 | George Barrell Emerson - 1846 - 614 pages
...zephyr fans the grove ; " and, best of all, Walter Scott, in his lines, — " Oh, 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 or sickness rends the brow, A ministering angel thou." The foliage appears lighter... | |
 | William Chambers, Robert Chambers - 1846 - 282 pages
...cup to bring Of blessed water from the spring, To slake my dying thirst ! " Oh, woman ! in our hours of ease, Uncertain, coy, and hard to please, And variable as the shade By the light quivering aspen made ; When pam and anguish wring the brow, A ministering angel thou ! — Scarce were the piteous... | |
 | Confessions - 1846 - 418 pages
...surgeon ! Unclasp his habergeon !" UNPUBLISHED POEM. " Oh, woman, in our hoars of ease, Inconstant, coy, and hard to please, And variable as the shade, By the light, quivering aspen made. When pain and anguish wring our brow, A ministering angel thou I" SCOTT'S MARMION. " Oh... | |
 | George Barrell Emerson - 1846 - 656 pages
...zephyr fans the grove ; " and, best of all, Walter Scott, in his lines, — "Oh, worhan! in our hours of ease Uncertain, coy, and hard to please, And variable as the shade By ihe light quivering aspen made. When pain or sickness rends the brow, A ministering angel thou." The... | |
 | Confessions - 1846 - 418 pages
...surgeon! Unclasp his habergeon!" UNPUBLISHED POEM. " Oh, woman, in our hours of ease, Inconstant, coy, aad hard to please, And variable as the shade, By the light, quivering aspen made. When pain and anguish wring our brow, A ministering angel thou !" SCOTT'S MARMION. " Oh... | |
 | James Grant - 1847 - 388 pages
...yet raging with as much fury as ever. CHAPTER XIII. THE SISTER OF CHARITY. " 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 ! " Marmion. WHEN Ronald... | |
 | 1878 - 496 pages
...'TiB theirs to soothe when hope itself be dead, And cheer with angel smile the sufferer's head." " 0 woman, in our hour of ease, Uncertain, coy, and hard to please, When pain and anguish wring the brow, A ministering angel thou." Community at East Griustead consisted... | |
 | James M'Henry - 1848 - 470 pages
...stoutly enough, was accomplished speedily and without accident. CHAPTER XIII. 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! SCOTT. The excitement... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1848 - 754 pages
...cup to bring Of blessed water from the spring, To slake my dying thirst ! " 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 ! — Scarce were the piteous... | |
 | Charles Delucena Meigs - 1848 - 716 pages
...like the nether millstone. Notwithstanding the poet has characterized her as being, " in our hours of ease, Uncertain, coy, and hard to please, And variable as the shade By the light trembling aspen made," she is faithful and true. She follows the fortunes of her mate, who has gained... | |
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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... 
