 | Mrs. John Philip Newman - Europe - 1862 - 214 pages
...penalty of his impetuous and headlong career. At one time he remarked, "the thorns which I have reaped are of the tree I planted; they have torn me, and...should have known what fruit would spring from such seed." Byron was born in London January 22d, 1788, but in infancy removed to Scotland, where, amid... | |
 | Lydia Howard Sigourney - Commonplace-books - 1863 - 254 pages
...have had the assistance of an exalted hope through life. " The thorns which I have reaped, are from the tree I planted : they have torn me, and I bleed, I might have known what fruit must spring from such a seed." ' " IT is not by regretting what is irreparable,... | |
 | Emily Bowles - 1864 - 258 pages
...gunboats, which, having crippled, she considers unworthy of further powder or attention. CHAPTER VII. " Meantime I seek no sympathies, nor need ; The thorns which I have reaped are of the tree I planted." — Byron. " What is to be done ?" said my lord helplessly. " I... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1866 - 204 pages
...a loftier head ! And be the Spartan's epitaph on me — " Sparta hath many a worthier son than he." Meantime I seek no sympathies, nor need; The thorns...have known what fruit would spring from such a seed. XX. The spouseless Adriatic mourns her lord : And, annual marriage now no more renew'd, The Bucentaur... | |
 | White Mountains (N.H. and Me.) - 1866 - 324 pages
...no higher bliss than what each found in the other's society. CHAPTER XXIII. The thorns which I hare reap'd are of the tree I planted, — they have torn...have known what fruit would spring from such a seed. CHILDE HAROLD. LETTER from Clairsville !" exclaimed Mrs. Malcolm in astonishment ; " and pray from... | |
 | Great Britain - 1866 - 802 pages
...recurred to me, and I might have taken them to myself long ago : — " The thorns which I have reaped are of the tree I planted ; they have torn me, and...have known what fruit would spring from such a seed." Tes, I have been a poor, weak fool ! ' He sank down again, and hid his face. Fortescue stood beside... | |
 | White Mountains (N.H. and Me.) - 1866 - 324 pages
...bliss than what each found in the other's society. CHAPTER XXHI. The thorns which I hare reap'd arc of the tree I planted, — they have torn me, —...have known what fruit would spring from such a seed. CHILDE HAROLD. LETTER from Clairsville !" exclaimed Mrs. Malcolm in astonishment; " and pray from whom... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1866 - 402 pages
...loftier head ! And be the Spsrtan's epitaph on me — " Sparta hath many a worthier son than he." * Meantime I seek no sympathies, nor need ; The thorns which I have reaped are of the tree I planted, — they have torn me, — and I bleed : I should have known what... | |
 | Open-air treatment - 1912 - 868 pages
...BERTRAM WEBB, MD, CONSULTING PHYSICIAN TO CRAGMOR AND SUNNYREST SANATORIA, COLORADO SPRINGS, COLO. " The thorns which I have reap'd are of the tree I'...planted —they have torn me — and I bleed! I should h^ive known what fruit would spring front such a sffd." — Byron. The public through the lay press... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - American poetry - 1925 - 412 pages
...Her snaky crest. Tlu Seasons: Spring. J. THOMSON. The thorns which I have reaped are of the tree 1 planted — they have torn me, and I bleed ; I should...have known what fruit would spring from such a seed. Childe Harold, Cant iv. BVKON. We but teach Bloody instructions, which, being taught, return To plague... | |
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Meantime I seek no sympathies, nor need ; The thorns which I have reap'd are of the tree I planted, — they have torn me — and I bleed : I should have known what fruit would spring from such a seed. 
