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. Eric; or, Little by little - Seite 272von Frederic William Farrar - 1858Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
| John Bickerton - 1816 - 70 Seiten
...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 work like madness in the brain. And thus it chanc'd, as I divine, With... | |
| Samuel Taylor Coleridge - 1816 - 82 Seiten
...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 work like madness in the brain. And thus it charic'd, as I divine,... | |
| 1816 - 676 Seiten
...misfortune to read : " Alas! they hail 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. And thus itchanc'd, as I divine, With... | |
| 1824 - 984 Seiten
...Chrlstabel. Alas ! they had been friends in youth ; But whispering tongues can poison truth ¡ Ала 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 : They parted ne'er to meet again,—... | |
| William Hazlitt - 1818 - 338 Seiten
...friends in youth. " 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: And thus it chanc'd as I divine, With... | |
| British melodies - 1820 - 280 Seiten
...LEOLTNE. ,VT CoieriOge. 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. And thus it chanc'd, as I divine, With... | |
| mrs. Ross - 1821 - 688 Seiten
...for her. CHAP. XXI. " 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.1* COLERIDGE. ANN Fitzelm declared to... | |
| George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1821 - 478 Seiten
...lengthen when begun. 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: But never either found another To... | |
| George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1822 - 614 Seiten
...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,' Doth work like madness in the brain : ****** But never either found another... | |
| 1823 - 696 Seiten
...is in Christabe]. 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 : They parted ne'er to meet again,—... | |
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