 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1867 - 740 páginas
...by Ne'er droop the wing o'er those that die, And lovelier things have mercy shown To every falling <' v, The Mind, that broods o'er guilty woes, Is like the ficorpion girt by flre ; In circle narrowing as... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1868 - 666 páginas
...insects fluttering by Ne'er droop the wing o'er those that die, And lovelier things have mercy shown heavy, one by one. Like the first of a thunder- shower ; and IZxcept an erring lisier's shame. The Mind, that broods o'er guilty woes, Is like the Scorpion girl... | |
 | William Chambers, Robert Chambers - 1869 - 526 páginas
...fiercely sought Hath lost its charm by being caught, For every touch that wooed its stay, Hath brushed its brightest hues away, Till charm, and hue, and...a tear can claim Except an erring sister's shame. 1 — Parisina. WHEN COLDNESS WRAPS THIS SUFFERING CLAY. WHEN coldness wraps this suffering clay, Ah... | |
 | Chambers W. and R., ltd - 1869 - 264 páginas
...fiercely sought Hath lost its charm by being caught, For every touch that wooed its stay, Hath brushed its brightest hues away, Till charm, and hue, and...a tear can claim Except an erring sister's shame. — Parisian. WHEN COLDNESS WRAPS THIS SUFFERING CLAY. WHEN coldness wraps this suffering clay, Ah... | |
 | Francis Fisher Broune - 1869 - 420 páginas
...tho'ts, Benighted walks under the mid-day sun. — Milton. PITT. — 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. — Byron. DEATH. — There is a reaper whose name is Death, And with his sickle keen He reaps the... | |
 | Treasury - 1869 - 474 páginas
...bleeding sire to son, Though baffled oft, is ever won. Line 123. 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. Linens. Better to sink beneath the shock Than moulder piecemeal on the rock. Line 969. The cold in... | |
 | Francis Fisher Browne - 1869 - 926 páginas
...tho'ts, Benighted walks under the mid-day sun. — Milton. PITY. — 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. — Byron. DEATH. — There is a reaper whose name is Death, And with his sickle keen He reaps the... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1870 - 770 páginas
...insects fluttering by Ne'er droop the wing o'er those that die, And lovelier things have mercy shown in bitterness, And nurtured The Mind, that broods o'er guilty woes, Is like the Scorpion girt by fire, In circle narrowing as it... | |
 | Josiah Gilbert Holland - 1870 - 248 páginas
...distressed, Sure i In; most bitter is a scornful jest. SAMUEL JOHNSON. 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. BKEON. I HAVE met -with a good many young women, first and last, whose intellects were of that keen,... | |
 | 1871 - 606 páginas
...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 four concluding lines are nearly as familiar as Scott's ' Oh woman in our hours of ease,' as Moore's... | |
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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... 
