 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1848 - 320 pages
...Ne'er droop the wing o'er those that die, And lovelier things have mercy shown To every failing hut their own, And every woe a tear can claim Except an erring sister's shame. The Mind, that broods o'er guilty woes, Is like the Scorpion girt by fire, In circle narrowing as it... | |
 | 1849 - 556 pages
...insects fluttering by Ne'er droop the wing for those that die ; And lovelier things have mercy shown To every failing but their own ; And every woe a tear can claim, Except an erring sister's shame.' Yes, our erring sisters, dying of their sins, and weighed down with ill-dissembled wretchedness, have... | |
 | Marguerite Countess of Blessington - 1850 - 432 pages
...insects fluttering by Ne'er droop the wing o'er those that die ; And lovelier things have mercy shown To every failing but their own ; And every woe a tear can claim Except an erring sister's shame. " These lines were suggested by the conduct t witnessed in London from women to their erring acquaintances... | |
 | Questions and answers - 1877 - 668 pages
...alone art worthy ! " Oro. LLOYP. " 'Twas ever so ! 'twas ever so ! Lovers' vows are traced in snow." " And every woe a tear can claim, Except an erring sister's shame." \VB JEL Krplira. WILLIAM, FIRST DUKE OF QUEENSBERRT. (5th S. TÍL 243 ; viii. 10.) " Edinb. 16th July,... | |
 | Marguerite Countess of Blessington - 1851 - 254 pages
...Ne'er droop the wing o'er those that die ; And lovelier things have mercy shown To every failing bat their own ; And every woe a tear can claim Except an erring sister's shame. " These lines were suggested by the conduct I witnessed in London from women to their erring acquaintances... | |
 | Beautiful poetry - 1853 - 740 pages
...insects fluttering by Ne'er droop the wing o'er those that die, And lovelier things have mercy shown To every failing but their own And every woe a tear can claim, Except an erring sister's shame. A CHABADE. W. MACKWOBTH PBAED contrived to convert into Beantifnl Poetry that which in less graceful... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1854 - 320 pages
...insects fluttering by Ne'er droop the wing o'er those that die, And lovelier things have mercy shown To every failing but their own, .And every woe a tear can claim Except an erring sister's shame. THE GIAOUR. THE VISION OF THE DYING GIAOUR.* TELL me no more of fancy's gleam, No, father, no, 'twas... | |
 | India - 1854 - 532 pages
...he satisfied with the reformation. But, " according to home ideas," once a sinner always a sinner.* And every woe a tear can claim, Except an erring sister's shame. * There are some remarks upon this subject in a little thoughtful book, entitled Compamont of my Solitude,... | |
 | Johann Wolfgang von Goethe - 1855 - 318 pages
...insects fluttering by Ne'er droop the wing o'er those that die, And lovelier things have mercy shown To every failing but their own, And every woe a tear can claim, Except an erring sister's shame." P. 112. Zwinger. — Zwinger is untranslatable, and a good deal of doubt exists as to the meaning of... | |
 | John Bartlett - Quotations - 1856 - 660 pages
...bleeding sire to son, Though baffled oft, is ever won. Line 418. And lovelier things have mercy shown To every failing but their own ; And every woe a tear can claim, Except an erring sister's shame. Line 1099. The cold in clime are cold in blood, Their love can scarce deserve the name. Parisina. St.... | |
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Can this with faded pinion soar From rose to tulip as before? Or Beauty, blighted in an hour, Find joy within her broken bower ? No: gayer insects fluttering by !Ne'er droop the wing o'er those that die, And lovelier things have mercy shown To every failing... 
