 | Walter Scott - 1864 - 384 pages
...being once thrown up between them, never lacked some arm or other to keep it in motion. CHAPTER VI. Alas ! they had been friends in youth; But whispering...one we love, Doth work like madness in the brain. Each spoke words of high disdain, And insult to his heart's dear brother, But never either found another... | |
 | Wise sayings - 1864 - 394 pages
...faithful friend. Cause and Cure of a wounded Conscience, Dialogue iv. THOS. FULLER. FRIENDSHIP. Broken Alas ! they had been friends in youth ; But whispering...one we love, Doth work like madness in the brain. Christabel. — SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE. FRIENDSHIP. Cunning of We are fond of exaggerating the love... | |
 | James L. W. West - 1978 - 244 pages
...affianced Nancy. "Twas the same, only somewhat modified, which Coleridge celebrates in his Christabel: "Alas! they had been friends in youth; But whispering...one we love, Doth work like madness in the brain." In the morning I continued my journey towards Knoxville, bidding farewell to "Singed Possum," who turned... | |
 | George Gordon Byron - 1990 - 104 pages
...afar, Nor can we be what we recall. Nor dare we think on what we are. Lady Noel Byron 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... | |
 | Sir Walter Scott - 1903 - 384 pages
...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... | |
 | Jack Stillinger - 1994 - 268 pages
...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;...madness in the brain. And thus it chanced, as I divine, 415 With Roland and Sir Leoline. Each spake words of high disdain And insult to his heart's best brother:... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1996 - 868 pages
...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 pages
...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 pages
...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,... | |
 | Walter Scott - 2001 - 372 pages
...being once thrown up between them, never lacked some arm or other to keep it in motion. 88 CHAPTER VI Alas ! they had been friends in youth ; But whispering...one we love, Doth work like madness in the brain. ***** Each spoke words of high disdain, And insult to his heart's dear brother, But never either found... | |
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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. 
