I'm told, is beauty's throne, Where every lady's passing rare, That Eastern flowers, that shame the sun, Are not so glowing, not so fair. "Then, Earl, why didst thou leave the beds Where roses and where lilies vie, To seek a primrose, whose pale shades... Bride of Lammermoor - Peveril of the peak - Seite 212von Walter Scott - 1833Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
| Rossiter Johnson - 1908 - 398 Seiten
...that shame tin' sun, Are not so glowing, not so fair. "Then, Earl, why didst thou leave tin' I'",U Where roses and where lilies vie, To seek a primrose,...beauty passing rare. " But, Leicester, (or I much am wrong,) Or 't is not beauty lures thy vows; Rather ambition's gilded crown Makes thee forget thy humble... | |
| 1909 - 636 Seiten
...Eastern flowers, that shame the sun, Are not so glowing, not so fair. " Then, Earl, why didst thou leave the beds Where roses and where lilies vie, •...thought my beauty passing rare. " But, Leicester, ah ! I much am wrong, Or 'tis not beauty lures thy vows, Rather ambition's gilded crown Makes thee... | |
| William Stanley Braithwaite - 1909 - 1334 Seiten
...flowers that shame the sun Are not so glowing, not so fair. ' Then, Earl, why didst thou leave the bed Where roses and where lilies vie, To seek a primrose, whose pale shade Must sicken when those gauds are by f ' 'Mong rural beauties I was one — Among the fields wild... | |
| Robert D. Blackman - 1912 - 1230 Seiten
...eastern flowers, that shame the sun, Are not so glowing, not so fair. " Then, Earl, why didst thou leave the beds Where roses and where lilies vie, To...have won, And thought my beauty passing rare. "But, Lester, ah ! I much am wrong. Or 'tis not beauty lures thy vows, Bather ambition's gilded crown Makes... | |
| Walter Scott - 1923 - 716 Seiten
...That Eastern flowers, that shame the sun, Are not so glowing, not so fair. 'Then, earl, why didst thou leave the beds Where roses and where lilies vie, To...beauty passing rare. 'But, Leicester (or I much am wrong), Or 't is not beauty lures thy vows; Rather ambition's gilded crown Makes thee forget thy humble... | |
| David Nichol Smith - 1926 - 744 Seiten
...glowing, not soe fayre. ' Then, earle, why didst thou leave the bedds , ' Where roses and where lillys vie, ' To seek a primrose, whose pale shades ' Must sicken — when those gaudes are bye? ' 'Mong rural beauties I was one, ' Among the fields wild flow'rs are faire ; . ' Some... | |
| Sir Walter Scott - 2001 - 366 Seiten
...Eastern flowers, that shame the sun, Are not so glowing, not so fair. ' Then, Earl, why didst thou leave the beds Where roses and where lilies vie, To...thought my beauty passing rare. ' But, Leicester, (or J much am wrong,) Or 'tis not beauty lures thy vows ; Rather ambition's gilded crown Makes thee forget... | |
| Harry Thurston Peck, Frank R. Stockton, Julian Hawthorne - 1901 - 446 Seiten
...Eastern flowers, that shame the sun, Are not so glowing, not so fair. " Then, Earl, why didst thou leave the beds Where roses and where lilies vie, To...'Mong rural beauties I was one ; Among the fields wild-flowers are fair ; Some country swain might me have won, And thought my passing beauty rare. "... | |
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