 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 viiiby Walter Scott - 1836Full view - About this book
 | Edward Arber - English poetry - 1901 - 350 pages
...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 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 are fled... | |
 | John Clark Ridpath - Literature - 1903 - 544 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 sickening grief doth prey, And tender love's... | |
 | English poetry - 1904 - 610 pages
...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. " Yes ! 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 are fled. "... | |
 | English poetry - 1904 - 1058 pages
...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 are fled. " For know, when sick'ning grief doth prey, And tender love 's repaid with scorn, The sweetest beauty will decay, — What floweret can endure the storm?... | |
 | Rossiter Johnson - English poetry - 1908 - 398 pages
...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. "Yes! now neglected...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... | |
 | William Stanley Braithwaite - English poetry - 1909 - 1334 pages
...when you to me first 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 dead. ' For know, when sick'ning grief doth prey, And tender love's... | |
 | Recitations - 1909 - 636 pages
...first to me made suit, How fair I was you oft would say, And, proud of conquest, plucked the fruit And left the blossom to decay. " Yes, now neglected and despised, The rose is pale, the lily dead ; But he that once their charms so prized, Is, sure, the cause those charms are fled. The... | |
 | Robert D. Blackman - American literature - 1912 - 1230 pages
...first to me made suit, How fair I was you oft would say ; And, proud of conquest, plucked the fruit And left the blossom to decay. •' Yes, now neglected and despised, The rose is pale, the lily dead ; But he that once their charms so prized, Is, sure, the cause those charms are fled. " For... | |
 | Walter Scott - Great Britain - 1923 - 716 pages
...proud of conquest, pluck'd the fruit, Then left the blossom to decay. 'Yes! now neglected andfdespised, The rose is pale, the 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... | |
 | Sir Walter Scott - 1902 - 378 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 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 are fled. '... | |
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