 | Walter Scott - 1864 - 356 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...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... | |
 | English ballads - 1864 - 306 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...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 thine... | |
 | English ballads - 1864 - 296 pages
...Must 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. " But, Leicester—or I much am wrong, • Or, 'tis not beauty lures thy vows; Rather ambition's gilded crown... | |
 | Book - Ballads, English - 1865 - 308 pages
...gaudes are by ? " 'Mong rural beauties I was one ; Among the fields wild-flowers are fair: Some eountry swain might me have won, And thought my beauty passing rare. " But, Leieester — or I mueh am wrong, Or 'tis not beauty lures thy vows ; Rather ambition's gilded erown... | |
 | Whitnash rectory - 1866 - 478 pages
...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 beauty passing rare." Thus sore and sad that lady griev'd, In Cumnor Hall so lone, and drear, And many a heartfelt sigh she... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1869 - 696 pages
...Must sicken when those gauds are by ? " 'Hong rural beauties I was one, Among the fields wild flowers are fair; Some country swain might me have won, And...much am wrong,) Or 'tis not beauty lures thy vows ; Bather ambition's gilded crown Hakes thee forget thy humble spouse. " Then, Leicester, why, again... | |
 | George Adlard - 1870 - 386 pages
..." At court, I'm told, is beauty's throne, Where every lady 's passing rare ; That eastern flowers, that shame the sun, Are not so glowing, not so fair....my beauty passing rare. " But, Leicester (or I much ani wrong), Or 'tis not beauty lures thy vows, Bather ambition's gilded crown Makes thee forget thy... | |
 | Sir Walter Scott - 1870 - 494 pages
...a boding seems to say, And thought my beauty passing rare. " Countess, prepare, thy end is near I " But, Leicester {or I much am wrong), Or 'tis not beauty...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... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1871 - 496 pages
...many a boding seems to say, And thought my beauty passing rare. "Countess, prepare, thy end is near !" But, Leicester (or I much am wrong), Or 'tis not beauty...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... | |
 | Samuel Orchart Beeton - American poetry - 1873 - 782 pages
...Must sicken when those gauds are by ? 'Mong rural beauties I was one ; Among the fields wild flowers of careworn men, passing beauty rare. But, Leicester (or I much am wrong), It is not beauty lures thy vows ; Bather... | |
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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... 
