 Thy gowns, thy shoes, thy beds of roses, Thy cap, thy kirtle, and thy posies, Soon break, soon wither, soon forgotten,— In folly ripe, in reason rotten. Thy belt of straw and ivy buds, Thy coral clasps and amber studs,— All these in me no means can...  The British Plutarch: Containing the Lives of the Most Eminent Divines ... - Page 398by Francis Wrangham - 1816Full view - About this book
 | Charles Mackay - Ballads, English - 1851 - 332 pages
...treasures yield; A honey'd tongue, a heart of gall, Is Fancy's spring, but Sorrow's fall. Thy gown, thy shoes, thy beds of roses, Thy cap, thy kirtle, and thy posies, Are all soon wither'd, broke, forgotten, In Folly ripe, in Reason rotten. Thy belt of straw, and ivy-buds,... | |
 | Mary Russell Mitford - American literature - 1852 - 344 pages
...wayward Winter reckoning yields ; A honey tongue, a heart of gall Is fancy'* Spring but sorrow's fall. Thy gowns, thy shoes, thy beds of roses, Thy cap,...no means can move To come to thee and be thy love. What should we talk of dainties then, Of better meat than's fit for men ? These are but vain; that's... | |
 | Mary Russell Mitford - Authors - 1852 - 580 pages
...When rivers rage and rocks grow cold; Then Philomel becometh dumb, And age complains of care to come. Thy gowns, thy shoes, thy beds of roses, ' Thy cap,...amber studs, All these in me no means can move. To cntne to thee and be thy love. What should we talk of dainties then, Of better meat than's fit for... | |
 | Mary Russell Mitford - Authors - 1852 - 588 pages
...wayward Winter reckoning yields; A honey tongue, a heart of gall Is fancy's Spring but sorrow's fall. Thy gowns, thy shoes, thy beds of roses, Thy cap,...of straw and ivy buds, Thy coral clasps and amber stnds, All these in me no means can move To come to thee and be thy love. What should we talk of dainties... | |
 | Izaak Walton - 1853 - 382 pages
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 | Robert Chambers - Authors, English - 1853 - 716 pages
...winter reckoning yields ; A honey tongue — a heart of gall, Is fancy's spring, but sorrow's fall. Thy gowns, thy shoes, thy beds of roses, Thy cap,...clasps and amber studs ; All these in me no means can more To come to thee and be thy love. FROM 1558 rom. EBMt ND SPKKSn. Bat could youth lagt, and lore... | |
 | Poets, American - 1853 - 560 pages
...wayward Winter reckoning yields, A honey tongue, a heart of gall, Is fancy's spring, but sorrow's fall. Thy gowns, thy shoes, thy beds of roses, Thy cap,...folly ripe, in reason rotten. Thy belt of straw, and ivy-buds, Thy coral clasps, and amber studs, All these in me no means can move To come to thee, and... | |
 | Izaak Walton, Charles Cotton - Fishing - 1854 - 348 pages
...wayward winter reckoning yields. A honey tongue, a heart of gall, Is fancy's spring, but sorrow's fall. Thy gowns, thy shoes, thy beds of roses, Thy cap,...no means can move To come to thee and be thy love. What should we talk of dainties, then, Of better meat than 's fit for men ? These are but vain ; that's... | |
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