 | John Ross - English poetry - 1878 - 786 pages
...when you first to me made suit, 1 low fair I was, you oft would say 1 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... | |
 | Laura Valentine - 1880 - 634 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 ! And, proud of conquest, plucked the fruit, Then left the blossom to decay. "Yes, now neglected and despised, The rose is pale... | |
 | Henry Troth Coates - American poetry - 1881 - 1138 pages
...ladies all despised, Why didst thou rend it from that hall, Where, scornful Earl, it well was prized? " er, sea; despised, The rose is pale, the lily's dead, But he that once their charms so prized la sure the cause... | |
 | George Gilfillan - 1881 - 368 pages
...all despised, Why didst thou rend it from that hall, Where, scornful Earl, it well was prized? 8 ' 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. 9 'Yes! now neglected and despised, The rose is... | |
 | Girls - 1883 - 162 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 ! And, proud of conquest, pluck' d the fruit, Then left the blossom to decay. Yes ! now neglected and despised, The rose is pale,... | |
 | sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1883 - 392 pages
...all despised, Why didst thou rend it from that hall, Where, scornful Karl, it well was prizwl '. " 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. " Yes ! now neglected, and despised, The rose is... | |
 | sir Walter Scott (bart.) - Great Britain - 1883 - 422 pages
...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 ! &.nd proud of conquest, pluck'd the fruit, Then left the blossom to decay. 'Yes ! now neglected and... | |
 | sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1884 - 544 pages
...ladies all despised, Why didst tliou 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... | |
 | David Charles Bell - 1885 - 344 pages
...court-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 ! And, proud of conquest, plucked the fruit, — then left the blossom to decay ! Yes! now neglected and despised, the rose is... | |
 | Walter Scott - English fiction - 1886 - 908 pages
...scornful Earl, it well was prized! And when you first to me made suit, How fair 1 was you oft would say I And, proud of conquest, pluck'd the fruit, Then left the blossom to decay. No more thou com'st with lover's speed, Thy once beloved bride to see ; But be she alive, or be she... | |
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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... 
