 I rose up with the cheerful morn, 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...  Waverley Novels: Kenilworth - Page xixby Sir Walter Scott - 1902Full view - About this book
 | 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... | |
 | Walter Scott - Great Britain - 1821 - 340 pages
...flanks — On, good horse, on — the devil urges us both forward.' CHAPTER V. Say that my beauty was but small, Among court ladies all despised ; Why didst...thou rend it from ,that hall, Where, scornful earl, 'twas dearly prized ? No more thou comest with wonted speed ; Thy once beloved bride to see ; But be... | |
 | Sir Walter Scott - Great Britain - 1821 - 352 pages
...•'{! • ' V- ! ,': •e .uf.i t>it« CHAPTER X, ' . .''"'<• Say that my beauty was but small, .. "j Among court ladies all despised ; Why didst thou rend it from that hall, Where, scornful Karl, 'twas dearjy priced ? No more thou comest with wonted speed, . Thy once beloved bride to see... | |
 | Hugh Usher Tighe - Cumner - 1821 - 100 pages
...merrily sung the live-long day. " If that my beauty is but small, " Among court ladies 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 you oft would say ! *« And, proud... | |
 | Joseph Robertson - Poets, Scottish - 1822 - 414 pages
...sung the live long day. " If that my heauty is hut small, " Among court ladies all despised ;, " Wby didst thou rend it from that hall, " Where, scornful...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... | |
 | British poets - Classical poetry - 1822 - 282 pages
...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...scornful earl, it well was prized? ' And when you to me first made suit, How fair I was you oft would say ! And, proud of conquest, pluck'd the fruit... | |
 | Richard Alfred Davenport - English literature - 1823 - 406 pages
...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...scornful earl, it well was prized ? ' And when you to me first made suit, How fair I was you oft would say ! And, proud of conquest, pluck'd the fruit;... | |
 | Richard Alfred Davenport - English literature - 1823 - 470 pages
...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...scornful earl, it well was prized? ' And when you to me first made suit, How fair I was you oft would say ! And, proud of conquest, pluck'd the fruit;... | |
 | New elegant extracts - 1823 - 402 pages
...no flpwer 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...scornful earl, it well was prized ? ' And when you to me first made suit, How fair I was you oft would say ! And, proud of conquest, pluck'd the fruit;... | |
 | English poetry - 1828 - 814 pages
...bird that hauntes the thorne, So merrillie sung the live-long daye. Say that my beautye is but smalle, Among court ladies all despised, Why didst thou rend it from that halle, Where (scornful earle,) it well was prizede ? And when you first to mee made suite, How fayre... | |
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