 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
 | John Epy Lovell - Readers (Secondary) - 1866 - 568 pages
...gone, the house remained awhile Silent and tenantless, — then went to strangers. With here and thlre a pearl, an emerald-stone, A golden clasp, clasping...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.... | |
 | James Fleming - 1866 - 382 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 perish'd — save a nuptial ring,... | |
 | Robert Armstrong (master of Madras coll) - 1866 - 142 pages
...Why not remove it from its lurking-place V '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 nuptial ring,... | |
 | Henry Coppée - Readers and speakers - 1867 - 586 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."... | |
 | Warren P. Edgarton - 1868 - 522 pages
...Ginevra, " Why not remove it from its lurking-place ?" 'T was done, as soon as said ; but on the way Tt burst, it fell ; and lo, a skeleton, With here and...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, " GLnevra."... | |
 | Charles Bilton - 1868 - 216 pages
...lurking-place ? ' 'Twas done as soon as said ; but on the way It burst — it fell ; and lo ! a skeleton 1 With here and there a pearl, an emerald-stone, A golden...gold. All else had perished — save a nuptial ring, With a small seal, her mother's legacy, Engraven with a name the name of both, ' GINEVRA.'— There,... | |
 | Caroline Matilda Kirkland - American poetry - 1868 - 710 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, save a nuptial ring,... | |
 | Joseph Edwards Carpenter - 1869 - 596 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,...emerald-stone, A golden clasp, clasping a shred of gold. ATI else had perished — save a nuptial ring, And a small seal, her mother's legacy, Engraven with... | |
 | Thomas Budd Shaw, William Smith - English literature - 1869 - 420 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 — save a wedding ring... | |
 | sir William Smith - 1869 - 382 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 perish'd — save a wedding-ring... | |
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