 | sir Walter Scott (bart [novels, collected]) - 1875 - 660 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... | |
 | Cassell, ltd - 1875 - 452 pages
...me have won, And thought my passing beauty rare. " But, Leicester — or I am much wrong — It is not beauty lures thy vows ; Rather ambition's gilded...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... | |
 | Francis Turner Palgrave - Children's poetry - 1875 - 168 pages
...12 immnred, buried : privity, solitude I usage, treatment 20 apfal, frighten 27 renfi, take away ' But, Leicester, (or I much am wrong), ' Or 'tis not beauty lures thy vows ; 30 ' Rather, ambition's gilded crown ' Makes thee forget thy humble spouse. ' Then, Leicester, why,... | |
 | Alexander Whitelaw - Ballads, Scots - 1875 - 620 pages
...sicken— when those gaudes are by f " 'Mong rural beauties 1 was one, Among the fields wild (town an fair ; Some country swain might me have won, And thought my beauty pasting rare. " But, Leicester, (or I much am wrong.) Or 'tis not beauty lures thy vowi ; Rather nmbition-s... | |
 | James Grant Wilson - English poetry - 1875 - 622 pages
...gauds 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, It is not beauty lures thy vows; Kather ambition's gilded erown Makes... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - English poetry - 1877 - 290 pages
...beds Where roses and where lilies vie, " 'Mong rural beauties I was one, Among the fields wild flowers are fair; Some country swain might me have won, And...passing rare. " But, Leicester, (or I much am wrong,) Or 't is not beauty lures thy vows ; Rather ambition's gilded crown Makes thee forget thy humble spouse.... | |
 | James Grant Wilson - English poetry - 1876 - 604 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...passing rare. "But, Leicester, or I much am wrong, It is not beauty lures thy vows; Father ambition's gilded crown Makes thee forget thy humble spouse.... | |
 | Walter Scott - Great Britain - 1877 - 482 pages
...by ? " 'Mong rural beauties I was one, Among the fields wild flowers are fair ; Some country swaia might me have won, And thought my beauty passing rare....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... | |
 | Francis Turner Palgrave - Children's poetry, English - 1877 - 326 pages
...building 12 immured, buried : privity, solitude i usage, treatment 20 appal, frighten 27 mid, take away ' But, Leicester, (or I much am wrong), ' Or 'tis not...' Then., Leicester, why, — again I plead, ' The injured surely may repine, — ' Why didst thou wed a country maid, ' When some fair Princess might... | |
 | Rossiter Johnson - English poetry - 1877 - 312 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...passing rare. " But. Leicester, (or I much am wrong,) Or 't is not beauty lures thy vows ; Rather ambition's gilded crown Makes thee forget thy humble spouse.... | |
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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... 
