 | Thomas Evans - Ballads, English - 1810 - 384 pages
...surely may repine,) " Why didst thou wed a country maid, " When some fair princess might be thine ? " Why didst thou praise my humble charms, " And, oh...Why didst thou win me to thy arms, • " Then leave me to mourn the live-long day ? " The village maidens of the plain " Salute me lowly as they go ; "... | |
 | Thomas Evans - Ballads, English - 1810 - 386 pages
...charms, " And, oh ! then leave them to decay ? " Why didst thou win me to thy arms, " Then leave me to mourn the live-long day ? " The village maidens of the plain - " Salute me lowly as they go ; .•.... m " Envious they mark my silken train, " Nor think a countess can have woe, " The simple... | |
 | Ballads, English - 1814 - 328 pages
...why, again I plead, ' Why didst Hd ; i praise my humhle eharms, A iu!, oh ! then leave them to deeay ? Why didst thou win me to thy arms, Then leave to mourn...village maidens of the plain, Salute me lowly as they gu ; Envious they mark my silken train, Nor think a Countess ean have woe'* * The simple nymplis !... | |
 | Hugh Usher Tighe - Cumner - 1821 - 100 pages
...surely may repine,) " Why didst thou wed a country maid, " When some fair princess might be thine ? " Why didst thou praise my humble charms, " And oh !..." Why didst thou win me to thy arms, " Then leave me to mourn the live-long day ? " The village maidens of the plain " Salute me lowly as they go ; "... | |
 | Robert Laneham - English drama - 1821 - 158 pages
...surely may repine,) " Why didst thou wed a country maid, " When some fair princess might be thine? " Why didst thou praise my humble charms, " And oh !..." Why didst thou win me to thy arms, " Then leave me to mourn the live-long day ? " The village maidens of the plain " Salute me lowly as they go ; "... | |
 | Early English newspapers - 1821 - 734 pages
...countrye inayda, When some fayre princess might bs thyne ? " Why didst thou praise my humble charmes, And, oh ! then leave them to decay* ? Why didst thou win me to thy armer, Then leave me to mourn the live-long; d.ye? "The 1S21.] Aleet Pottry. 4S9 " The Tillage maidens... | |
 | Robert Chambers - American literature - 1830 - 844 pages
...surely 'nay repineWhy did- 1 tho« w(id a, country maid, When some fair princess might be thine ? ' Why didst thou praise my humble charms And, oh ! then...decay? Why didst thou win me to thy arms, Then leave me to mourn the livelong day t * The village maidens of the plain Salute me lowly ar. they go : Envious... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1833 - 472 pages
...surely may repine,) — Why didst thou wed a country maid, When some fair princess might be thine ? " Why didst thou praise my humble charms, And, oh !...the livelong day ? •" The village maidens of the plaim Salute me lowly as they go ; Envious they mark my silken train, Nor think a Countess can have... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1833 - 474 pages
...Why didst thou praise my liumblfl charms. And, oh ! then leave them to decay ? Why didst thou wiu roe to thy arms, Then leave to mourn the livelong day ? " The village, nuidww of the plain Salute me lowly as they go ; Envious they mark my silken train, Nor think a Cmiu... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1836 - 564 pages
...surely may repine,) — Why didst thou wed a country maid, When some fair princess might be thine T " Why didst thou praise my humble charms, And, oh ! then leave them to decay T Why didst thou win me to thy arms, Then leave to mourn the livelong day T " The village maidens of... | |
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Rather ambition's gilded crown Makes thee forget thy humble spouse. "Then, Leicester, why, again I plead (The injured surely may repine) — Why didst thou wed a country maid, When some fair princess might be thine? 
