 The flowers do fade, and wanton fields To wayward Winter reckoning yields: A honey tongue, a heart of gall, Is fancy's spring, but sorrow's fall. Thy gowns, thy shoes, thy beds of roses, Thy cap, thy kirtle, and thy posies, Soon break, soon wither —...  The Harp of Renfrewshire: A Collection of Songs and Other Poetical Pieces ... - Page 416edited by - 1872 - 454 pagesFull view - About this book
 | William Shakespeare - 1851 - 500 pages
...in every shepherd's tongue, These pretty pleasures might me move To live with thee, and be thy love. But time drives flocks from field to fold ; When rivers rage, and rocks grow cold, Then Philomel becometh dumb, And age complains of cares to come. The flowers do fade, and wanton fields... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1851 - 458 pages
...shepherd's tongue, These pretty pleasures might me move To live with thce, and be thy love. Time drives the flocks from field to fold, When rivers rage, and rocks grow cold ; And Philomel becomcth dumb ; The rest complains of cares to come. The flowers do fade, and wanton fields To wayward... | |
 | Mary Russell Mitford - American literature - 1852 - 344 pages
...in every shepherd's tongne, These pretty pleasures might me move To live with thee and be thy love. But time drives flocks from field to fold, When rivers rage and rocks grow cold ; Then Philomel becometh dumb, And age complains of care to come. The flowers do fade and wanton fields... | |
 | Poets, American - 1853 - 560 pages
...tongue, These pretty pleasures might me move To live with thee, and be thy Love. 124 THE NYMPH'S REPLY. But time drives flocks from field to fold, When rivers rage, and rocks grow cold ; Then Philomel becometh dumb, And age complains of euro to come. The flowers do fade, and wanton fields... | |
 | Susan Fenimore Cooper - Country life - 1854 - 482 pages
...in every shepherd's tongue, These pretty pleasures might me move, To live with thee and be thy love. But time drives flocks from field to fold, When rivers...fade, and wanton fields To wayward winter reckoning yield ; A honey tongue, a heart of gall, Is fancy's spring, but sorrow's fall. Thy gowns, thy shoes,... | |
 | Izaak Walton, Charles Cotton - Fishing - 1854 - 348 pages
...tables — are luxuries, and consist not with the parsimony and simplicity of rural life and manners. But Time drives flocks from field to fold, When rivers rage and rocks grow cold ; Tkeu Philomel becometh dumb, And age complains of care to come. The flowers do fade, and wanton fields... | |
 | Susan Fenimore Cooper - Country life - 1855 - 510 pages
...in every shepherd's tongue, These pretty pleasures might me move, To live with thee and be thy love. But time drives flocks from field to fold, When rivers...fade, and wanton fields To wayward winter reckoning yield ; A honey tongue, a heart of gall, Is fancy's spring, but sorrow's fall. Thy gowns, thy shoes,... | |
 | English poetry - 1858 - 396 pages
...pleasures might me move To live with thee, and be thy love. But time drives flocks from field to fold, 5 When rivers rage, and rocks grow cold, And Philomel...wanton fields To wayward winter reckoning yields: 10 A honey tongue, a heart of gall, In fancies spring, but sorrows fall Thy gowns, thy shoes, thy beds... | |
 | George Gilfillan - Ballads, English - 1858 - 396 pages
...pleasures might me move To live with thee, and be thy love. But time drives flocks from field to fold, 6 When rivers rage, and rocks grow cold, And Philomel...to come. The flowers do fade, and wanton fields To way ward winter reckoning yields : 10 A honey tongue, a heart of gall, In fancies spring, but sorrows... | |
 | Abraham Mills - English literature - 1858 - 594 pages
...shepherd's tongue, These pretty pleasures might one move To live with thee and be thy love. Time drives the flocks from field to fold, When rivers rage and rocks grow cold; And Philomel becometh dumh, The rest complain of cares to come. The flowers do fade, and wanton fields To wayward winter... | |
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