 Alas! they had been friends in youth; But whispering tongues can poison truth; And constancy lives in realms above; And life is thorny; and youth is vain; And to be wroth with one we love Doth work like madness in the brain.  The Works of Samuel Taylor Coleridge - Page 70by Samuel Taylor Coleridge - 1849 - 546 pagesFull view - About this book
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - English poetry - 1821 - 478 pages
...the story ends; 'Tis to be wished it had been sooner done, But stories somehow lengthen when begun. Alas ! they had been friends in youth ; But whispering...thorny ; and youth is vain: And to be wroth with one we love , Doth work like madness in the brain: But never either found another To free the hollow heart... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1822 - 614 pages
...listen and adore thee ; With a full but soft emotion, Like the swell of Summer's ocean. FARE THEE WELL ! Alas ! they had been friends in Youth ; But -whispering...; and youth is vain : And to be wroth with one we love,' Doth work like madness in the brain : ****** But never either found another To free the hollow... | |
 | 1823 - 696 pages
...acquainted with poetry, it is appropriated to its author. Mr. Coleridge's original is in Christabe]. Alas ! they had been friends in youth ; But whispering...; and youth is vain : And to be wroth with one we love Doth work like madness in the brain : They parted ne'er to meet again,— But never either found... | |
 | 1869 - 452 pages
...MADAME JENNY NAVARRE, Boulevard des Italiens. UNORDAINED. " Alas ! they hare been friends in yonth ; Bat whispering tongues can poison truth ; And constancy...thorny, and youth is vain ; And to be wroth with one we love, Doth work like madness in the brain." Coleridge't Chriitabel. CHAPTER FIRST. A group of beautiful... | |
 | Eton miscellany - 1827 - 532 pages
...exalted cast. I allude to that part concerning the quarrel of lewd Roland and sir Leoline : — . " Alas ! they had been friends in youth, But whispering...And life is thorny ; and youth is vain ; And to be wrath with one we love, • i Doth work like madness in the brain. And thus it chanc'd, as I divine,... | |
 | English poetry - 1828 - 814 pages
...hope their joy impart, Her home is in the virtuous heart. William Anderson. DISSENSION FROM CALUMNY. Alas ! they had been friends in youth ; But whispering...; and youth is vain ; And to be wroth with one we love, Doth work like madness in the brain. And thus it chanced, as I divine, With Rowland and Sir Leoline.... | |
 | British poets - 1828 - 838 pages
...dance it can. Hanging so light, and hanging so high, On the topmost twig that looks up to the sky. ALAS ! they had been friends in youth ; But whispering...thorny; and youth is vain; And to be wroth with one we love, Doth work like madness in the brain. And thus it chanc'd, as I divine, With Roland and Sir Leoline.... | |
 | Samuel Taylor [poetical works] Coleridge - 1828 - 386 pages
...Why waxed Sir Leoline so pale, Murmuring o'er the name again, Lord Roland de Vaux of Tryeraiaine ? Alas ! they had been friends in youth ; But whispering...; and youth is vain ; And to be wroth with one we love, Doth work like madness in the brain. And thus it chanced, as I divine, With Roland and Sir Leoline.... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1828 - 406 pages
...; With a full but soft emotion, Like the swell of Summer's ocean. FARE THEE WELL. Alas I they h.-ul been friends in Youth ; But whispering tongues can...; and youth is vain : And to be wroth with one we love, Doth work like madness in the brain : But never either found another To free the hollow heart... | |
 | George Clinton - Poets, English - 1828 - 888 pages
...displays throughout to make his lordship appear more sinned against thau sinning : FARE THEE WELL. ' Alas ! they had been friends in youth.; But whispering...And constancy lives in realms above : And life is thomjr ; and youth is vain : And to be wroth with one we love Doth work like madness in the brain •... | |
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