Woe waits the insect and the maid; A life of pain, the loss of peace, From infant's play and man's caprice; The lovely toy so fiercely sought, Hath lost its charm by being caught, For every touch that wooed its stay Hath brushed its brightest hues away,... Violet; or, The danseuse [by M.D. Malet]. - Stran 169avtor: lady Marianne Dora Malet - 1836Celotni ogled - O knjigi
| 1885 - 686 strani
...toy so fiercely sought, Hath lost its charm by being caught, For every touch that wooed its stay Hath brushed its brightest hues away, Till charm, and hue, and beauty gone, 'Tis left to fly or fall alone. With wounded wing or bleeding breast, Ah! where shall either victim rest? Can this with faded pinion... | |
| David Charles Bell - 1885 - 344 strani
...sought, hath lost its charm — by being caught ! for every touch that wooed its stay hath brush'd its brightest hues away ; till charm, and hue, and beauty gone, 'tis left to fly, or fall — alone ! With wounded wing, or bleeding breast, ah ! where shall either victim rest ? Can this, with faded... | |
| George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1891 - 752 strani
...fiercely sought, Hath lost its charm by being caught, For every touch that woo'd its stay Hath brush 'd look Ink. It might be of yore ; but we authors now flv or fall alone. inheritance) is supposed to supersede- the necessity of i'ood works ; they arcthe... | |
| Charles Mackay - 1896 - 680 strani
...so fiercely sought, I lath lost its charm by being caught, For every touch that wooed its stay Hath brushed its brightest hues away, Till charm, and hue, and beauty gone, Tis left to fly or fall alone. With wounded wing or bleeding breast, Ah I where shall either victim rest? Can this with faded pinion... | |
| Charles Dudley Warner - 1897 - 492 strani
...toy so fiercely sought Hath lost its charm by being caught, For every touch that wooed its stay Hath brushed its brightest hues away, Till, charm and hue and beauty gone, Tis left to fly or fall alone. With wounded wing or bleeding breast. Ah, where shall either victim rest ? Can this with faded pinion... | |
| Charles Mackay - 1897 - 666 strani
...toy so fiercely sought, Hath lost its charm by being caught, For every touch that wooed its stay Hath brushed its brightest hues away, Till charm, and hue, and beauty gone, 'Tis left to fly or fall alone. With wounded wing or bleeding breast, Ah ! where shall either victim rest? Can this with faded pinion... | |
| Charles Stuart Calverley - 1901 - 640 strani
...fiercely sought Hath lost its charm by being caught, For every touch that woo'd its stay Hath brush'd its brightest hues away, Till charm, and hue, and beauty gone Tis left to fly or fall alone. BYRON. GLENIFFER ~\7" EEN blaws the wind o'er the braes o' Gleniffer, X\. The auld castle turrets are cover'd... | |
| George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1907 - 1376 strani
...toy so fiercely sought Hath lost its charm by being caught, For every touch that wooed its stay Hath brushed its brightest hues away, Till charm, and hue, and beauty gone, 'Tis left to fly or fall alone. With wounded wing, or bleeding breast, 1 The blue-winged liuttcrflv of Kashmcer, ihr most rare and... | |
| Lily Adams Beck - 1925 - 402 strani
...toy so fiercely sought Hath lost its charm by being caught, For every touch that wooed its stay Hath brushed its brightest hues away, Till charm and hue...and beauty gone, 'Tis left to fly or fall alone." His face was the young Apollo's, his voice, music's own, and the exquisite tenderness of tone moved... | |
| Lily Adams Beck - 1925 - 380 strani
...toy so fiercely sought Hath lost its charm by being caught, For every touch that wooed its stay Hath brushed its brightest hues away, Till charm and hue and beauty gone, 'Tis left to fly or f all alone." His face was the young Apollo's, his voice, music's own, and the exquisite tenderness... | |
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