 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...  Bride of Lammermoor - Peveril of the peak - Page 212by Walter Scott - 1833Full view - About this book
 | Thomas Evans - 1810 - 386 pages
...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,...primrose, whose pale shades " Must sicken — when those gaudes are by ? " 'Mong rural beauties I was one, " Among the fields wild flow'rs are fair; " Some... | |
 | 1814 - 328 pages
...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 guades are hy ? '.Mong rural heanties I was one, Among the fselds wild flow'rs... | |
 | Hugh Usher Tighe - 1821 - 100 pages
...eastern flowers, that 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,...primrose, whose pale shades " Must sicken — when those gaudes are by ? " 'Mong rural beauties I was one, " Among the fields wild flow'rs are fair ; " Some... | |
 | Robert Laneham - 1821 - 158 pages
...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,...primrose, whose pale shades " Must sicken — when those gaudes are by ? " "Mong rural beauties I was one, " Among the fields wild flow'rs are fair ; " Some... | |
 | 1821 - 730 pages
...glowing, not so fayre. " Then, Earle, why didst tbou les?e the bedds Where roses and where lilly's vie, To seek a primrose, whose pale shades Must sicken — when those gauds are byt) " 'Mong rural beauties I was one, Among the fields wild Bow'rs are fsire; Some countrye swayne... | |
 | British poets - 1822 - 282 pages
...flowers that shame the sun Are not so glowing, not so fair. ' Then, earl, why didst thou leave the bed Where roses 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 flowers are fair ; Some country... | |
 | Joseph Robertson - 1822 - 414 pages
...shame the sun, " 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 shades " Must sicken when those gaudes are hy ? " 'Mong rural heauties, I was one : " Among the fields, wild flowers are fair. " Some... | |
 | Richard Alfred Davenport - 1823 - 406 pages
...lady's 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, whose pale shades Must sicken when those gaudes are by ? ' 'Mong rural beauties I was one, Among the fields wild flowers are fair ; Some country... | |
 | New elegant extracts - 1823 - 402 pages
...flowers that shame the sun Are not so glowing, not so fair. ' Then, earl, why didst thou leave the bed Where roses 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 flowers are fair ; Some country... | |
 | Richard Alfred Davenport - 1823 - 470 pages
...flowers that shame the sun Are 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 when those gaudes are by? ' 'Mong rural beauties I was one, Among the fields wild flowers are fair ; Some country... | |
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