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 | England - 1840 - 784 pages
...you first to me made suit, How fair 1 was you oft would say ! And, proud of conquest, pluck 'd the fruit, Then left the blossom to decay. " Yes ! now...lily's dead ; But he that once their charms so prized Is sure the cause those charms are fled. " For know, when sick'ning grief duth prey, And tender love... | |
 | Book - 1841 - 164 pages
...neglected and despis'd, The rose is pale, the lily 's dead ; But he that once their charms so priz'd, Is, sure, the cause those charms are fled. " For, know, when sick'ning grief doth prey, " At court, I'm told, is beauty's throne, Where ev'ry lady 's passing rare ; That eastern flow'rs that... | |
 | Walter Scott - Historical fiction, Scottish - 1844 - 658 pages
...you oft would say ! And proud of conquest, pluck'd the fruit, Then left the blossom to decay. " Yen! now neglected and despised, The rose is pale, the...lily's dead ; But he that once their charms so prized, Is sure the cause those charms arc fled. " For know, when sick'ning grief doth prey, And tender love's... | |
 | Robert Chambers - Authors, English - 1844 - 738 pages
...you first to me made suit, How fair I was, you oft would say ! And, proud of conquest, plucked the ead's brains, The duties there but ill befit The love...me to the soul, To brook confinement or control ; S Is sure the cause those charms are fled. For know, when sickening grief doth prey, And tender love's... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1844 - 662 pages
...when you first to me made suit, How fair I was you oft would say ! And proud of conquest, pluck'd the fruit, Then left the blossom to decay. " Yes! now...lily's dead ; But he that once their charms so prized, Is sure the cause those charms are tied. " For know, when sick'ning grief doth prey, And tender love's... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1844 - 746 pages
...you first to me made suit, How fair I was, you oft would say ! And, proud of conquest, plucked the *I) the'lily'a dead ; But he that once their charms so prized, Is sure the cause those charms are fled.... | |
 | Book - English poetry - 1847 - 206 pages
...proud of conquest, pluck'd the fruit, Then left the blossom to decay. Yes, now neglected and despis'd, The rose is pale — the lily's dead ; But he that once their charms so priz'd Is, sure, the cause those charms are fled. For, know, when sick'ning grief doth prey, And tender... | |
 | Book - English poetry - 1847 - 216 pages
...proud of conquest, pluck'd the fruit, Then left the blossom to decay. Yes, now neglected and despis'd, The rose is pale — the lily's dead ; But he that once their charms so priz'd Is, sure, the cause those charms are fled. For, know, when sick'ning grief doth prey, And tender... | |
 | Bernard Burke - England - 1848 - 268 pages
...when you first to me made suit, How fair I was you oft would say 1 And proud of conquest, pluck'd the fruit, Then left the blossom to decay. " Yes ! now...lily's dead ; But he that once their charms so prized Is, sure, the cause those charms are fled. " The village maidens of the plain Salute me lowly as they... | |
 | Sir Walter Scott - 1850 - 940 pages
...when you first to me made suit, How fair I was yon oft would say .' And proud of conquest, pluck'd tho fruit, Then left the blossom to decay. " Yes! now neglected and despised, The rose is pale, the lily *s dead ; But he that once their charms so prlxed, Is sure the cause those charms are fled. "... | |
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