 Woe waits the insect and the maid ; A life of pain, the loss of peace, From infant's play, and man's caprice : The lovely toy so fiercely sought Hath lost its charm by being caught, For every touch that woo'd its stay Hath brush'd its brightest hues away,...  The Quarterly Review - Page 3351813Full view - About this book
 | English literature - 1813 - 1102 pages
...lovely toy so fiercely sought Has lost iis charm by being caught, For every touch that wooed its stay Has brush'd the brightest hues away, Till charm, and...shall either victim rest? Can this with faded pinion sour From rose to tulip as before ? Or Beauty, blighted in an hour, Find joy within her broken bower... | |
 | Philadelphia (Pa.) - 1813 - 716 pages
...fiercely sought Has lost its charm by being caught, For every touch that wooed its suiy Has brush'd iu brightest hues away, Till charm, and hue, and beauty...wounded wing, or bleeding breast, Ah! where shall cither victim rest? Can this with faded pinion soar From rose to tulip as before? i Or Heauty blighted... | |
 | 1813 - 734 pages
...Has loft its charm by being caught, For every touch that wooed its ftajr Has brufli'd its brighteft hues away, Till charm, and hue, and beauty gone, 'Tis...fly or fall alone. With wounded wing, or bleeding breaft, Ah ! where (hall either viftim reft ? Can this with faded pinion foar From rofe to tulip as... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - English poetry - 1814 - 378 pages
...toy so fiercely sought Has lost its charm by being caught, 405 For every touch that wooed it's stay Has brush'd the brightest hues away Till charm, and...fall alone. With wounded wing, or bleeding breast, 410 Ah ! where shall either victim rest? Can this with faded pinion soar From rose to tulip as before... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1815 - 222 pages
...sought Hath lost its charm by being caught, 40.5 For every touch that wooed its stay Hath brush'd its brightest hues away, Till charm, and hue, and beauty...fall alone. With wounded wing, or bleeding breast, 410 Ah ! where shall either victim rest ? Can this with faded pinion soar From rose to tulip as before... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1817 - 226 pages
...sought Hath lost its charm by being caught, 4O5 For every touch that wooed its stay Hath brushed its brightest hues away, Till charm, and hue, and beauty...fall alone. With wounded wing, or bleeding breast, 41O Ah! where shall either victim rest? Can this with faded pinion soar From rose to tulip as before?... | |
 | Richard Lobb - Nature study - 1817 - 430 pages
...lost its charm by being caught ; For every touch that wooed its stay] Has brushed its brightest hnes away, Till charm, and hue, and beauty gone, 'Tis left to fly or Call alone. "With wounded wing, or bleeding breast, Ah ! where shall either victim rest? Can this -with... | |
 | Anecdotes - 1820 - 438 pages
...fiercely sought Has lost its charm by being caught, For every touch that woo'd its stay Has brush'd its brightest hues away,,, ,. • Till charm and hue,...faded pinion soar From rose to tulip as before ? Or Bpnittjr, blighted in an hour, Find joy within her broken bower ? No : gayer insects fluttering by... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1820 - 308 pages
...sought Hath lost its charm by being caught, 405 For every touch that wooed its stay Hath brush 'd its brightest hues away, Till charm, and hue, and beauty...fall alone. With wounded wing, or bleeding breast, 410 Ah ! where shall either victim rest ? Can this with faded pinion soar From rose to tulip as before... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1821 - 256 pages
...and hue, and beauty gone, 'Tis left to fly or fall alone. With wounded wing, or bleeding breast, 410 Ah! where shall either victim rest ? Can this with...•faded pinion soar From rose to tulip as before ? Or Hcauty, blighted in an hour, l''irnl joy within tier broken bower? 415 No : gayer insects fluttering... | |
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