 I'm told, is beauty's throne, Where every lady's passing rare, That Eastern flowers, that shame the sun, Are not so glowing-, not so fair. " Then, Earl, why didst thou leave the beds Where roses and where lilies vie, To seek a primrose, whose pale shades...  Abbotsford Series of the Scottish Poets, - Page 231edited by - 1896Full view - About this book
 | Thomas Evans - 1810 - 386 pages
...At court I'm told is beauty's throne, " Where every lady's passing rare ; " " That eastern flow'rs, that shame the sun, " Are not so glowing, not so fair. " Then, earl, why didst thou leave the beds " Where roses and where lilies vie, " To seek a primrose, whose pale shades " Must sicken —... | |
 | 1814 - 328 pages
...? i At eourt (I'm told) is heanty's throne, Where every lady's passing rare ; That eastern flowYs, that shame the sun, Are not so glowing, not so fair. * Then, Earl, why didst thou leave the hed Where roses and where lilies vie, To seek a primrose, whose pale shades Must sieken— when those... | |
 | Hugh Usher Tighe - 1821 - 100 pages
...repaid with scorn, " The sweetest beauty will decay — " What flow'ret can endure the storm ? " A court I'm told is beauty's throne, " Where every lady's...shame the sun, " Are not so glowing, not so fair. X %" Then, Earl, why didst thou leave the beds " Where roses and where lilies vie, " To seek a primrose,... | |
 | Robert Laneham - 1821 - 158 pages
...court, I 'm told, is beauty's throne, " Where every lady 's passing rare ; " That eastern flow'rs, that shame the sun, " Are not so glowing, not so fair. " Then, Earl, why didst thou leave the beds " Where roses and where lilies vie, " To seek a primrose, whose pale shades " Must sicken —... | |
 | 1821 - 720 pages
...glowing, not so fayre. " Then, Earle, why didst thou leave the bedds Where roses and where lilly's vie. To seek a primrose, whose pale shade* Must sicken — when those gauds are bye ? " 'Mong rural beauties I was one, Among the fields wild flow'rs are fair*; Some cuuntrye swayne... | |
 | British poets - 1822 - 282 pages
...with scorn, The sweetest beauty will decay — What floweret can endure the storm ? ' At court, I 'm told, is beauty's throne, Where every lady's passing...and where lilies vie, To seek a primrose, whose pale shades Must sicken when those gaudes are by ? ' 'Mong rural beauties I was one, Among the fields wild... | |
 | Joseph Robertson - 1822 - 414 pages
...sweetest heauty will decay — " What flow'ret can endure the storm ? " At court, I'm told, is heauty's throne, " Where every lady's passing rare; " That...Are not so glowing — not so fair. " Then, Earl, wby didst thou leave the heds " Where roses and where lilies vie, " To seek a primrose, whose pale... | |
 | New elegant extracts - 1823 - 402 pages
...love's repaid with scorn, The sweetest beauty will decay — What floweret can endure the storm? '-, ' At court, I'm told, is beauty's throne, Where every...and where lilies vie, To seek a primrose, whose pale shades Must sicken when those gaudes are by ? ' 'Mong rural beauties I was one, Among the fields wild... | |
 | Richard Alfred Davenport - 1823 - 470 pages
...love's repaid with scorn, The'sweetest beauty will decay — What floweret can endure the storm? ' At court, I'm told, is beauty's throne, Where every...not so glowing, not so fair. ' Then, earl, why didst thon leave the bed Where roses and where lilies vie, To seek a primrose, whose pale shades Must sicken... | |
 | Richard Alfred Davenport - 1823 - 406 pages
...love's repaid with scovn, The sweetest beauty will decay — What floweret can endure the storm? ' At court, I'm told, is beauty's throne, Where every...passing rare ; That eastern flowers that shame the suu ' Then, earl, why didst thou leave the bed Where roses and where lilies vie, To seek a primrose,... | |
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