 While maidens laugh'd and minstrels sang, Still closer to her ear — But why pursue the common tale? Or wherefore show how knights prevail When ladies dare to hear ? Or wherefore trace from what slight cause Its source one tyrant passion draws, Till,...  Monthly Review; Or New Literary Journal - Page 244publié par - 1814Affichage du livre entier - À propos de ce livre
 | sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1883 - 684 pages
...show how k nigh Ы prevail When ladies dare to hear У Or wherefore trace, from what slight causo Ha wn to me ; If you honour Kokeby'e kin, Take the wandering...had fair regard For the harp, aud for the bard ; ! " CANTO SECOND. LVULPH'S TALE, оокпкшп». "ANOTHER day, anotlwr day, And yet another, glides... | |
 | Familiar quotations - 1883 - 942 pages
...And many a word, at random spoken, May soothe, or wound, a heart that 's broken ! Canto v. Stanza 18. Where lives the man that has not tried How mirth can into folly glide, And folly into sin ! Bridal of Triermain. Canto i. Stanz/i 21. A mother's pride, a father's joy. Rokeby. Canto iii. Stanza... | |
 | Otis Henry Tiffany - 1883 - 954 pages
...FIRESIDE. That is the bitterest of all,— to wear the yoke of our own wrong-doing. (George Eliot. Where lives the man that has not tried, How mirth can into folly glide, And folly into sin 1 (Scott. How guilt once harbor'd in the conscious breast, Intimidates the brave, degrades the great.... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1888 - 682 pages
...closer to her ear — But why pursue the common tale ? Or wherefore show how knights prevail When ladies dare to hear? Or wherefore trace from what slight...How mirth can into folly glide And folly into sin ! ' Brítrnl of Œrieraafa. CANTO SECOND. Calt Continúen. I. ' ANOTHER day, another day, And yet another,... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1887 - 676 pages
...draws, Still closer to her ear-- But why pursue the common tale ? Or wherefore show how knights prevail Till, mastering all within, Where lives the man that...How mirth can into folly glide And folly into sin ! ' OK fôrftal of uTncrmam. CANTO SECOND. ILouIph's UEalt Continuel). L ' ANOTHER day, another day,... | |
 | Martha Finley - 1883 - 338 pages
...to be happy, very happy, and no one should guess how terribly her heart was aching. CHAPTER XVIII. "Where lives the man that has not tried How mirth can into folly glide, And folly into sin !" —Scott. EALPH CCWLY was not a favorite with any of his Ion relatives, because they knew his principles... | |
 | Sir Walter Scott - 1890 - 612 pages
...closer to her ear — But why pursue the common tale ? Or wherefore show how knights prevail When ladies dare to hear ? Or wherefore trace, from what slight...How mirth can into folly glide, And folly into sin ! " CANTO SECOND. " Another day, another day, And yet another, glides away ! The Saxon stern, the pagan... | |
 | Charles Wells Moulton - 1891 - 540 pages
...many a word, at random spoken, May soothe, or wound, a heart that's broken! — Ibid, Canto v. FOLLY. Where lives the man that has not tried How mirth can into folly glide, And folly into sin! — Bridal of Triermain, Canto i. INDECISION. Woe to the youth whom .Fancy gains, Winning from Reason's... | |
 | 1891 - 540 pages
...many a word, at random spoken, May soothe, or wound, a heart that's broken! — Ibid, Canto v. FOLLY. Where lives the man that has not tried How mirth can into folly glide, And folly into sin! — Bridal of TriertHain, Сап/о г. INDECISION. Woe to the youth whom Fancy gains, Winning from... | |
 | 1891 - 608 pages
...many a word, at random spoken, May soothe, or wound, a heart that's broken! — Ibid, Canto v. FOLLY. Where lives the man that has not tried How mirth can into folly glide, And folly into sin! — Bridal of Triermain, Canto i. INDECISION. Woe to the youth whom Fancy gains, Winning from Reason's... | |
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