 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...  Lives of Scottish Poets - Page 98by Joseph Robertson - 1822 - 378 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Robert Chambers - English literature - 1851 - 764 pages
...merrily sung the live-long day. If that my beauty is but small, Among court ladies all despised, Why ope did not borrow his prose from his predecessor....and uniform. Dryden obey« the motions of hi« own plucked the fruit, Then left the blossom to decay. Yes Ï now neglected and despUed, The rose is pale,... | |
 | Durham city, sch - 1852 - 486 pages
...merrily sung the livelong day. If that my beauty is but small. Amongst 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 of conquest,... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1853 - 532 pages
...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...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... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1853 - 698 pages
...all despised, Why didst thou rend it from that hail, Where, scornful Earl, it well was prized V •' 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... | |
 | Book - 1854 - 496 pages
...merrily sung the live.long day. " If that my beauty is but small, Among court ladies all despised, Why didst thou rend it from that hall, Where, scornful...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... | |
 | Charles William Smith (professor of elocution.) - 1857 - 338 pages
...merrily sung the live-long day. Say that my beauty is but small, Among court ladies all despised, Why didst thou rend it from that hall, Where, scornful...I was, you oft would say ! And, proud of conquest, plucked the fruit, Then left the blossom to decay. Yes ! now neglected and despised, The rose is pale,... | |
 | David Mallet, Frederick Dinsdale - Ballads - 1857 - 440 pages
...GHOST., Evans' Old Ballads, 1784, vol. ii. p. 226. — It consists of 19 verses of 4 lines each. " And when you first to me made suit, How fair I was...proud of conquest — pluck'd the fruit, Then left the blossom to decay. * * * * Why didst thou praise my humble charms, And, oh ! then leave them to decay... | |
 | David Mallet, Frederick Dinsdale - Ballads - 1857 - 404 pages
...MARGARET'S GHOST. Evans' Old Ballads, 1784, vol.ii. p.226.— It consists of 19 verses of 4 lines each. " 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. * * * * Why didst thou praise my humble charms,... | |
 | J. C. - Ballads, English - 1860 - 218 pages
...small, Amongst court-ladies all despised— Why didst thou rend it from that hall, Where, seornful Earl, it well was prized ? " And when you first to...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... | |
 | George Gilfillan - English poetry - 1860 - 360 pages
...all despised, Why didst thou rend it from that hall, Where, scornful Earl, it well was prized? 8 ' 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. 9 'Yes! now neglected and despised, The rose is... | |
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