 | England - 1840 - 784 pages
...when 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 neglected and despised, The rose is pale, the lily's dead ; But he that once their charms so prized Is sure the cause... | |
 | Book - 1841 - 164 pages
...that haunts the thorn, So merrily sung the livelong day. " If that my beauty is but small, Amongst court ladies all despis'd — Why didst thou rend...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.... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1853 - 406 pages
...all despised, Why didst tbou rend it from that hall. Where, scornful Earl, it well was priced ? •< And when you first to me made suit, How fair I was you oft would say I And proud of conquest, pluck'd the fruit, Then left the blossom to decay. " Yes ! now neglected and... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1844 - 662 pages
...ladies all despised, Why didst thou rend it from that hall, Where, scornful Earl, it well was prized? ' And when you first to me made suit, How fair I was...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... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1844 - 746 pages
...ladies all despised, Why didst thou rend it from that hall, Where, scornful Earl, it well was prized Î ( ( plucked the fruit, Then left the blossom to decay. Yes ! now neglected and despised, The rose is pale,... | |
 | Robert Chambers - Authors, English - 1844 - 738 pages
...ladies all despised, Why didst thou rend it from that hall, Where, scornful Earl, it well was prized ! o dwell upon the toil Of working on a barren soil, And labouring with incessant painn, To culti plucked the fruit, Then left the blossom to decay. Yes ! now neglected and despised, The rose is pale,... | |
 | Bernard Burke - England - 1848 - 268 pages
...ladies all despised. Why didst thou rend it from that hall, Where, scornful Earl, it well was prized ? " And 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 neglected and... | |
 | Sir Walter Scott - 1850 - 940 pages
...all despised, Why didst thou rend it from that hall, Where, scornful Earl, it well was i ri;;al ? " And 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!... | |
 | Durham city, sch - 1852 - 486 pages
...bird that haunts the thorn. So merrily sung the livelong day. If that my beauty is but small. Amongst court ladies all despis'd — Why didst thou rend...despis'd, The rose is pale — the lily's dead ; But be that once their charms so pi iz'd Is, sure, the cause those charms are fled. For, know, when sick'ning... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1853 - 532 pages
...ladies all despised, Why didst thou rend it from that hall, Where, scornful Earl, it well was prized ? " And when you first to me made suit, How fair I was...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... | |
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No lark more blithe, no flower more gay; And like the bird that haunts the thorn, So merrily sung the livelong day. " If that my beauty is but small, Among court ladies all despised, Why didst thou rend it from that hall, Where, scornful Earl, it well... 
