| 1816 - 612 pages
...tbe pas»age which contains it: — " Alas! they had been friends in youth; But nhUp'rinir ionguos can poison truth; And constancy lives in realms above; And life is thorny ; and M>ntlt is vain; And to be wroth w ith one we Inve, Doth work like madness in the brain. And thus it... | |
| George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1817 - 212 pages
...before thee, To listen and adore thee ; With a full but soft emotion, Like the swell of Summer's ocean. Alas! they had been friends in Youth; But whispering...poison truth; And constancy lives in realms above: And Dfe is thorny ; andyouth is vain : And to be wroth with one we love, Doth work like madness in the... | |
| 1824 - 984 pages
...acquainted with poetry, it is appropriated to its author. Mr. Coleridge's original is in Chrlstabel. Alas ! they had been friends in youth ; But whispering tongues can poison truth ¡ Ала constancy lives in realms above : And life is thorny ; and youth is vain : And to be wroth... | |
| Louise Swanton-Belloc - 1824 - 400 pages
...gardant Alas ! they had been friends in yonth ; But whispering tongues can poison truth ; And constaney lives in realms above ; And life is thorny; and youth is vain: And to be wroth with onc we love , Doth work like madncss in the brain. They parted nc'er to meet again ! But never either... | |
| William Collins, Thomas Gray, James Beattie, George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1824 - 478 pages
...world beside. PARE THEE WELL. Alas! they had been friends in youth ; But whispering tongues can puison truth ; And constancy lives in realms above: And life is thorny ; and youth is vain : Ami to be wroth with one we love, Doth work like madness in the brain: But never either found another... | |
| 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,... | |
| George Clinton - 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 •... | |
| Samuel Taylor [poetical works] Coleridge - 1828 - 386 pages
...so bright a dame ! But when he heard the lady's tale, And when she told her father's name, 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 tongues can poison truth And constancy... | |
| Samuel Taylor Coleridge - 1829 - 575 pages
...so bright a dame! But when he heard the lady's tale, And when she told her father's name. Why wai'd Sir Leoline so pale. Murmuring o'er the name again....constancy lives in realms above , And life is thorny; and youtb is rain : And to be wroth with one we lore. Doth work like madness iu the brain. And thus it... | |
| 1831 - 472 pages
...— Glasgow. She need not be ashamed of the poet who gave birth to the stanzas which he has entitled Alas ! they had been friends in youth ; But whispering tongues can poison truth. Beautiful one ! To me thou art Like a fairy mirror's glance, Fill'd with a legend of the heart,—... | |
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