 | Walter Scott - 1853 - 698 pages
...when those gauds are by 1 " 'Mong rural beauties I was one, Among the fields wild flowers are fairSome country swain might me have won And thought my beauty...spouse. " Then, Leicester, why, again I plead (The injured surely mav repine,) Why didst thou wed a country maid, When some fair princess might be thine... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1853 - 532 pages
...Must sicken when those gauds are by ? " 'Mong rural beauties I was one, Among the fields wild flowers are fair ; Some country swain might me have won, And thought my heauty passing rare. " But, Leicester, (or I much am wrong,) Or 'tis not beauty lures thy vows ; Rather... | |
 | Book - 1854 - 496 pages
...Must sicken when those gauds are by? "'Mong rural beauties I was one; Among the fields wild flowers are fair; Some country swain might me have won, And thought my passing beauty rare. " But, Leicester (or I much am wrong), It is not beauty lures thy vows; Rather... | |
 | Charles William Smith (professor of elocution.) - 1857 - 338 pages
...Must sicken when those gauds are by ? 'Mong rural beauties I was one ; Among the fields wild flowers are fair ; Some country swain might me have won, And...Leicester (or I much am wrong), Or 'tis not beauty fires thy vows ; Rather Ambition's gilded crown Makes thee forget thy humble spouse. Then, Leicester,... | |
 | J. C. - Ballads, English - 1860 - 218 pages
...by ? " 'Mong rural beauties I was one ; Among the fields wild-flowers are fair : Some country-swain might me have won. And thought my beauty passing rare....thy humble spouse. " Then, Leicester, why, again, 1 plead, (The injured surely may repine),-- Why didst thou wed a country maid, When some fair princess... | |
 | J. C. - Ballads, English - 1860 - 196 pages
...fair: Some country-swain might me have won, And thought my beauty passing rare. " But, Leicester—or I much am wrong, Or 'tis not beauty lures thy vows;...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... | |
 | George Gilfillan - English poetry - 1860 - 360 pages
...might me have won, And thought my passing beauty rare. 1 4 ' But, Leicester, or I much am wrong, It is not beauty lures thy vows; Rather ambition's gilded crown Makes thee forget thy humble spouse. 15 'Then, Leicester, why, again I plead, The injured surely may repine, Why didst thou wed a country... | |
 | George Gilfillan - English poetry - 1860 - 362 pages
...Must sicken when those gauds are by? 13 ''Mong rural beauties I was one; Among the fields wild-flowers are fair; Some country swain might me have won, And thought my passing beauty rare. 14 'But, Leicester, or I much am wrong, It is not beauty lures thy vows; Rather... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1867 - 354 pages
...beauty passing rare. "But, Leicester, (or I much am wrong,) Or 'tis not beauty lures thy vows j Bather 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... | |
 | Ballads, English - 1863 - 302 pages
...sicken when those gaudes are by ? " 'Mong rural beauties I was one ; Among the fields wild-flowers are fair : Some country swain might me have won, And thought my beauty passing rare. "Rut, Leicester — or I much am -wrong, Or, 'tis not beauty lures thy vows ; Rather ambition's gilded... | |
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Mong rural beauties I was one, Among the fields wild flowers are fair; Some country swain might me have won, And thought my beauty passing rare. "But, Leicester, (or I much am wrong,) Or 'tis not beauty lures thy vows; Rather ambition's gilded crown Makes... 
