 A honey tongue, a heart of gall, Is fancy's spring, but sorrow's fall. Thy gowns, thy shoes, thy beds of roses, Thy cap, thy kirtle, and thy posies, Soon break, soon wither, soon forgotten ; In folly ripe, in reason rotten. Thy belt of straw, and ivy...  Specimens of the Early English Poets: To which is Prefixed, an Historical ... - Page 220by George Ellis - 1811Full view - About this book
 | Izaak Walton, Charles Cotton - 1839 - 536 pages
...break, soon wither, soon forgotten, In folly ripe, in reason rotten. Thy belt of straw and ivy-buds, Thy coral clasps and amber studs, All these in me...no means can move To come to thee, and be thy love. What should we talk of dainties, then, Of better meat than'sfttfor men ? These are but vain : that's... | |
 | English poetry - 1839 - 374 pages
...forgotten, 15 la lolly ripe, in reason rotten. Thy helt of straw, and ivie huds, Thy coral clasps, and amher studs ; All these in me no means can move To come to thee, and he thy love. But could youth last, and love still hreed. Had joves no date, nor age no need ; Then... | |
 | Izaak Walton, Charles Cotton - 1839 - 594 pages
...wither, soon forgotten. In fully ripe, in reason rotten. Thy belt of straw and ivy-buds, Thy cural clasps and amber studs, All these in me no means can move To cume to thee, and be thy loce. What should we talk of dainties, then, Of better meat than'sfitfor men?... | |
 | Thomas Percy - 1844 - 400 pages
...Soon break, soon wither, soon forgotten, In folly ripe, in reason rotten. Thy belt of straw, and ivie buds, Thy coral clasps, and amber studs ; All these...love. But could youth last, and love still breed, Had joyes no date, nor age no need ; Then those delights my mind might move To live with thee, and be thy... | |
 | 1844 - 148 pages
...thy beds of roses, Thy cap, thy kirtle, and thy noises, Soon break, soon wither, soon forgotten In folly ripe — in reason rotten. Thy belt of straw...clasps and amber studs All these in me no means can m< ve To come to thee, and be thy love. But could youth last, and love still breed ; Had joys no date,... | |
 | Izaak Walton, Charles Cotton - 1844 - 532 pages
...break, soon wither, soon forgotten ; In folly ripe, in reason rotten. Thy belt of straw, and ivy-buds, Thy coral clasps, and amber studs, All these in me...no means can move To come to thee, and be thy Love. What should we talk of dainties then, Of better meat than' s fit for men ? These are but vain : that's... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1844 - 692 pages
...thy beds of roses, Thy cap, thy kirtle, and thy posies, Soon break, soon wither, soon forgotten. In ¡ Ali these in me no means can move To come to thee and be thy love. EDMUND SPENSER. fiut could youth... | |
 | Basil Montagu, Hannah Mary Rathbone - 1845 - 396 pages
...trembling hand, She wiped the damps away. And when this heart, my Lucy, Shall cease to beat for thee, &c. Thy belt of straw and ivy buds, Thy coral clasps and...no means can move To come to thee and be thy love. What should we talk of dainties then, Of better meat than 's fit for men ? These are but vain, that's... | |
 | Encyclopaedia - 1845 - 838 pages
...That struuc to couer whai it conld not hide. UHW. « . f , ,_ . , i'uire/ax» lasjo, book iv. Tliy belt of straw and ivy buds. Thy coral clasps and amber studs ; All these in me no means tan move To come to thee and be my love. Sir Walter Raleigh, in Mil, v. ii. p. 221. Soent every place... | |
 | Sir Henry Wotton - 1845 - 236 pages
...break, soon wither, soon forgotten, — In folly ripe, in reason rotten. Thy belt of straw and ivie buds, Thy coral clasps and amber studs, — All these in me no means can move [20] To come to thee and be thy Love.* But could youth last, and love stil breed, — Had joyes no... | |
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