 Nor mirth, nor sweetest song which flows To sober joys and soften woes, Can make my heart or fancy flee One moment, my sweet wife, from thee. Even while I muse, I see thee sit In maiden bloom and matron wit, Fair, gentle as when first I sued, Ye seem,...  Poems and Songs - Page 65by Allan Cunningham - 1847 - 151 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Ant The - 1827 - 366 pages
...In maiden bloom and matron wit—- Fair, gentle as when first I sued, Ye seem, but of sedater mood ; Yet my heart leaps as fond for thee As when, beneath Arbigland tree, We stayed and wooed, and thought the moon Set on the sea an hour too soon ; Or lingered 'mid the falling... | |
 | Alaric Alexander Watts - English poetry - 1829 - 476 pages
...In maiden bloom and matron wit; — Fair, gentle as when first I sued Ye seem, but of sedater mood ; Yet my heart leaps as fond for thee As when, beneath Arbigland tree, We stayed and wooed, and thought the moon Set on the sea an hour too soon ; Or lingered 'mid the falling... | |
 | Alaric Alexander Watts - English poetry - 1829 - 424 pages
...sedater mood ; Yet my heart leaps as fond for thec As when, beneath Arbigland tree, We stayed and wooed, and thought the moon Set on the sea an hour too soon ; Or lingered 'mid the falling dew, When looks were fond and words were few. Though I see smiling at tliy... | |
 | American periodicals - 1825 - 498 pages
...In maiden bloom and matron wit — Fair, gentle as when first I sued, Ye seem, but of sedater mood ; Yet my heart leaps as fond for thee As when, beneath Arbigland tree, We stayed and wooed, and thought the moon Set on the sea an hour too soon ; Or lingered 'mid the falling... | |
 | Thomas Harttree Cornish - Women - 1836 - 538 pages
...In maiden bloom and matron wit — Fair, gentle, as when first I sued, Ye seem, but of sedaler mood; Yet my heart leaps as fond for thee As when beneath Arbigland tree We stayed and wooed, and thought the moon Set on the sea an hour too soon ; Or linger'd 'mid the falling... | |
 | Samuel Carter Hall - English poetry - 1838 - 348 pages
...In maiden bloom and matron wit ; Fair, gentle, as when first I sued Ye seem, but of sedater mood : Yet my heart leaps as fond for thee As when, beneath Arbigland tree, We stayed and wooed, and thought the moon Set on the sea an hour too soon ; Or lingered 'mid the falling... | |
 | Samuel Carter Hall - English poetry - 1838 - 412 pages
...sedater mood : Yet my heart leaps as fond for thee As when, beneath Arbigland tree, We stayed and wooed, and thought the moon Set on the sea an hour too soon ; Or lingered 'mid the falling dew, When looks were fond, and words were few. Though I see smiling at thy... | |
 | Samuel Carter Hall - English poetry - 1838 - 336 pages
...sedater mood : Yet my heart leaps as fond for thee As when, beneath Arhigland tree, We stayed and wooed, and thought the moon Set on the sea an hour too soon ; Or lingered 'mid the falling dew, When looks were fond, and words were few. Though I see smiling at thy... | |
 | Lyre - English poetry - 1841 - 366 pages
...— Fair, gentle, as when first I sued, Ye seem, but of sedater mood ; 106 THE POET'S BRIDAL SONG. Yet my heart leaps as fond for thee As when, beneath Arbigland tree, We stayed and wooed, and thought the moon Set on the sea an hour too soon ; Or lingered, 'mid the falling... | |
 | Lyre - English poetry - 1841 - 374 pages
...Fair, gentle, as when first I sued, Ye seem, but of sedater mood ; 106 THE POKT'S BRIDAL SONG. Yet ray heart leaps as fond for thee As when, beneath Arbigland tree, We stayed and wooed, and thought the moon Set on the sea an hour too soon ; Or lingered, 'mid the falling... | |
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