 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 Quarterly review - Pagina 291834Volledige weergave - Over dit boek
 | 1883 - 676 pagina’s
...think it has been noticed that the well-known lines in Coleridge's Christabel (pt. ii.),— "Alus ! they had been friends in youth, But whispering tongues can poison truth," and what follows, very closely resemble a passage in Spenser's Fairy Queen, iv. 4, stanzas 1 and 2. The... | |
 | Francisco Lobo da Costa - 1991 - 302 pagina’s
...youth: But whispering tongues con poison truth: And constaney lives in realms above; And life is thormy; and youth is vain: And to be wroth with one we love, Doth work like madness in the brain. But never either foun another To free the hollow heart from paining They stood aoof the scars remaining,... | |
 | Sir Walter Scott - 1903 - 384 pagina’s
...once thrown up between them, never lacked some arm or other to keep it in motion. CHAPTER VI Alas I they had been friends in youth ; But whispering tongues...life is thorny, and youth is vain; And to be wroth tvith one me love, Doth work lite madness in the brain. ***** Each spoke words of high disdain, And... | |
 | Robert Andrews - 1993 - 1214 pagina’s
...confided to herself by C. AMBROSE BIERCE (1 842-1 914), US author. The OeviVs Dicf/oлагу(1881-1906). 4 he Passionate Slate of Mind, aph. 237 (1955). 6 SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE (1 772-1834), English poei, critic. Chriitabet, pi. 2. 5 None are so fond of... | |
 | George Gordon Byron - 1994 - 884 pagina’s
...can poison truth ; And constancy Uve» In realm« above ; And life is thorny ; Mid youth Is Tain ; ame and sorrow deep in my heart's core: These I could bear, but canno ; 1816.] [1816. But never either found another To free the hollow heart from paining— The; stood... | |
 | Jack Stillinger - 1994 - 268 pagina’s
...forthwith] forwith T6 394 into] within T3 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; 410 And constancy lives in realms above; And life is thorny; and youth is vain; And to be wroth with... | |
 | Sui Sin Far - 1995 - 320 pagina’s
...It was a beautiful friendship, and even now, in their anger, I know they are loving one another." " 'And to be wroth with one we love, Doth work like madness in the brain!' " quoted the professor. "Oh, Kate, my bonny, bonny Kate, cease talking and thinking about other people... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1996 - 868 pagina’s
...should meet thee 30 After long years, How should I greet thee? With silence and tears. Fare thee well! 'Alas! they had been friends in Youth; But whispering...one we love, Doth work like madness in the brain; But never either found another To free the hollow heart from paining They stood aloof, the scars remaining,... | |
 | Cynthia Ozick - 1996 - 358 pagina’s
...false to any man. These are thy glorious works, Parent of good, Almighty! Thine this universal frame. Alas! they had been friends in youth, But whispering...to be wroth with one we love Doth work like madness on the brain. So much for Longfellow, Shakespeare, Milton, and Coleridge. But also Addison, Cowper,... | |
 | Katharine Washburn, John F. Thornton - 1996 - 336 pagina’s
...false to any man. These are thy glorious works, Parent of good, Almighty! Thine this universal frame. Alas! they had been friends in youth, But whispering...above, And life is thorny, and youth is vain; And to be worth with one we love Doth work like madness on the brain. So much for Longfellow, Shakespeare, Milton,... | |
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