Alas ! — how light a cause may move Dissension between hearts that love ! Hearts that the world in vain had tried, And sorrow but more closely tied ; That stood the storm, when waves were rough, Yet in a sunny hour fall off, Like ships that have gone... Longleat, by Elleray Lake - Page 155by mrs. David Armstrong - 1870Full view - About this book
| English literature - 1817 - 694 pages
...but more closely tied ; That stood the storm when wave <m rough. Yet in a sunny hour fall «if. bike ships that have gone down at sea. When heav'n was...unkind or wrongly taken — Oh ! love, that tempests nerer shook, Л breath, a touch like this has shaJrer And ruder words will soon rush in To cprcad the... | |
| Thomas Moore - Irish poetry - 1817 - 374 pages
...that the world in vain has tried, And sorrow but more closely tied; That stood the storm, when waves were rough, Yet in a sunny hour fall off, Like ships...heav'n was all tranquillity! A something, light as air—a look, A word unkind or wrongly taken—- Oh! love, that tempests never shook, A breath, a touch... | |
| Samuel Greatheed, Daniel Parken, Theophilus Williams, Josiah Conder, Thomas Price, Jonathan Edwards Ryland, Edwin Paxton Hood - English literature - 1817 - 738 pages
...world in vain had tried, And sorrow but more closely tied : . 2 E 2 That stood the storm, when waves were rough, Yet in a sunny hour fall off, Like ships,...gone down at sea, When heav'n was all tranquillity !' pp. 304—305. ' Oh grief, beyond all other griefs, when fate First leaves the young heart lone... | |
| Mrs. Ross, Author of The balance of comfort - English fiction - 1819 - 270 pages
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| Friedrich Johann Jacobsen - English poetry - 1820 - 796 pages
...that the world in vain hos tried, And sorrow but rnore cJosely tieef; That stood the storm when waves were r.ough, Yet in a sunny hour fall off", Like ships...unkind or wrongly taken — Oh! love , that tempests nerer sJiook, A breath, a tauch like tliis , hos sliaten. And ruder words will soon rush in To spread... | |
| English literature - 1839 - 602 pages
...tidings of salvation." October 21, 1839. ATT MATR IM ONY : A TALE. By THE COUNTESS OF BLESSINGTON. " A something light as air — a look, A word unkind or wrongly taken— Ob '. love that tempests never shook, A breath, a touch like this hath shaken. And ruder words will... | |
| Thomas Moore - 1823 - 422 pages
...that the world in vain had tried, And sorrow but more closely tied ; That stood the storm, when waves were rough , Yet in a sunny hour fall off, Like ships, that have gone down at sea, • When Heaven was all tranquillity ! A something, light as air — a look, A word unkind or wrongly taken... | |
| Thomas Moore - 1823 - 428 pages
...that the world in vain had tried, And sorrow but more closely tied ; That stood the storm, when waves were rough, Yet in a sunny hour fall off, Like ships, that have gone down at sea, When Heaven was all tranquillity ! A .something, light as air — a look, A word unkind or wrongly taken... | |
| Periodicals - 1825 - 500 pages
...valley of Hussun Abdaul — i Alas ! how light a cause may more Dissention between hearts that love ! A something, light as air — a look — A word unkind or wrongly taken—- Oh ! lore, that tempests nerer shook, A breath, a touch like this has shaken.' T will not repeat the mournful... | |
| John White (A.M.) - 1826 - 340 pages
...has tried, . And sorrow but more closely tied ; That stood the storm when waves were rough, Yet,in a sunny hour fall off, Like ships that have gone down at sea, When heaven was all tranquillity ! A something light as air—a look, A word unkind or wrongly taken—-... | |
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