 s their estate ; To smile for joy than sigh for woe— To be content — than to be great. " How far less blest am I than them ? Daily to pine and waste with care ! Like the poor plant, that, from its stem Divided, feels the chilling air. " Nor, cruel...  Waverley Novels: Kenilworth. The pirate - Page 9by Walter Scott - 1844Full view - About this book
 | Walter Scott - Great Britain - 1877 - 482 pages
...to pine and waste with care ! Like the poor plant, that, from its stem Divided, feels the chilling air. " Nor, cruel Earl ! can I enjoy The humble charms...stray, The village death-bell smote my ear ; They winked aside, and seemed to say, ' Countess, prepare, thy end is near ! ' " And now, while happy peasants... | |
 | Rossiter Johnson - English poetry - 1877 - 308 pages
...to pine and waste with care ! Like the poor plant, that, from its stem Divided, feels the chilling air. " Nor, cruel Earl ! can I enjoy The humble charms...to stray, The village death-bell smote my ear; They winked aside, and seemed to say, ' Countess, prepare, thy end is near.' " And now, while happy peasants... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1877 - 294 pages
...To be content than to be great. Like the poor plant, that, from its stem Divided, feels the chilling air. "Nor, cruel Earl! can I enjoy The humble charms...to stray, The village death-bell smote my ear; They winked aside, and seemed to say, ' Countess, prepare, thy end is near!' " And now, while happy peasants... | |
 | Rossiter Johnson - English poetry - 1877 - 312 pages
...care 1 Like the poor plant, that, from its stem Divided, feels the chilling air. " Nor, cruel Earl I can I enjoy The humble charms of solitude ; Your minions...to stray, The village death-bell smote my ear; They winked aside, and seemed to say, ' Countess, prepare, thy end is near.' " And now, while happy peasants... | |
 | John Ross - English poetry - 1878 - 816 pages
...and waste with care ! Like the poor plant, that from its stem Divided, feels the chilling air. XX. Nor, cruel Earl! can I enjoy The humble charms of...stray, The village death-bell smote my ear ; They winked aside, and seemed to say, ' Countess, prepare—thy end is near.' XXtt. And now, while happy... | |
 | John Ross - English poetry - 1878 - 786 pages
...care ! Like the poor plant, that from its stem Divided, feels the chilling air. XX. Nor, cruel Earl 1 can I enjoy The humble charms of solitude ; Your minions...peace destroy, By sullen frowns, or pratings rude. XXI. Last night, as sad I chanced to stray, The village death-bell smote my ear ; They winked aside,... | |
 | Laura Valentine - 1880 - 634 pages
...than them, Tn-ily to pine and waste with care! e poor plant, that from its stem ;d, feels the chilling air. "N'or, cruel earl, can I enjoy The humble charms...to stray, The village death-bell smote my ear, They winked aside, and seemed to say, l Countess, prepare — thy end is near. ' "And now, when happy peasants... | |
 | George Gilfillan - 1881 - 368 pages
...pine and waste with care! Like the poor plant, that, from its stem Divided, feels the chilling air. 20 'Nor, cruel Earl! can I enjoy The humble charms of...peace destroy, By sullen frowns, or pratings rude. 21 ' Last night, as sad I chanced to stray, The village death-bell smote my ear; They winked aside,... | |
 | Robert Chambers - American literature - 1881 - 842 pages
...Ires blett am I than them, are! Like the poor plant, that, from its steo Divided, tecis tbe chilling air. * Nor, cruel Earl ! can I enjoy The humble charms of solitude ; Your minions proud my poace d«?*4roy, By Builen Erowus, or pratings rude." ' Last ntpht, as sad I chanced to stray, The... | |
 | Henry Troth Coates - American poetry - 1881 - 1138 pages
...Daily to pine and waste with care! Like the poor plant, that, from its stem Divided, feels the chilling y Troth Coates ; FIRESIDE ES CYCLOPAEDIA OF POETRY. " Last night, as sad I chanced to stray, The village death-bell... | |
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