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. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Seite 5721854Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
| Samuel Taylor Coleridge - 1816 - 242 Seiten
...CHRISTABEL. Why wax'd Sir Leoline so pale, Murmuring o'er the name again, Lord Roland de Vaux of Tryermaine ? 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,... | |
| John Bickerton - 1816 - 70 Seiten
...name. Why wax'd Sir Leoline so pale, Murmuring o'er the name again, Lord Roland de Vaux of Tryermaine ? 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,... | |
| 1816 - 676 Seiten
...which appears to us to be the vilest jargon we ever had toe misfortune to read : " Alas! they hail 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... | |
| George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1817 - 212 Seiten
...before thee, To listen and adore thee ; With a full but soft emotion, Like the swell of Summer's ocean. Alas! they had been friends in Youth; But whispering tongues can poison truth; And constancy lives in realms above: And Dfe is thorny ; andyouth is vain : And to be wroth with one we love, Doth... | |
| 1854 - 758 Seiten
...whispering tongues can poison trnth : And constancy dwells in realms above; And life is thorny ; and yonth is vain ; And to be wroth with one we love Doth work like maduess in the brain. Each spake words of high disdain And insult to his heart's best brother; They... | |
| 1824 - 984 Seiten
...acquainted with poetry, it is appropriated to its author. Mr. Coleridge's original is in Chrlstabel. Alas ! they had been friends in youth ; But whispering tongues can poison truth ¡ Ала constancy lives in realms above : And life is thorny ; and youth is vain : And to be wroth... | |
| William Hazlitt - 1818 - 338 Seiten
...quarrel between Sir Leoline and Sir Roland de Vaux of Tryermaine, who had been friends in youth. " 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... | |
| British melodies - 1820 - 280 Seiten
...remember'd long, Shall live the towers of Hougomont, And fields of WATERLOO. «R LEOLTNE. ,VT CoieriOge. 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,... | |
| mrs. Ross - 1821 - 688 Seiten
...whole period of her acquaintance with Miss Avondel had not-been able to procure for her. CHAP. XXI. " 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... | |
| George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1821 - 478 Seiten
...the story ends; 'Tis to be wished it had been sooner done, But stories somehow lengthen when begun. 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 ,... | |
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