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,... The Quarterly Review - Page 3361813Full view - About this book
| 1813 - 574 pages
...fiercely sought Has lost its charm by being caught, For every touch that wooed its stay Has brush'd its brightest hues away, Till charm, and hue, and beauty...shall either victim rest ? Can this with faded pinion soar From rose to tulip as before ? Or Beauty, blighted in an hour, Find joy within her broken bower... | |
| 1812 - 576 pages
...fiercely sought , Has lost its charm by being caught, For every touch that wooed its stay Has brush'd its brightest hues away, Till charm, and hue, and beauty...shall either victim rest ? Can this with faded pinion soar From rose to tulip as before ? Or beauty, blighted in an hour, Find joy within her broken bower... | |
| 1813 - 560 pages
...lovely toy so fiercely sought Has lost ils charm by being caught, For every touch that wooed its stay V Has brush'd the brightest hues away, Till charm, and...shall either victim rest? Can this with faded pinion soar From rose to tulip as before ? Or Beauty, blighted in an hour, ; Find joy within her broken bower... | |
| 1813 - 566 pages
...fiercely sought Has lost its charm by being caught, For every touch that wooed its stay Has brush'd its brightest hues away, Till charm, and hue, and beauty...shall either victim rest ? Can this with faded pinion soar From rose to tulip as before ? Or beauty, blighted in an hour, Find joy within her broken bower... | |
| 1813 - 552 pages
...fiercely sought Has lost its charm by being caught, For every touch that wooed its stay Has brush'd its brightest hues away, Till charm, and hue, and beauty...shall either victim rest? Can this with faded pinion soar From rose to tulip as before? Or beauty, blighted in an hour, Find joy within her broken bower?... | |
| English literature - 1813 - 580 pages
...its charm by being caught, For every touch that wooed its stay Has brush'd its brightest hues awav, Till charm, and hue, and beauty gone, 'Tis left to...shall either victim rest ? Can this with faded pinion soar From rose to tulip as before ? Or Beauty, blighted in an hour, Find joy within her broken bower... | |
| Philadelphia (Pa.) - 1813 - 716 pages
...fiercely sought Has lost its charm by being caught, For every touch that wooed its suiy Has brush'd iu brightest hues away, Till charm, and hue, and beauty...wounded wing, or bleeding breast, Ah! where shall cither victim rest? Can this with faded pinion soar From rose to tulip as before? i Or Heauty blighted... | |
| 1813 - 734 pages
...Has loft its charm by being caught, For every touch that wooed its ftajr Has brufli'd its brighteft hues away, Till charm, and hue, and beauty gone, 'Tis...fly or fall alone. With wounded wing, or bleeding breaft, Ah ! where (hall either viftim reft ? Can this with faded pinion foar From rofe to tulip as... | |
| 1813 - 550 pages
...brush'd its brightest hues away. Till charm, and hue, and beauty goue, 'Tis left to fly or fall aloue. With wounded wing, or bleeding breast, Ah! where shall either victim rest? Can this with faded pinion soar From rose to tulip as before ? Or beauty, blighted in an hour, Find joy within her broken bower?... | |
| George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - English poetry - 1814 - 378 pages
...lovely toy so fiercely sought Has lost its charm by being caught, 405 For every touch that wooed it's stay Has brush'd the brightest hues away Till charm,...fall alone. With wounded wing, or bleeding breast, 410 Ah ! where shall either victim rest? Can this with faded pinion soar From rose to tulip as before... | |
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