 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 D. Blackman - American literature - 1904 - 1196 pages
...merrily sang 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 f " And when you first to me made suit, How fair I was you oft would say ; And, proud of conquest,... | |
 | Henry Bernard Cotterill - 1906 - 140 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 Earl, it well was prized? 'But, Leicester, or I much am wrong, Or 'tis not beauty lures thy vows ; so Rather, ambition's gilded... | |
 | Rossiter Johnson - English poetry - 1908 - 398 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 I " And when you first to me made suit, How fair I was, you oft would say ! And proud of conquest,... | |
 | Recitations - 1909 - 636 pages
...merrily sang 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...fair I was you oft would say, And, proud of conquest, plucked the fruit And left the blossom to decay. " Yes, now neglected and despised, The rose is pale,... | |
 | William Stanley Braithwaite - English poetry - 1909 - 1334 pages
...merrily sang 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 you to me first made suit, How fair I was you oft would say ! And proud of conquest, plucked the fruit,... | |
 | Walter Scott - Great Britain - 1923 - 716 pages
...merrily sung the livelong day. 'If that my beauty is but small, Among court ladies all despised, xv 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 andfdespised, The rose is pale, the lily's dead; But he that... | |
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