 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.  Exercises in Grammatical Analysis - Page 102by Edward Thring - 1868 - 224 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Henrietta Camilla Jenkin - 1846 - 954 pages
...vexation of his heart — the unacknowledged sorrow that all should seem thus wrong; and feeling that— ' Life is thorny, and youth is vain, And to be wroth...one we love, Doth work like madness in the brain, — ' he wrote to Sir Frederic to request that he might come back, if only for a few days, to the Hall.... | |
 | Noble Butler - English language - 1846 - 268 pages
...with one we love Doth work like madness in the brain. And thus it chanced, as I divine, With Eoland and Sir Leoline. Each spake words of high disdain And insult to his heart's best brother : They parted— ne'er to meet again ! But never either found another To free the hollow heart from paining.... | |
 | William Linwood - College verse - 1846 - 342 pages
...fovet, Heu ! patriam, patriam desiderat ! — illa carenti Sola, licet vita sit redimenda, domus ! XI. ALAS ! they had been friends in youth ; But whispering tongues can poison truth ; And constancy dwells in realms above ; And life is thorny ; and youth is vain ; And to be wroth with one we love... | |
 | William Linwood - College verse - 1846 - 372 pages
...fovet, Heu ! patriam, patriam desiderat ! - illa carenti Sola, licet vita sit redimenda, domus ! XII. ALAS ! they had been friends in youth ; But whispering tongues can poison truth ; And constancy dwells in realms above ; And life is thorny ; and youth is vain ; And to be wroth with one we love... | |
 | Robert Andrews - Reference - 1993 - 1214 pages
...confided to herself by C. AMBROSE BIERCE (1 842-1 914), US author. The OeviVs Dicf/oлагу(1881-1906). 4 he Passionate Slate of Mind, aph. 237 (1955). 6 SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE (1 772-1834), English poei, critic. Chriitabet, pi. 2. 5 None are so fond of... | |
 | George Gordon Byron - Poetry - 1994 - 884 pages
...can poison truth ; And constancy Uve» In realm« above ; And life is thorny ; Mid youth Is Tain ; ame and sorrow deep in my heart's core: These I could bear, but canno ; 1816.] [1816. But never either found another To free the hollow heart from paining— The; stood... | |
 | Jack Stillinger - Literary Criticism - 1994 - 268 pages
...forthwith] forwith T6 394 into] within T3 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; 410 And constancy lives in realms above; And life is thorny; and youth is vain; And to be wroth with... | |
 | Sui Sin Far - Fiction - 1995 - 320 pages
...It was a beautiful friendship, and even now, in their anger, I know they are loving one another." " 'And to be wroth with one we love, Doth work like madness in the brain!' " quoted the professor. "Oh, Kate, my bonny, bonny Kate, cease talking and thinking about other people... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - Poetry - 1996 - 868 pages
...should meet thee 30 After long years, How should I greet thee? With silence and tears. Fare thee well! 'Alas! they had been friends in Youth; But whispering...one we love, Doth work like madness in the brain; But never either found another To free the hollow heart from paining They stood aloof, the scars remaining,... | |
 | Cynthia Ozick - Fiction - 1996 - 358 pages
...false to any man. These are thy glorious works, Parent of good, Almighty! Thine this universal frame. Alas! they had been friends in youth, But whispering...to be wroth with one we love Doth work like madness on the brain. So much for Longfellow, Shakespeare, Milton, and Coleridge. But also Addison, Cowper,... | |
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