 But, Leicester, (or I much am wrong,) Or 'tis not beauty lures thy vows; 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...  Old Ballads: Historical and Narrative, with Some of Modern Date - Page 90by Thomas Evans - 1810Full view - About this book
 | Sir Walter Scott - 1870 - 494 pages
...a boding seems to say, And thought my beauty passing rare. " Countess, prepare, thy end is near I " But, Leicester {or I much am wrong), Or 'tis not beauty...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... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1871 - 496 pages
...many a boding seems to say, And thought my beauty passing rare. "Countess, prepare, thy end is near !" But, Leicester (or I much am wrong), Or 'tis not beauty...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... | |
 | Samuel Orchart Beeton - American poetry - 1873 - 782 pages
...passing beauty rare. But, Leicester (or I much am wrong), It is not beauty lures thy vows ; Bather eams and founts I have loosed the chain ; They are...sweeping on to the silvery main, They are flashing injured surely may repine), Why didst thou wed a country maid, When some fair princess might be thine... | |
 | Cassell, ltd - 1875 - 452 pages
...me have won, And thought my passing beauty rare. " But, Leicester — or I am much wrong — It is not beauty lures thy vows ; Rather ambition's gilded...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... | |
 | Francis Turner Palgrave - Children's poetry - 1875 - 168 pages
...12 immnred, buried : privity, solitude I usage, treatment 20 apfal, frighten 27 renfi, take away ' But, Leicester, (or I much am wrong), ' Or 'tis not beauty lures thy vows ; 30 ' Rather, ambition's gilded crown ' Makes thee forget thy humble spouse. ' Then, Leicester, why,... | |
 | Alexander Whitelaw - Ballads, Scots - 1875 - 620 pages
...the fields wild (town an fair ; Some country swain might me have won, And thought my beauty pasting rare. " But, Leicester, (or I much am wrong.) Or 'tis not beauty lures thy vowi ; Rather nmbition-s glided crown Hakes thce forget thy humble spouse. '• Then, Leicester, why,... | |
 | James Grant Wilson - English poetry - 1875 - 622 pages
..."But, Leieester, or I mueh am wrong, It is not beauty lures thy vows; Kather ambition's gilded erown Makes thee forget thy humble spouse. "Then, Leicester, why, again I plead (The injured surely may repine), Why didst thou wed a country maid, Wheu some fair princess might be thine?... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - English poetry - 1877 - 290 pages
...might me have won, And thought my beauty passing rare. " But, Leicester, (or I much am wrong,) Or 't is not beauty lures thy vows ; Rather ambition's gilded...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... | |
 | James Grant Wilson - English poetry - 1876 - 604 pages
...my beauty passing rare. "But, Leicester, or I much am wrong, It is not beauty lures thy vows; Father 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?... | |
 | Walter Scott - Great Britain - 1877 - 482 pages
...Among the fields wild flowers are fair ; Some country swaia might me have won, And thought my beauty passing rare. " But, Leicester (or I much am wrong),...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... | |
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