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" 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... "
The British Poets: Including Translations ... - Page 86
by British poets - 1822
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Calliope: A Collection of Poems, Legendary and Pathetic

Ballads, English - 1814 - 328 pages
...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...
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An Historical Account of Cumner: With Some Particulars of the Traditions ...

Hugh Usher Tighe - Cumner - 1821 - 100 pages
...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 ! *«...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...
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Laneham's Letter Describing the Magnificent Pageants Presented Before Queen ...

Robert Laneham - English drama - 1821 - 158 pages
...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 you oft would say ! "...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, "...
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Lives of Scottish Poets, Volume 2

Joseph Robertson - Poets, Scottish - 1822 - 414 pages
...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, you oft would say ! "...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...
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New Elegant Extracts: A Unique Selection from the Most Eminent ..., Volume 3

Richard Alfred Davenport - English literature - 1823 - 470 pages
...with lover's speed, Thy once beloved bride to see ; But be she alive, or be she dead, I fear (stern earl) 's the same to thee. ' Not so the usage I received,...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. ....
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Introductions, and Notes and Illustrations to the Novels, Tales ..., Volume 2

Walter Scott - 1833 - 472 pages
...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 you oft would say ! And...now neglected and despised, The rose is pale, the lily's dead ; But he that once their charms so prizeil, Is sure the cause those charms are fled. "...
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Bride of Lammermoor - Peveril of the peak

Walter Scott - 1833 - 474 pages
...didst thou rend k from that hoH, Where, scornful Earl, it well was prized ? " And when you first to me 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. " For...
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Kenilworth

Walter Scott - 1836 - 564 pages
...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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The journey-book of England. Berkshire (Derbyshire, Hampshire, Kent).

England - 1840 - 784 pages
...when you first to me made suit, How fair 1 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. " For...
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The book of poetry [ed. by B.G. Johns].

Book - 1841 - 164 pages
...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,...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...
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