 No lark more blithe, no flower more gay; And like the bird that haunts the thorn, So merrily sung the livelong day. " If that my beauty is but small, Among court ladies all despised, Why didst thou rend it from that hall, Where, scornful Earl, it well...  Kenilworth - Page 14by Walter Scott - 1869Full view - About this book
 | Thomas Evans - Ballads, English - 1810 - 384 pages
...despis'd ; " Why didst thou rend it from that hall, " Where (scornful earl) it well was priz'd ? " And when you first to me made suit, " How fair I was...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... | |
 | Ballads, English - 1814 - 328 pages
...all despis'd ; Why didst thou rend it from that hall, Where (seornful Earl) it well was priz'd ? ' And when you first to me made suit, How fair I was you oft would say ! And, proud of eonquest— pluek'd the fruit, Then left the hlossom to deeay. * Yes, now negleeted and despis'd, .ThRrose... | |
 | Hugh Usher Tighe - Cumner - 1821 - 100 pages
...all despis'd ; " Why didst thou rend it from that hall, Where, scornful Earl, it well was priz'd ? *' And when you first to me made suit, " How fair I was...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... | |
 | Robert Laneham - English drama - 1821 - 158 pages
...all despis'd ; " Why didst thou rend it from that hall, " Where, scornful Earl, h well was priz'd ? " And when you first to me made suit, " How fair I was...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, "... | |
 | British poets - Classical poetry - 1822 - 282 pages
...didst thou rend it from that hall Where, scornful earl, it well was prized? ' And when you to me first made suit, How fair I was you oft would say ! And,...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 - Poets, Scottish - 1822 - 414 pages
...despised ;, " Wby didst thou rend it from that hall, " Where, scornful Earl, it well was prized ? " And when you first to me made suit, " How fair I was,...of 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... | |
 | Richard Alfred Davenport - English literature - 1823 - 406 pages
...didst thou rend it from that hall Where, scornful earl, it well was prized ? ' And when you to me first made suit, How fair I was you oft would say ! And,...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 pages
...didst thou rend it from that hall Where, scornful earl, it well was prized ? ' And when you to me first made suit, How fair I was you oft would say ! And,...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 - 472 pages
...ladies all despised, Why didst thou rend it from that hall, Where, scornful Earl, it well was prized ? " And when you first to me made suit, How fair I was...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... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1836 - 564 pages
...ladies all despised, Why didst thou rend it from that hall, Where, scornful Earl, it well was prized 7 " And when you first to me made suit, How fair I was you oft would say ! And proud of conquest, pluck'dt!»e fruit, Then left the blossom to decay. " Yes ! now neglected and despised, The rose is... | |
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