 That mouldering chest was noticed ; and 'twas said By one as young, as thoughtless as Ginevra, " Why not remove it from its lurking-place ?" 'Twas done as soon as said ; but on the way It burst, it fell ; and lo ! a skeleton With here and there a pearl,...  Poems [the poetical works of S.Rogers]. - Page 112by Samuel Rogers - 1845Full view - About this book
 | Women - 1822 - 634 pages
...Why not remove it froqj its lurking place ?'' 'Twos done as soon^as said ; but on the way It bunt, it fell ; and lo, a skeleton, With here and there a pearl, an emerald stone, A golden clasp, clasping a shred of gold. All else had perished — save a wedding-ring,... | |
 | England - 1822 - 932 pages
...thoughtless as Ginevra, " Why not remove it from its lurkingplace ?" 'Twas done as soon as said ; but on the way It burst, it fell ; and lo, a skeleton, With here and there a pearl, an emerald' stone, A golden clasp, clasping a shred of gold. All else had perish'd — save a weddingring,... | |
 | Samuel Rogers - Italy - 1822 - 178 pages
...thoughtless as Ginevra, " Why not remove it from its lurking-place?" 'Twas done as soon as said ; but on the way It burst, it fell ; and lo, a skeleton,...a shred of gold. All else had perished — save a wedding-ring, And a small seal, her mother's legacy, Engraven with a name, the name of both, " Ginevra."... | |
 | 1822 - 496 pages
...lets ax Ginevra, , Why not remove it from its lurking-place ?' Twos done as soon as said ; but on die way It burst, it fell ; and lo. a skeleton. With here and there a pearl, an emerald stone, A golden clasp, ciatping a thred of gold. All elie had perished— ave a wedding-ring,... | |
 | John Pierpont - Recitations - 1823 - 492 pages
...thoughtless as Ginevra, " Why not remove it from its lurking-place ?' 'Twas done as soon as said ; but on the way It burst, it fell ; and lo ! a skeleton...a shred of gold. All else had perished — save a wedding ring, And a small seal, her mother's legacy, . Engraven with a name, the name of both — «... | |
 | English literature - 1823 - 508 pages
...thoughtless as Ginevra, " Why not remove it from its lurking-place ?" 'Twas done as soon as said ; but on the way It burst, it fell ; and lo, a skeleton,...a shred of gold. All else had perished — save a wedding-ring, And a small seal, her mother's legacy, Engraven with a name, the name of both, " Ginevra."... | |
 | Samuel Rogers - Italy - 1823 - 218 pages
...thoughtless as GINEVRA, " Why not remove it from its lurking-place?" 'Twas done as soon as said ; but on the way It burst, it fell ; and lo, a skeleton,...a shred of gold. All else had perished — save a wedding-ring, And a small seal, her mother's legacy, Engraven with a name, the name of both, " GINEVRA."... | |
 | Tobias Merton - 1824 - 488 pages
...thoughtless as Ginevra, " Why not remove it from its larking place?" Twas done as soon as said : but on the way It burst, it fell ; and, lo! a skeleton, With here and there a pearl, an emerald stone, A golden clasp, clasping a shred of gold. All else bad perished — saving a wedding... | |
 | Tobias Merton (pseud) - 1824 - 480 pages
...thoughtless as Ginevra, " Why not remove it from its lurking place ?" " 'Twas done as soon as said : but on the way It burst, it fell ; and lo ! a skeleton, With here and there a pearl, an emerald stone , A golden clasp, clasping a shred of gold. All else had perished — saving a wedding... | |
 | Ebenezer Mack - Cats - 1824 - 292 pages
...Genevra, " Why not remove it from its lurking place ?•' 'Twas done, as soon as said — but on its way It burst— it fell— and lo ! a Skeleton ! With here and there a pearl, an em'rald stone : A golden clasp, clasping a shred of gold : All else had perish'd, save a wedding ring,... | |
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