 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
 | Scotland - 1823 - 858 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... | |
 | England - 1823 - 772 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 muve To come to thee, and... | |
 | England - 1823 - 478 pages
...gown, thy shoes, thy bed 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, Thy coral clasp, and amber studs, Can me with no enticements move To live with thee and be thy love. But could... | |
 | Izaak Walton - Fishing - 1824 - 516 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 toy-buds, Thy coral clasps, and amber studs, All these in me no means can move To come to fhee, and... | |
 | Izaak Walton, Charles Cotton - Fishing - 1824 - 518 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,...thy kirtle, and thy posies, Soon break, soon wither, soonforgotten, In folly ripe, in reason rotten. Thy belt of straw, and ivy-buds, Thy coral clasps,... | |
 | Thomas Curtis - Aeronautics - 1829 - 856 pages
...Qaeenr. What stuff wilt thou have a kirtle of! Thou shall have a cap to-morrow. Slialupfare. Henry IV. Thy gowns, thy shoes, thy beds of roses, Thy cap,...wither, soon forgotten, In folly ripe, in reason rotten. Raleiyh. KIRWAN (Walter Blake), an Irish divine, and celebrated preacher, was born at Galway about... | |
 | sir Walter Ralegh - 1829 - 806 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,... | |
 | Sir Walter Raleigh - Great Britain - 1829 - 810 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 withered, broke, forgotten, In folly ripe, in reason rotten. Thy belt of straw, and ivy-buds,... | |
 | Izaak Walton, Charles Cotton - Fishing - 1833 - 350 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 i that... | |
 | Jeremy Taylor (bp. of Down and Connor.) - 1834 - 364 pages
...truly does Sir W. Raleigh say, in answer to the sweet ballad, " Come'live with me and be my love." Thy gowns, thy shoes, thy beds of roses, Thy cap,...wither, soon forgotten, In folly ripe, in reason rotten. The most common source of miseryfrom this species of delusion is in marriage, of which there is an... | |
| |
