 Alas! they had been friends in youth; But whispering tongues can poison truth; And constancy lives in realms above; And life is thorny; and youth is vain; And to be wroth with one we love Doth work like madness in the brain.  Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Pagina 5721854Volledige weergave - Over dit boek
 | 1831 - 596 pagina’s
...whole it has no meaning, and yet is exceedingly interesting. The following passage is beautiful. " Alas ! they had been friends in youth ; But whispering tongues can poison truth ; And constancy lives in realms above, And life is thorny, and youth is vain : And to be wroth with one we love, Doth... | |
 | 1831 - 472 pagina’s
...— Glasgow. She need not be ashamed of the poet who gave birth to the stanzas which he has entitled Alas ! they had been friends in youth ; But whispering tongues can poison truth. Beautiful one ! To me thou art Like a fairy mirror's glance, Fill'd with a legend of the heart,—... | |
 | Sir Walter Scott - 1832 - 354 pagina’s
...being once thrown up between them, never lacked some arm or other to keep it in motion. CHAPTER VI. Alas ! they had been friends in youth; But whispering tongues can poison truth ; And constancy lives in realms above ; And life is thorny, and youth is vain; And to be wroth with one we love, Doth... | |
 | 1834 - 512 pagina’s
...convicting either of them of plagiarism, but to prove that our author suffers nothing in the comparison: " Alas ! they had been friends in youth ; But whispering tongues can poison truth; And constancy lives in realms above ; And life is thorny; and youth is vain ; And to be wroth with one we love, Doth... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1835 - 348 pagina’s
...included in this Section. See MOORE'* Notices, ante, Vol. IIL p. 286. — E.] FARE THEE WELL. (') " Alas ! they had been friends in Youth ; But whispering tongues can poison truth ; And constancy lives in realms above ; And Life is thorny ; and youth is vain : And to be wroth with one we love,... | |
 | lady Catherine Stepney - 1835 - 996 pagina’s
...a relief. Do you remember those exquisite lines which so truly paint a state of such estrangement ? Alas ! they had been friends in youth ; But whispering tongues can poison truth, And Constancy lives in realms above ; While to be wroth with one we love Doth work like madness in the brain ; Each... | |
 | Harp - 1836 - 380 pagina’s
...mine, Should yield me many a grateful thought — Not tecch me to repine. THE QUARREL OF FRIENDS. a. T. COLERIDGE. ALAS ! they had been friends in youth ;...whispering tongues can poison truth ; And constancy lives in realms above ; And life is thorny ; and youth is vain ; And to be wroth with one we love,... | |
 | Henry Fothergill Chorley - 1836 - 528 pagina’s
...keener by all the thoughts of ' benefits forgot.' Do you remember those fine lines of Coleridge's ? ' Alas! they had been friends in youth, But whispering tongues can poison truth, And constancy lives in realms above, And life is thorny, and youth is vain, And to be wroth with what we love, Doth... | |
 | Henry Fothergill Chorley - 1836 - 302 pagina’s
...keener by all the thoughts of ' benefits forgot.' Do you remember those fine lines of Coleridge's ? ' Alas! they had been friends in youth, But whispering tongues can poison truth, And constancy lives in realms above, And life is thorny, and youth is vain, And to be wroth with what we love, Doth... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1837 - 308 pagina’s
...some of the smaller pieces included in this section. See MOORE's Notices.] FARE THEE WELL. 1 " Alas I they had been friends in youth ; But whispering tongues can poison truth ; And constancy lives in realms above ; And life is thorny ; and youth is vain : And to be wroth with one we love,... | |
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