 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
 | George Adlard - 1870 - 386 pages
...merrily sung the livelong day. " If that my beauty is but small, Among court ladies all despis'd, Why didst thou rend it from that hall. Where, scornful...proud of conquest — pluck'd the fruit, Then left the blossom to decay. " Tes, now neglected and despis'd, The rose is pale — the lily's dead — But he... | |
 | Sir Walter Scott - 1870 - 494 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 Earl, it well was prized ? And when vou first to me made suit, How fair I was you oft would say ! And, proud of conquest, pluck'd the fruit,... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1871 - 496 pages
...my father's hall ; No faithless husband then me grieved, No chilling fears did me appaL And when vou first to me made suit, How fair I was you oft would...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... | |
 | Samuel Orchart Beeton - American poetry - 1873 - 782 pages
...merrily sung the live-long day. If that my beauty is but small, Among court ladies all despised. Why ers now ? One, 'midst the forest of the west, By a...the blue lone sea, hath one, He lies where pearls li loft the blossom to decay. Yes ! now neglected and despised, The rose is pale, the lily 's dead ; But... | |
 | Cassell, ltd - 1875 - 452 pages
...the live-long day. " If that my beauty is but small, Among court ladies all despised, Why didst tbou rend it from that hall, Where, scornful Earl, it well...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... | |
 | James Grant Wilson - English poetry - 1875 - 622 pages
...but small. Among eourt ladies all despised, Why didst thou rend it from that hall, Where, seornful earl, it well was prized? "And when you first to me...suit, How fair I was, you oft would say! And, proud of eonquest, plueked the fruit, Then left the blossom to deeay. "Yes! now negleeted and despised. The... | |
 | Alexander Whitelaw - Ballads, Scots - 1875 - 620 pages
...all despts'd ; Why didst thou rend it from that hall. Where (scornful carl) It well wa» prii'd ? " And when you first to me made suit, How fair I was you oft would soy 1 And, proud of conqurst— pluck'd the fruit, Theo Ivfi the bloatom to decay. " Yes, now neglected... | |
 | Samuel Austin Allibone - Quotations, English - 1875 - 794 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 Earl, it well was prized ?" MICKLE : Cumnor Hall. Favour'd of heav'n who finds One virtuous rarely found, That in domestic good... | |
 | Francis Turner Palgrave - Children's poetry - 1875 - 168 pages
...sung the live-long day. ' If that my beauty is but small, 25 ' Among court-ladies all despised ; ' Why didst thou rend it from that hall ' Where, scornful Earl ! it well was prized ? i regent, mler 8 issued, came forth : pile, building 12 immnred, buried : privity, solitude I usage,... | |
 | James Grant Wilson - English poetry - 1876 - 604 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...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,... | |
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