 God ever gave to her She kept with chary care. She kept with care her beauties rare From lovers warm and true, For her heart was cold to all but gold, And the rich came not to woo : But honored well are charms to sell If priests the selling do.  Poems of Early and After Years - Seite 232von Nathaniel Parker Willis - 1848 - 410 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | Edgar Allan Poe - 1902 - 318 Seiten
...And the rich came not to woo. Ah, honoured well are charms to sell When priests the selling do ! ** Now, walking there was one more fair — A slight...And she had unseen company To make the spirit quail — *T wixt want and scorn she walked forlorn, And nothing could avail. " No mercy now can clear her... | |
 | Edgar Allan Poe - 1903 - 386 Seiten
...gold, And the rich came not to woo — But honor'd well are charms to sell, If priests the selling do. Now walking there was one more fair — A slight girl,...nothing could avail. No mercy now can clear her brow From this world's peace to pray, For as love's wild prayer dissolved in air, Her woman's heart gave... | |
 | Edgar Allan Poe, George Edward Woodberry - 1903 - 392 Seiten
...lily-pale ; And she had unseen company To make the spirit quail : 'Twixt Want and Scorn she walked forlorn, \. And nothing could avail. \ % , " No mercy now can clear her brow y-* For this world's peace to pray ; For, as love's wild prayer dissolved in air, Her woman's heart... | |
 | 1904 - 610 Seiten
...gold, And the rich came not to woo, — But honored well are charms to sell If priests the selling do. Now walking there was one more fair, — A slight...the spirit quail, — . 'Twixt Want and Scorn she walked forlorn, And nothing could avail. No mercy now can clear her brow For this world's peace to... | |
 | Edgar Allan Poe - 1904 - 266 Seiten
...gold, And the rich came not to woo — But honour'd well her charms to sell, If priests the selling do. Now walking there was one more fair— . A slight...And she had unseen company To make the spirit quail — Twist Want and Scorn she walk'd forlorn, And nothing could avail. No mercy now can clear her brow... | |
 | William Morton Payne - 1904 - 352 Seiten
...gold, And the rich came not to woo — But honour'd well are charms to sell, If priests the selling do. Now walking there was one more fair — A slight girl,...And she had unseen company To make the spirit quail — "fwixt Want and Scorn she walk'd forlorn, And nothing could avail. No mercy now can clear her brow... | |
 | 1904 - 1058 Seiten
...lily-pale; And she had unseen company To make the spirit quail, — 'Twixt Want and Scorn she walked forlorn, And nothing could avail. No mercy now can clear her brow For this world's peace to pray ; 205 , as love's wild prayer dissolved in air, Her woman's heart gave way! — the sin forgiven by... | |
 | John Raymond Howard - 1905 - 350 Seiten
...gold, And the rich came not to woo — But honored well are charms to sell If priests the selling do. Now walking there was one more fair — A slight girl,...make the spirit quail : 'Twixt Want and Scorn she walked forlorn, And nothing could avail. . No mercy now can clear her brow For this world's peace to... | |
 | Augustus White Long - 1905 - 380 Seiten
...honored well are charms to sell Now walking there was one more fair — A slight girl, lily pale ; And she had unseen company To make the spirit quail : 'Twixt Want and Scorn she walked forlorn, 5 And nothing could avail. No mercy now can clear her brow For this world's peace to... | |
 | Henry Augustin Beers - 1906 - 324 Seiten
...gold, And the rich came not to woo; But honored well are charms to sell, If priests the selling do. Now walking there was one more fair— A slight girl,...make the spirit quail— 'Twixt Want and Scorn she walked forlorn, And nothing could avail. No mercy now can clear her brow For this world's peace to... | |
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