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" And when you first to me made suit, How fair I was, you oft would say! And proud of conquest, plucked the fruit, Then left the blossom to decay. "
Kenilworth - Page viii
by Walter Scott - 1836
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Waverley Novels, Volume 1

Walter Scott - 1867 - 354 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 fled. " For know, when sick'ning grief doth prey, And tender love...
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Waverly Novels, Volume 23

Walter Scott - 1864 - 356 pages
...when yon 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 fled. " For know", when sick'ning grief doth prey. And tender love...
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Old English ballads, a collection

English ballads - 1864 - 306 pages
...you first to me made suit, How fair I was, you oft would say ; And, proud of conquest, plucked 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 doth prey, And tender...
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Recitations at Whitnash rectory

Whitnash rectory - 1866 - 478 pages
...; And proud of conquest pluck'd the fruit, And left the blossom to decay. " For know when sickening grief doth prey, And tender love's repaid with scorn, The sweetest beauty will decay, What flow'ret can endure the storm ? " At court, I'm told, is Beauty's throne, Where every lady's passing...
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Kenilworth

Walter Scott - 1869 - 696 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 fled. " For know, when sick'ning grief doth prey, And tender love...
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Amye Robsart and the Earl of Leycester: A Critical Inquiry Into the ...

George Adlard - 1870 - 386 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, And tender love 's repaid with scorn, The sweetest beauty will decay — What flow 'ret can endure the storm p...
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Amye Robsart and the Earl of Leycester: A Critical Inquiry Into the ...

George Adlard - 1870 - 402 pages
...conquest — pluck'd the fruit, Then left the blossom to decay. " Yes, now neglected and deepis'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...
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Encyclopaedia of English and American Poetry: From Caedmon and ..., Volume 2

Samuel Orchart Beeton - American poetry - 1873 - 782 pages
...made suit, How fair I was, you oft would say ! And, proud of conquest, pluck'd the fruit, Then loft ; He was the loved of all, yet none O'er his low bed may weep. One lily 's dead ; But he that once their charms so prized, Is sure the cause those charms are fled. For...
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Cassell's illustrated readings, Volume 1; Volume 66

Cassell, ltd - 1875 - 452 pages
...you first to me made suit, How fair I was, you oft would say ; And, proud of conquest, plucked the fruit, Then left the blossom to decay. " Yes ! now...is pale, the lily's dead ; But he that once their charm so prized, Is sure the cause those charms are fled. " For know, when sickening grief doth prey,...
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From Thomas the Rhymer to Richard Gall

James Grant Wilson - English poetry - 1875 - 622 pages
...say! And, proud of eonquest, plueked the fruit, Then left the blossom to deeay. "Yes! now negleeted and despised. The rose is pale, the lily's dead; But he that onee their eharms so prized Is sure the eause those eharms are fled. "For know, when siekening grief...
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