 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
 | James Roderick O'Flanagan - 1837 - 716 pagina’s
...BROTHERS. Alas ! they had been friends in youth, But whisp'ring words can poison truth, And constancy lives in realms above, And life is thorny, and youth is vain, And to be wroth with those we love, Doth work like madness in the brain. COLERIDGE'S Chriitabel. The legend relates, that... | |
 | James Gillman - 1838 - 396 pagina’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 one we love, Doth \vork like madness in the brain. And thus it chanc'd, as I divine. With Roland and Sir Leoline. Each... | |
 | James Gillman - 1838 - 398 pagina’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 one we lore, Doth work like madness in the brain. And thus it chanc'd, as I divine, With Roland and Sir Leoline.... | |
 | 1834 - 602 pagina’s
...she really the daughter of Roland de Vaux, and would the friends have met again and embraced ? — ' 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... | |
 | Henry Marlen - 1838 - 342 pagina’s
...here, and growing still ; So grows ours evermore, both theirs and mine. THE DISSOLUTION OF FRIENDSHIP. 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,... | |
 | James Gillman - 1838 - 386 pagina’s
...feelingly— Why wax'd Sir Leoline so pale, Murmuring o'er the name again, Lord Roland de Vaux of Tryermaine ? 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... | |
 | 1841 - 884 pagina’s
...But whispering tongues can poison truth, And constancy dwell* in realms above, And life is thorny. Youth is vain : And to be wroth with one we love, Doth work like madrrass on the brain. So chanc'd it once as I divine, With Roland and Sir Leoline — They parted,... | |
 | Camden Elizabeth Lambert - 1838 - 1014 pagina’s
...shedding beauty and sweetness where all beside seems but a dreary waste. CHAPTER XIII. Al.is ! they bad 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 lore, Doth... | |
 | Jewel - 1839 - 352 pagina’s
...And Bess has stolen away to talk With Roger in the holly-walk. Kllilvi: WHITE. FRIENDSHIP DESTROYED. 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 wrath with one we love,... | |
 | Joseph Robertson - 1840 - 290 pagina’s
...down along the wave, As dives a hero headlong to his grave." BYRON—The Island, c. ii. st. xvi. 11. " 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... | |
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