 | Henry Bernard Cotterill - 1906 - 140 pages
...country maid, When some fair Princess might be thine ? 'Why didst thou praise my humble charms, And O ! then leave them to decay ? Why didst thou win me to thy arms, Then leave to mourn the live-long day ? 40 'The village maidens of the plain Salute me lowly as they go : Envious they mark my silken train,... | |
 | Rossiter Johnson - English poetry - 1908 - 398 pages
...country maid, When some fan- princess might be thine? "Why didst thou praise my humble charrrs. And, oh l then leave them to decay ? Why didst thou win me to...village maidens of the plain Salute me lowly as they go ; CUMNOR HALL. 75 , Envious they mark my silken train, , Nor think a Countess can have woe. " The simple... | |
 | Recitations - 1909 - 636 pages
...some fair princess might be thine ? " Why didst thou praise my humble charms, And oh ! then leave me to decay ? Why didst thou win me to thy arms, Then leave me mourn the livelong day ? Envious they mark my silken train, Nor think a countess can have woe. "... | |
 | Sir Walter Scott - 1902 - 378 pages
...surely may repine,) — Why didst thou wed a country maid, When some fair princess might be thine ? ' Why didst thou praise my humble charms, And, oh !...to thy arms, Then leave to mourn the livelong day ? 1 The village maidens of the plain Salute me lowly as they go ; Envious they mark my silken train,... | |
 | Sir Walter Scott - 2001 - 366 pages
...surely may repine,) — Why didst thou wed a country maid, When some fair princess might be thine ? ' Why didst thou praise my humble charms, And, oh !...to thy arms, Then leave to mourn the livelong day ? 1 The village maidens of the plain Salute me lowly as they go ; Envious they mark my silken train.... | |
 | Harry Thurston Peck, Frank R. Stockton, Julian Hawthorne - Anthologies - 1901 - 446 pages
...injured surely may repine — Why didst thou wed a country maid, When some fair princess might be thine ? "Why didst thou praise my humble charms, And, oh !...decay ; Why didst thou win me to thy arms, Then leave me to mourn the livelong day ? " The village maidens of the plain Salute me lowly as they go : Envious... | |
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Rather ambition's gilded crown Makes thee forget thy humble 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? 
