 | David Masson - 1859 - 714 pages
...Hardly less familiar is his song on the bashful lover: "Why so pale and wan, fond lover? Pr'ythee, why so pale ? Will, when looking well can't move her, Looking ill prevail? Pr'ythee, why so pale? Why so dull and mute, young sinner? Pr'ythee, why so mute ? Will, when speaking... | |
 | David Masson - 1859 - 714 pages
...move her, Looking ill prevail? Pr'ythee, why so pale? Why so dull and mute, young sinner? Pr'ythee, why so mute? Will, when speaking well can't win her, Saying nothing do't? Pr'ythee, why so mute? Quit, quit, for shame! This will not more, This cannot take her; If of herself... | |
 | William Allingham - English poetry - 1860 - 316 pages
...thy earthy bed ; ' And stand so yellow some morn, For beast and man must be fed. T. CABLYLE. SONG. WHY so pale and wan, fond lover ? Prithee, why so...Prithee, why so mute ? Quit, quit for shame ; this will not move, This cannot take her : If of herself she will not love, Nothing can make her. The devil take... | |
 | George Gilfillan - English poetry - 1860 - 392 pages
...her petticoat, Like little mice, stole in and out, Aa if they fear'd the light.' SONG. Why so palo and wan, fond lover ! Prithee why so pale ? Will,...Prithee why so mute? Quit, quit for shame ! this will not move, This cannot take her ; If of herself she will not love, Nothing can make her — The devil... | |
 | George Gilfillan - English poetry - 1860 - 396 pages
...feet, beneath her petticoat, Like little mice, stole in and out, As if they fear'd the light.' SONG. Why so pale and wan, fond lover ! Prithee why so pale...Prithee why so pale? Why so dull and mute, young sinner? Will, when speaking well can't win her, Saying nothing do't? Prithee why so mute? Quit, quit for shame... | |
 | George Gilfillan - English poetry - 1860 - 392 pages
...feet, beneath her petticoat, Like little mice, stole in and out, Jkfi if they fea^d the light.' SONG. Why so pale and wan, fond lover ! Prithee why so pale...her, Looking ill prevail? Prithee why so pale? Why so diill and mute, young sinner? Will, when speaking well can't win her, Saying nothing do't? Prithee... | |
 | Caroline M. Mersereau - Amusements - 1860 - 370 pages
...the advantage of either marriage or hanging. CMM 3. G. — Why so pale and wan, fond lover ? Pr'ythee why "so pale ? Will, when looking well can't move her, Looking ill prevail ? Pr'ythee why so pale ? Quit, quit, for shame ! this will not move, This cannot take her ; If of herself... | |
 | John Williamson Palmer - Folk songs - 1861 - 540 pages
...her not ; She is fooling thee ! ANONYMOUS. (German.) Translation of HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW. SONG. WHY so pale and wan, fond lover? Prithee, why so pale...Prithee, why so mute ? Quit, quit, for shame ! this will not move, This cannot take her ; If of herself she will not love, Nothing can make her : The Devil... | |
 | Francis Turner Palgrave - English poetry - 1861 - 356 pages
...move her, Looking ill prevail ? Prythee, why so pale ? Why so dull and mute, young sinner ? Prythee, why so mute ? Will, when speaking well can't win her, Saying nothing do't ? Quit, quit, for shame ! this will not move, This cannot take her; If of herself she will not love,... | |
 | Elizabethan age - English poetry - 1862 - 83 pages
...Queen ! Tell me, if she were not design'd Th' eclipse and glory of her kind 1 SIR HENRY WOTTON. SONG. WHY so pale and wan, fond lover? Prithee, why so pale...when speaking well can't win her, Saying nothing do't 1 Prithee, why so mute ? Quit, quit for shame, this will not move, This cannot take her ; If of herself... | |
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Why so pale and wan, fond lover? Prithee, why so pale? Will, when looking well can't move her, Looking ill prevail? Prithee, why so pale? 
