham - 1821 - 158 pàgines
...is pale — the lily 's dead — " But he that once their charms so priz'd, " Is, sure, the c<iuse those charms are fled. " For know, when sick'ning grief doth prey, " And tender love 's repaid with scorn, " The sweetest beauty will decay — " What flow'ret can endure the storm... | |
| British poets - 1822 - 282 pàgines
...when you to me first made suit, How fair I was you oft would say ! And, proud of conquest, pluck'd the fruit ; Then left the blossom to decay. ' Yes, now neglected and despised, The rose is pale — the lily 's dead — But he that once their charms so prized Is sure the cause those charms are dead. '... | |
| Joseph Robertson - 1822 - 414 pàgines
...conquest — pluck'd the fruit, " Then left the hlossom to decay. " Yos, now, neglected and despls'd, " The rose is pale, the lily's dead ; " But he that once their charms so priz'd, " Is, sure, the cause those charms are fled. " For know, when sickening grief doth prey, "... | |
| Richard Alfred Davenport - 1823 - 470 pàgines
...when you to me first made suit, How fair I was you oft would say ! And, proud of conquest, pluck'd the fruit; Then left the blossom to decay. ' Yes, now...lily's dead — But he that once their charms so prized Is sure the cause those charms are fled. . ' For know, when sickening grief doth prey, And tender love's... | |
| Richard Alfred Davenport - 1823 - 406 pàgines
...when you to me first made suit, How fair I was you oft would say ! And, proud of conquest, pluck'd the fruit; Then left the blossom to decay. ' Yes, now neglected and despised, The rose is pale — the lily 's dead — But he that once their charms so prized Is sure the cause those charms are fled. '... | |
| New elegant extracts - 1823 - 402 pàgines
...when you to me first made suit, How fair I was you oft would say ! And, proud of conquest, pluck'd the fruit; Then left the blossom to decay. ' Yes, now neglected and despised, The rose is pale — the lily 's dead — But he that once their charms so prized Is sure the cause those charms are fled. '... | |
| Walter Scott - 1833 - 474 pàgines
...when you first to me made suit,. How fair I was you oft would say ! And proud of conquest, pluck'd the fruit, Then left the blossom to decay. " Yes ! now...lily's dead ; But he that once their charms so prized, Is sure the cause those charms are fled. " For know, when sick'ning grief doth prey* And tender love's... | |
| Walter Scott - 1833 - 472 pàgines
...when you first to me made suit, How fair I was you oft would say ! And proud of conquest, pluck'd the fruit, Then left the blossom to decay. «' Yes ! now...the lily's dead ; But he that once their charms so prizeil, Is sure the cause those charms are fled. " For know, when sick'ning grief doth prey, And tender... | |
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