 A rosebud set with little wilful thorns, And sweet as English air could make her, she : But Walter hail'da score of names upon her, And 'petty Ogress,' and 'ungrateful Puss,' And swore he long'd at college, only long'd, All else was well, for she-society.  The Florist, Fruitist, and Garden Miscellany - Seite 781858Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1861 - 376 Seiten
...make it death For any male thing but to peep at us." Petulant she spoke, and at herself she laughed ; A rosebud set with little wilful thorns, And sweet as English air could make her, she : But Walter hailed a score of names upon her, And " petty Ogress," and " ungrateful... | |
 | 1861 - 972 Seiten
...ELMS. HV THE AUTHOR OF "THE WVNNES." CHAPTER III. " Petulant she spoke, and at herself she laugh'd, A rosebud set with little wilful thorns And sweet as English air could make her, she." TENNTSON. MANT a trifling practical joke upon Mr. Farrell which had resulted... | |
 | Camilla Crosland - 1862 - 334 Seiten
...often is it squandered or frittered away before you learn its worth, or understand your own value ! "A rosebud set with little wilful thorns, And sweet as English air can make her." How often do the "wilful thorns" pierce the hand that seeks only to carry its rose to the shelter of... | |
 | Florence Wilford - 1862 - 582 Seiten
...exactly suited her, and Gyneth, who was devoted to Tennyson, had a private theory that the line, " A rosebud set with little wilful thorns, and sweet as English air could make her, she," must have been specially intended for a description of Rose Burnaby. The canon... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1862 - 698 Seiten
...make it death For any male thing but to peep at us." Petulant she spoke, and at herself she laughed ; A rosebud set with little wilful thorns, And sweet as English air could make her, she : But Walter hailed a score of names .upon her, And " petty Ogress," and " ungrateful... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1863 - 468 Seiten
...make it death For any male thing but to peep at us." Petulant she spoke, and at herself she laughed ; A rosebud set with little wilful thorns, And sweet as English air could make her, she : But Walter nailed a score of names upon her, And " petty Ogress," and " ungrateful... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson (1st baron.) - 1866 - 222 Seiten
...make it death For any male thing but to peep at us.' Petulant she spoke, and at herself she Iaugh'd; A rosebud set with little wilful thorns, And sweet as English air could make her, she: But Walter hail'da score of names upon her, And 'petty Ogress,' and ' ungrateful... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1866 - 398 Seiten
...make it death For any male thing but to peep at us." Petulant she spoke, and at herself she laughed ; A rosebud set with little wilful thorns, And sweet as English air could make her, she : But Walter hailed a score of names upon her, And " petty Ogress," and " ungrateful... | |
 | John Bartlett - 1868 - 828 Seiten
...proctors, dowagers for deans, And sweet girl-graduates in their golden hair. The Princess. Prologue. A rosebud set with little wilful thorns, And sweet as English air could make her, she. md. Jewels five-words long, That on the stretched forefinger of all time Sparkle... | |
 | Samuel Reynolds Hole - 1870 - 332 Seiten
...comparing the individual flowers, which would a lover take to his beloved — which would his darling, herself " A Rosebud, set with little wilful thorns, And sweet as English air can make her," osculate and pet the most ? And the stove, truly, is a gladness and refreshment — gay, when all without... | |
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