 | Allan Ramsay - Ballads, English - 1750 - 488 pages
...fhe who thinks herfelf fecure, The fooneft is betray'd. SONG LXXX. WH Y fhou'da foolifh marriage vow, Which long ago was made, Oblige us to each other now, When pafTion is decay 'df We lov'd, and we lov'd As long as we cou'd. Till love was lov'd out of us both... | |
 | Hippolyte Adolphe Taine - 1871 - 570 pages
...Marriage a la Mode opens with these verses sung by a married woman : ' Why should a foolish marriage vow, Which long ago was made, Oblige us to each other now, When passion is decay'd ? 1 Dedication of The Indian Emperor, ii. 261. * Dedication of Tyrannic Love, iii.... | |
 | Hippolyte Taine - English literature - 1871 - 568 pages
...Marriage a la Mode opens with these verses sung by a married woman : ' Why should a foolish marriage vow, Which long ago was made, Oblige us to each other now, When passion is decay'd ? 1 Dedication of The Indian Emperor, ii. 261. * Dedication of Tyrannic Love, iii.... | |
 | Allan Ramsay - Ballads, English - 1876 - 294 pages
...virtue's aid; And fhe who thinks herfelf fecure, SONG LXXX. "\ T 7HY fhou'da foolifh marriage vow, * * Which long ago was made, Oblige us to each other now, When paffion is decay'd 1 We lov'd, and we lov'd As long as we cou'd, Till love was lov'd out of us both ; But our marriage... | |
 | John Dryden, Walter Scott - English literature - 1883 - 494 pages
...song the princess Amalthea bade me learn. [ They go in, and sing. Why should a foolish marriage vow, Which long ago was made, Oblige us to each other now, When passion is decayed ? We loved, and we loved, as long as we could, 'Till our love was loved out in us... | |
 | John Dryden, Walter Scott - English literature - 1883 - 496 pages
...the princess Amalthea bade me learn. [ They go in, and sing. i. Why should a foolish marriage vow, Which long ago was made, Oblige us to each other now, When passion is decayed ? We loved, and we loved, as long as we could, 'Till our love was loved out in us... | |
 | George Saintsbury - English language - 1908 - 612 pages
...which — as I remember after some thirty years — made a highly 1 Why should a foolish marriage vow, Which long ago was made, Oblige us to each other now When passion is decayed ? We loved and we loved, as long as we could, Till our love was loved out in us... | |
 | John Dryden - English poetry - 1909 - 1122 pages
...will take no pity, 31 I humbly cast myself upon the city. SONGS WHY should a foolish marriage vow, Which long ago was made, Oblige us to each other now, When passion is decay 'd ? We lov'd, and we lov'd, as long as we could, Till our love was lov'd out in us... | |
 | Mark Van Doren - 1920 - 382 pages
...many as fifteen times, being at its best in Marriage a la Mode: Why should a foolish marriage vow, Which long ago was made, Oblige us to each other now, When passion is decayed? We loved, and we loved, as long as we could, Till our love was loved out in us... | |
 | Bonamy Dobrée - English drama - 1924 - 204 pages
...comedy is summed up in the opening song of Marriage a la Mode -. Why should a foolish Marriage Vow, Which long ago was made, Oblige us to each other now, When Passion is decay'd ? We lov'd, and we lov'd, as long as we cou'd : 'Till our love was lov'd out in... | |
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Till our Love was lov'd out in us both: But our Marriage is dead, when the Pleasure is fled : 'Twas Pleasure first made it an Oath. 
