 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.  The Poetical Works of S. T. Coleridge - Pagina 44door Samuel Taylor Coleridge - 1835 - 331 pagina’sVolledige weergave - Over dit boek
 | 1844 - 858 pagina’s
...is scarcely possible to help feeling some anger at the author of the humiliation — and ' to Ъс wroth with one we love, Doth work like madness in the brain.' It is thus that we often find our greatest vexations arise from what appear our greatest blessings,... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1844 - 738 pagina’s
...broken friendships : — Alas ! they had been friends in youth ; But whispering tongues can poison tune beguiling ; I've felt all its favours, and found its decay: Sweet \outh is vain : And to be wroth with one we love, Doth work like madness in the brain. And thus it... | |
 | Modern poetical speaker, Fanny Bury PALLISER - 1845 - 540 pagina’s
...SCOTT. THE QUARREL OF FRIENDS. ALAS ! they had been friends in youth ; But whispering tongues can poison truth ; And constancy lives in realms above ; And...love, Doth work like madness in the brain. And thus it chanc'd, as I divine, With Roland and Sir Leoline. Each spake words of high disdain And insult to his... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1845 - 510 pagina’s
...had been friends in youth. " Alas ! they had been friends in youth, But whispering tongues can poison truth ; And constancy lives in realms above ! And...Doth work like madness in the brain ; And thus it chanc'd as I divine. With Roland and Sir Leoline. Each speak words of high disdain And insult to his... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1845 - 512 pagina’s
...had been friends in youth. " Alas! they had been friends in youth, But whispering tongues can poison truth; And constancy lives in realms above! And life...love, Doth work like madness in the brain: And thus it chanc'il as I divine, With Roland and Sir Leoline. Each speak words of high disdain And insult to his... | |
 | Samuel Taylor Coleridge - 1845 - 582 pagina’s
...Roland de Vaux of Tryermaine f 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 t And to be wroth with one we love. Doth work like madness in the brain. And thus it chanced, as I... | |
 | Gift - 1846 - 268 pagina’s
...THOMPSON. THE QUARREL OP FRIENDS. ALAS ! they had been friends in youth : But whispering tongues can poison truth ; And constancy lives in realms above ; And...chanced, as I divine, With Roland and Sir Leoline I , Each spoke words of high disdain And insult to his heart's best brother ; They parted — ne'er... | |
 | Noble Butler - 1846 - 276 pagina’s
...lingering look behind? — Gray. Alas ! they had been friends in youth ; But whispering tongues can poison truth ; And constancy lives in realms above ; And...the brain. And thus it chanced, as I divine, With Uoluiul and Sir Leoliiie. Each spake words of high disdain And insult to his heart's best brother :... | |
 | Forest Hill - 1846 - 920 pagina’s
...drawing-room alone. CHAPTER III. Alas ! they had been friends in youth, But whispering tongues can poison truth. And constancy lives in realms above, And life...with one we love Doth work like madness in the brain. COLRRIDGE CHRISTABEL. "WHERE'S Emily, I wonder?" said the soft languid voice of Lady King, (she always... | |
 | Henry Theodore Tuckerman - 1846 - 350 pagina’s
...musical lines of Christabel : Alas ! they had been friends in youth ; But whispering to:iguos can poison truth ; And constancy lives in realms above ; And...one we love, Doth work like madness in the brain. i man was ever yet a great poet, without being at the same time a profound philosopher." True as this... | |
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