| Henry William Lovett - 1810 - 190 pàgines
...best gift to man : — . " Oh, woman! in our hours of ease Uncertain, coy, and hard to please ; 136 And variable as the shade By the light quivering aspen...and anguish wring the brow, A ministering angel thou ! " M AUMION. That Adam might fully appreciate the value of such a blessing, and the society of his... | |
| 1811 - 550 pàgines
...ease, Uncertain, coy, and hard to please, And variable as the shade. By the light, quivering a«pen made : When pain and anguish wring the brow, A ministering angel thou." SCOTT'S MAKMION. AjADAME DE STAIIL's history •*• is the reverse of what is generally found in romances,... | |
| Sir Walter Scott - 1813 - 536 pàgines
...spring, To slake my dying thirst !" — •XXX. O, woman ! in our hours of ease, Uncertain, coy, and hard to please, And variable as the shade By the light...and anguish wring the brow, A ministering angel thou ! — Scarce were the piteous accents said, When, with the Baron's casque, the maid To the nigh streamlet... | |
| 1813 - 716 pàgines
...Marmion, and llic relenting tenderness of Clare. O woman! in our hours of ease, Uncertain, coy, and hard to please, And variable as the shade By the light...anguish wring the brow, A ministering angel thou! From the opinion of those who discover so much more merit in The Lady of the Luke, than in the two... | |
| Joshua P. Slack - 1815 - 340 pàgines
...spring, To slake my dying thirst !" III. O, Woman ! in our hours of ease, Uncertain, coy, and hard to please, And variable as the shade By the light...and anguish wring the brow, A ministering angel thou ! — Scarce were the piteous accents said, When with the Baron's casque, the maid To the nigh streamlet... | |
| Elizabeth Thomas - 1816 - 312 pàgines
...then took a different turn. CHAP. XXI. Oh •woman, in our hours of ease, Uneertain, coy, and hard to please, And variable as the shade, By the light...pain and anguish wring the brow, A ministering angel tuuu. BCOTT. SIR CHARLES gradually recovered from the ef. fects of his bruises, and his arm was in... | |
| 1816 - 420 pàgines
...speaks to all hearts its truth and beauty :— O woman, in our hours of ease Uncertain, coy, and hard to please; And variable as the shade, By the light, quivering, aspen made, When pain and sickness cloud the brow, A ministering angel them. WALTER SCOTT. Among the various species of exotic... | |
| 1834 - 918 pàgines
...dumb. " O, Woman ! in our hours of ease, Uncertain, coy, and hard to please, And variable u the »hade By the light quivering aspen made ; When pain and anguish wring the brow, A ministering angel thou ! " Hearing a bustle in the room, Adderfang now spoke, in a low and interrupted voice — it was in... | |
| 1824 - 462 pàgines
...in the KaleUolcopc of February 11, 1823. Oh, woman! In our hours of ease, Uncertain, coy, and hard to please ; And variable as the shade By the light quivering aspen made: When pain and sickness wring the brow, A ministering angel thou. Scott. Though endless variety, little satiety. Great... | |
| Walter Scott - 1818 - 372 pàgines
...thirst !" — XXXI. 0, woman ! in our hours of ease, Uncertain, coy, and hard to please, And variahle as the shade By the light quivering aspen made ; When pain and anguish wring the hrew, A ministering angel thou ! — Scarce were the piteous accents said, When with the Baron's casque,... | |
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