 | Walter Scott - 1808 - 526 pages
...Till pain wrung forth a lowly moan, And half he murmured, — " Is there none, Of all my halls have nurst, Page, squire, or groom, one cup to bring Of...blessed water, from the spring, To slake my dying thirst !" — • XXXI. O, woman ! in our hours of ease, Uncertain, coy, and hard to please, And variable... | |
 | 1808 - 742 pages
...peculiarly beautiful. The dying Marmioa exclaims ———Is there none Of all my hulls have nurst, Pace, squire, or groom, one cup to bring Of blessed water from the spring. To »Ukc my d\ ir.g. thirst t • _0, woman! in our hours of ease, Uncertain, coy, and hard to please,... | |
 | Henry William Lovett - 1810 - 190 pages
...Without sorrow, we could never know half the value of heaven's last best gift to man : — . " Oh, woman! in our hours of ease Uncertain, coy, and hard to please ; 136 And variable as the shade By the light quivering aspen made ; When pain and anguish wring the... | |
 | 1811 - 548 pages
...SKETCHES OF DISTINGUISHED PERSONS. ilOClAPHICAL SKETCH OF MADAME DE STAHL. " O ! woman ! in our hour* of ease, Uncertain, coy, and hard to please, And variable as the shade. By the light, quivering a«pen made : When pain and anguish wring the brow, A ministering angel thou." SCOTT'S MAKMION. AjADAME... | |
 | Stephen Jones, Charles Molloy Westmacott - 1812 - 374 pages
...right, then thought it wrong j But Redesdale calm'd the tumult wild, And Liverpool look'd up and smil'd. O woman ! in our hours of ease, Uncertain, coy, and hard to please j And variable as the shade By the light quivering aspen made ; My guardian angel stand confest, For... | |
 | Sir Walter Scott - 1813 - 538 pages
...Till pain wrung forth a lowly moan, And half he murmured, — " Is there none, Of all my halls have nurst, Page, squire, or groom, one cup to bring Of...blessed water, from the spring, To slake my dying thirst !" — •XXX. O, woman ! in our hours of ease, Uncertain, coy, and hard to please, And variable as... | |
 | Joshua P. Slack - 1815 - 340 pages
...Till pain wrung forth a lowly moan, , And half he murmured, — " Is there none, Of all my halls have nurst, . Page, squire, or groom, one cup to bring...blessed water, from the spring, To slake my dying thirst !" III. O, Woman ! in our hours of ease, Uncertain, coy, and hard to please, And variable as the shade... | |
 | 1834 - 918 pages
...either too deep for utterance, or the fear of disturhing the dying moments of her lover made her dumb. " O, Woman ! in our hours of ease, Uncertain, coy, and hard to please, And variable u the »hade By the light quivering aspen made ; When pain and anguish wring the brow, A ministering... | |
 | Mrs. Ross - 1818 - 524 pages
...not worth having; at least, I never should regret they were withheld from any of my friends." "Oh, woman '. in our hours of ease Uncertain, coy, and hard to please, And variable as is the shade By the light quivering aspen made — " " How great a revolution of sentiment does a fleeting... | |
 | Thomas Brown (the elder, pseud.) - 1818 - 718 pages
...presented to him on his road through life with his new partner, still will he have to say — Oh ! woman, in our hours of ease, Uncertain, coy, and hard to please, And varying as the uncertain shade By the light trembling aspen made, When care and sorrow rend our brow,... | |
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O, woman ! in our hours of ease, Uncertain, coy, and hard to please, And variable as the shade By the light quivering aspen made : When pain and anguish wring the brow, A ministering angel thou... 
