The flowers do fade, and wanton fields To wayward Winter reckoning yields : A honey tongue, a heart of gall, Is fancy's spring, but sorrow's fall. Thy gowns, thy shoes, thy beds of roses, Thy cap, thy kirtle, and thy posies, Soon break, soon wither —... Specimens of English poetry. For the use of Charterhouse school - Pagina 192door English poetry - 1883Volledige weergave - Over dit boek
| William Shakespeare - 1785 - 456 pagina’s
...complain of cares to come : The flowers do fade, and wanton fields To wayward winter reckoning yields : A honey tongue, a heart of gall, Is fancy's spring,...thy posies, Soon break, soon wither, soon forgotten, In folly ripe, in reason rotten. Thy belt of straw, and ivy buds, Thy coral clasps, and amber studs... | |
| English poets - 1801 - 382 pagina’s
...complain of cares to come. The flowers do fade, and wanton fields To wayward winter's reckoning yield ; A honey tongue — a heart of gall, Is fancy's spring,...fall. Thy gowns, thy shoes, thy beds of roses, Thy cup, thy kirtle, and thy posies, Soon break, soon wither, soon forgotten, In folly ripe, in reason... | |
| George Ellis - 1803 - 468 pagina’s
...complain of cares to come. The flowers do fade, and wanton fields To wayward winter reckoning yields ; A honey tongue — a heart of gall, Is fancy's spring,...thy posies, Soon break, soon wither, soon forgotten, In folly ripe, in reason rotten. Thy belt of straw and ivy buds, Thy coral clasps and amber studs ;... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1804 - 476 pagina’s
...flowers do fade, -and "wanton fields ,,To wayward winter reckoning yields. ,,A honey tongue, a hi .in of gall, ,,Is fancy's spring, but sorrow's falL ,,Thy...shoes, thy beds .of roses, ,,Thy cap, thy kirtle, -and tliy I'osies, ,,Sooii Urealt, soon ^'ither, e-ooii .forgotten, ,,In folly ripe, in reason rotten. -,,Thy... | |
| Arthur Cayley - 1806 - 466 pagina’s
...complain of cares to come. The flowers do fade, and wanton fields To wayward winter reckoning yields ; A honey tongue — a heart of gall, Is fancy's spring,...beds of roses> Thy cap, thy kirtle, and thy posies, Sooii break, soon wither, soon forgotten, In folly ripe, in reason rotten. Thy belt of straw arid ivy... | |
| Charles Snart - 1808 - 506 pagina’s
...complain of cares to come. The flow'rs do fade, and wanton fields ' To wayward Winter's reck'ning yields : A honey tongue, a heart of gall, ' . Is fancy's spring,...posies, Soon break, soon wither, soon forgotten—- In folly ripe, in reason rotten. Thy belt of straw and ivy buds, Thy coral clasps and amber studs,... | |
| John Aikin - 1810 - 386 pagina’s
...complains of cares to come. The flowers do fade, and wanton fields To wayward winter reck'ning yields ; A honey tongue, a heart of gall, Is fancy's spring,...thy posies, Soon break, soon wither, soon forgotten, In folly ripe, in reason rotten. Thy belt of straw, and ivy buds, Thy coral clasps, and amber studs,... | |
| George Ellis - 1811 - 482 pagina’s
...complain of cares to come. The flowers do fade, and wanton fields To wayward winter reckoning yields ; A honey tongue — a heart of gall, Is fancy's spring,...kirtle, and thy posies, Soon break, soon wither, soon forgotten,In folly ripe, in reason rotten. ' Thy belt of straw and ivy buds, Thy coral clasps and amber... | |
| George Ellis - 1811 - 472 pagina’s
...complain of cares to come. The flowers do fade, and wanton fields To wayward winter reckoning yields ; A honey tongue — a heart of gall, Is fancy's spring,...gowns, thy shoes, thy beds of roses, Thy cap, thy kittle, and thy posies, Soon break, soon wither, soon forgotten, Thy belt of straw and ivy buds, Thy... | |
| George Ellis - 1811 - 470 pagina’s
...complain of cares to come. The flowers do fade, and wanton fields To wayward winter reckoning yields ; A honey tongue — a heart of gall, Is fancy's spring,...gowns, thy shoes, thy beds of roses, Thy cap, thy kirtlc, and thy posies, Soon break, soon wither, soon forgotten, Thy belt of straw and ivy buds, Thy... | |
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