 | Walter Scott - 1833 - 474 pages
...when 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 !...charms are fled. " For know, when sick'ning grief doth prey* And tender love's repaid with scorn, The sweetest beauty will decay,— What floweret can... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1833 - 472 pages
...And when 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...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
...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...lily's dead ; But he that once their charms so prized, la sure the cause those charms are fled. " For know, when sick'ning grief doth prey, And tender love's... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1853 - 406 pages
...And when you first to me made suit, How fair I was you oft would say I 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. "... | |
 | Book - 1841 - 164 pages
...when 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, sure, the... | |
 | Walter Scott - Historical fiction, Scottish - 1844 - 658 pages
...you oft would say ! And proud of conquest, pluck'd the fruit, Then left the blossom to decay. " Yen! now neglected and despised, The rose is pale, the...their charms so prized, Is sure the cause those charms arc fled. " For know, when sick'ning grief doth prey, And tender love's repaid with scorn, The sweetest... | |
 | Robert Chambers - Authors, English - 1844 - 738 pages
...when you first to me made suit, How fair I was, you oft would say ! And, proud of conquest, plucked ockhead's brains, The duties there but ill befit The...soul, To brook confinement or control ; Still to be sickening grief doth prey, And tender love's repaid with scorn, The sweetest beauty will decay : What... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1844 - 662 pages
...And when 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!...charms so prized, Is sure the cause those charms are tied. " For know, when sick'ning grief doth prey, And tender love's repaid with scorn, The sweetest... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1844 - 746 pages
...when you first to me made suit, How fair I was, you oft would say ! And, proud of conquest, plucked " <" *I) the'lily'a dead ; But he that once their charms so prized, Is sure the cause those charms are fled.... | |
 | Book - English poetry - 1847 - 206 pages
...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, sure, the cause those charms are fled. For, know, when sick'ning grief doth prey, And tender... | |
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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. 
