 | Thomas Moore - 1881 - 900 pages
...Like him, too, Beauty won me, But while her eyes were on me, If once their ray Was turn'd away, Oh ! winds could not outrun me. And are those follies going...wise For brilliant eyes Again to set it glowing? No — vaiu, alas ! th' endeavour From bonds so sweet to sever; — Poor Wisdom's chance Against a glance... | |
 | Ferguson - 1881 - 386 pages
...smile was oa iue, If once their ray Was turn'd away, O winds could not outrun me. And are those lollies going? And is my proud heart growing Too cold or wise For brilliant eyes Again to set it glowing t No — vain, alas ! th' endeavour From bonds so sweet to sever ; Poor Wisdom's chance Against a glance... | |
 | Thomas Moore - 1882 - 682 pages
...But while her eyes were on me, If once their ray Was turned away, Oh ! winds could not outrun meAnd are those follies going? And is my proud heart growing...brilliant eyes Again to set it glowing? No — vain, alas ! the endeavour From bonds so sweet to sever ;— Poor Wisdom's chance Agamst a glance Is now as weak... | |
 | Thomas Humphry Ward - 1883 - 734 pages
...Like him, too, Beauty won me, But while her eyes were on me, If once their ray Was turned away O ! winds could not outrun me. And are those follies going...Wisdom's chance Against a glance Is now as weak as ever. DEAR HARP OF MY COUNTRY. Dear Harp of my Country ! in darkness I found thee, The cold chain of silence... | |
 | Thomas Humphry Ward - 1883 - 686 pages
...Like him, too, Beauty won me, But while her eyes were on me, If once their ray Was turned away O ! winds could not outrun me. And are those follies going...From bonds so sweet to sever ; Poor Wisdom's chance DEAR HARP OF MY COUNTRY. Dear Harp of my Country ! in darkness I found thee, The cold chain of silence... | |
 | Alfred Perceval Graves - 1884 - 378 pages
...Like him, too, Beauty won me ; But while her eyes were on me, If once their ray Was turn'd away, Oh ! winds could not outrun me. And are those follies going...Wisdom's chance Against a glance Is now as weak as ever ! MOORE. PASTHEEN FINN. I, my fair Pastheen is my heart's delight, Her gay heart laughs in her blue... | |
 | Thomas Humphry Ward - 1884 - 654 pages
...Like him, too, Beauty won me, But while her eyes were on me, If once their ray Was turned away O ! winds could not outrun me. And are those follies going...From bonds so sweet to sever ; Poor Wisdom's chance DEAR HARP OF MY COUNTRY. Dear Harp of my Country ! in darkness I found thee, The cold chain of silence... | |
 | Charles MacCarthy Collins - 1885 - 352 pages
...her eyes were on me, If once their ray Was turned away, Oh ! winds could not outrun me. And are these follies going ? And is my proud heart growing Too...Wisdom's chance Against a glance Is now as weak as ever. THOMAS MOORE. LOVE. How sweet the answer Echo makes To music at night, When, roused by lute or horn,... | |
 | Charles MacCarthy Collins - 1885 - 350 pages
...her eyes were on me, If once their ray Was turned away, Oh ! winds could not outrun me. And are these follies going ? And is my proud heart growing Too...Wisdom's chance Against a glance Is now as weak as ever. THOMAS MOORE. LOVE. How sweet the answer Echo makes To music at night, When, roused by lute or horn,... | |
 | Thomas Young Crowell - 1885 - 702 pages
...Like him, too, Beauty won me, But while her eyes were on me; If once their ray Was turned away, Oh ! winds could not outrun me. And are those follies going?...eyes Again to set it glowing? No — vain, alas! th' endeavor From bonds so sweet to sever; — Poor Wisdom's chance Against a glance Is now as weak as... | |
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And folly's all they've taught me. Her smile when Beauty granted, I hung with gaze enchanted, Like him the Sprite, Whom maids by night Oft meet in glen that's haunted. Like him, too, Beauty won me, But while her eyes were on me, If once their ray Was... 
