 | Thomas Evans - Ballads, English - 1810 - 386 pages
...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 tender love's repaid with scorn, " The sweetest beauty will decay— " What flow'ret... | |
 | Robert Laneham - English drama - 1821 - 158 pages
...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 neglected and despis'd, " The rose is pale — the lily 's dead — " But he that once their charms so priz'd, "... | |
 | Hugh Usher Tighe - Cumner - 1821 - 100 pages
...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 neglected and despis'd, " The rose is pale — the lily's dead — " But he that once their charms so priz'd, " Is... | |
 | British poets - Classical poetry - 1822 - 282 pages
...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 - Poets, Scottish - 1822 - 414 pages
...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 - English literature - 1823 - 470 pages
...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,...the cause those charms are fled. . ' For know, when sickening grief doth prey, And tender love's repaid with scorn, The'sweetest beauty will decay —... | |
 | New elegant extracts - 1823 - 402 pages
...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. '... | |
 | Richard Alfred Davenport - English literature - 1823 - 406 pages
...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. '... | |
 | English poetry - 1828 - 814 pages
...blossom to decaye. Yes, now neglected and despised, The rose is pale — the lily's deade — But hee that once their charms so prized, Is sure the cause those charms are fledde. For knowe, when sickening griefe doth preye, And tender love's repay'd with scorne, A2 The... | |
 | Robert Chambers - American literature - 1830 - 844 pages
...plant, that, from its stem The rose is pale, the lily'» deud ; Divided, feels the chilling air. But ho obert Chambers 1 For kuow, when sickening grief doth prey. And tender love 'a repaid with scorn, The sweetest beauty... | |
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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. 
