 Thou'rt wondrous frolic, being to die so soon, And passing proud a little colour makes thee. If thee thy brittle beauty so deceives, Know then the thing that swells thee is thy bane ; For the same beauty doth, in bloody leaves, The sentence of thy early...  The Port Folio - Page 4241824Full view - About this book
 | Abraham Mills - English literature - 1851 - 594 pages
...makes thee. If thee thy brittle beauty so deceives, Know, then, the thing that swells thee is thy bane; For the same beauty doth in bloody leaves The sentence...contain. Some clown's coarse lungs will poison thy aweet flower, If by the careless plough thou shalt be torn : And many Herods lie in wait each hour... | |
 | Abraham Mills - English literature - 1856 - 590 pages
...thee. If thee thy brittle beauty so deceives, Know, then, the thing that swells thee is thy bane;. For the same beauty doth in bloody leaves The sentence...shalt be torn : And many Herods lie in wait each hour THE SAINT'S ENCOURAGEMENT.— A SONG, Fight on, "brave soldiers, for the cause ; Fear not the cavaliers... | |
 | Abraham Mills - English literature - 1858 - 594 pages
...thee. If thee thy brittle beauty so deceives, Know, then, the thing that swells thee is thy bane ; For the same beauty doth in bloody leaves The sentence...Herods lie in wait each hour To murder thee as soon as thon art born; Nay, force thy bud to blow ; their tyrant breath Anticipating life, to hasten death.... | |
 | Edwin O. Chapman - American poetry - 1884 - 430 pages
...thee. If thee thy brittle beauty so deceives, Know, then, the thing that swells thee is thy bane ; For the same beauty doth in bloody leaves The sentence...tyrant breath Anticipating life, to hasten death. Sir Richard Fanshawe, 16o7~'6d SERENADE. THE lark now leaves his watery nest, And climbing shakes his... | |
 | Eleanor Vere Boyle - Poetry - 1885 - 322 pages
...makes thee. If thee thy brittle beauty so deceives, Know then, the thing that swells thee is thy bane ; For the same beauty doth in bloody leaves The sentence...contain. Some clown's coarse lungs will poison thy sweet flow'r, If by the careless plough thou shalt be torn, And many Hcrods lie in wait each hour, To murder... | |
 | Edward Arber - English poetry - 1899 - 336 pages
...thee! If thee, thy brittle beauty so deceives; Know, then, the thing that swells thee is thy bane! For the same beauty doth, in bloody leaves, The sentence...tyrant breath Anticipating life, to hasten death. H 2 PRAISE OF WOMEN. Air, and Fire; above the same, rffog Orbs, the Planets, Spheres; and all ser creatures... | |
 | Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch - English poetry - 1901 - 1190 pages
...makes thee. If thee thy brittle beauty so deceives, Know then the thing that swells thee is thy bane ; For the same beauty doth, in bloody leaves, The sentence...each hour To murder thee as soon as thou art born — WILLIAM CARTWRIGHT 330. To Chloe : Who for his sake -wished herself younger 1611-164} ""THERE are... | |
 | Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch - English poetry - 1902 - 1118 pages
...makes thee. If thee thy brittle beauty so deceives, Know then the thing that swells thee is thy bane ; For the same beauty doth, in bloody leaves, The sentence...flower, If by the careless plough thou shalt be torn j And many Herods lie in wait each hour To murder thee as soon as thou art born — Nay, force thy... | |
 | Arthur Quiller-Couch - English poetry - 1904 - 1058 pages
...makes thee. If thee thy brittle beauty so deceives, Know then the thing that swells thee is thy bane ; For the same beauty doth, in bloody leaves, The sentence...poison thy sweet flower, If by the careless plough thou shah be torn; And many Herods lie in wait each hour To murder thee as soon as thou art born — Nay,... | |
 | William Stanley Braithwaite - English poetry - 1907 - 892 pages
...makes thee. If thee thy brittle beauty so deceives, Know then the thing that swells thee is thy bane; For the same beauty doth, in bloody leaves, The sentence...their tyrant breath Anticipating life, to hasten death ! Sir R. Fanshawe 368. Fair Is the Rose "C*AIR is the rose, yet fades with heat or cold; Sweet are... | |
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