 Tis left to fly or fall alone. With wounded wing, or bleeding breast, Ah ! where shall either victim rest ? Can this with faded pinion soar From rose to tulip as before? Or Beauty, blighted in an hour, Find joy within her broken bower...  The New Monthly Magazine - Pagina 3961833Volledige weergave - Over dit boek
 | 1854 - 532 pagina’s
...he satisfied with the reformation. But, " according to home ideas," once a sinner always a sinner.* And every woe a tear can claim, Except an erring sister's shame. * There are some remarks upon this subject in a little thoughtful book, entitled Compamont of my Solitude,... | |
 | Johann Wolfgang von Goethe - 1855 - 318 pagina’s
...to have lost her garland. Bessy's want of charity recalls the well-known lines in The Giaour: — " No : gayer insects fluttering by Ne'er droop the wing...tear can claim, Except an erring sister's shame." P. 112. Zwinger. — Zwinger is untranslatable, and a good deal of doubt exists as to the meaning of... | |
 | Sarah Josepha Buell Hale - 1855 - 612 pagina’s
...gayer inseets fluttering by Ne'er droop the wing on those that die, And lovelier things have merey shown To every failing but their own, And every woe a tear ean elaim, Exeept an erring sister's shame. Hymn's Giaour. Nought so ill As the betrayer's sin ! salvationless... | |
 | Johann Wolfgang von Goethe - 1856 - 344 pagina’s
...to have lost her garland. Bessy's want"of charity recalls the well-known lines in The Giaour: — " No : gayer insects fluttering by Ne'er droop the wing...tear can claim, Except an erring sister's shame." 122. Zwinger.] — Zwinger is untranslatable, and I find a good deal of doubt existing as to the meaning... | |
 | John Bartlett - 1856 - 660 pagina’s
...battle, once begun, Bequeathed by bleeding sire to son, Though baffled oft, is ever won. Line 418. And lovelier things have mercy shown To every failing...a tear can claim, Except an erring sister's shame. Line 1099. The cold in clime are cold in blood, Their love can scarce deserve the name. Parisina. St.... | |
 | 1856 - 570 pagina’s
...an hour, Find joy within her broken bower? No : gayer insects fluttering by Ne'er droop the wing on those that die, And lovelier things have Mercy shown...every failing but their own, And every woe a Tear may claim, Except an erring Sister's Shame. , — Shakspeare. AY, so you serve us, Till we serve you... | |
 | Sarah Gould - 1856 - 262 pagina’s
...to thyself and heaven ; And be thy friends the gifted few, And be thy foes — forgiven. For lovely things have mercy shown To every failing but their own ; And every woe a tear may claim, Except an erring sister's shame. Braox. WHO IS HAPPY? To answer this question, which has... | |
 | Josiah Gilbert Holland - 1858 - 274 pagina’s
...most bitter is a scornful jest. SAMUEL JOHNSON. And lovelier things have mercy shown To every falling but their own, And every woe a tear can claim Except an erring sister's shame. BYRoN. I HAVE met with a good many young women, first and last, whose intellects were of that keen,... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1859 - 614 pagina’s
...soar From rose to tulip as before ? Or Beauty, blighted in an hour, Find joy within her broken bower ? No : gayer insects fluttering by Ne'er droop the wing...a tear can claim, Except an erring sister's shame. ***** The Mind, that broods o'er guilty woes, Is like the Scorpion girt by fire, In circle narrowing... | |
 | Johann Wolfgang von Goethe - 1859 - 396 pagina’s
...of charity finds an apt illustration in the following beautiful lines from Byron's " The Giaour." ' No : gayer insects fluttering by ' Ne'er droop the...a tear can claim, 'Except an erring sister's shame ! " m How truly despicable does pride appear, when fallen. Margaret, who had formerly been the severest... | |
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