 Thy gowns, thy shoes, thy beds of roses, Thy cap, thy kirtle, and thy posies, Soon break, soon wither, soon forgotten,— In folly ripe, in reason rotten. Thy belt of straw and ivy buds, Thy coral clasps and amber studs,— All these in me no means can...  The Harp of Renfrewshire: A Collection of Songs and Other Poetical Pieces ... - Page 4151872 - 454 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Ballads, English - 1834 - 480 pages
...treasure yield ; A honey'd tongue, a heart of gall, Is fancy's spring, but sorrow's fall. Thy gown, thy shoes, thy beds of roses, Thy cap, thy kirtle, and thy posies, Are all soon withered, broke, forgotten, In folly ripe, in reason rotten. Thy belt of straw and ivy... | |
 | Izaak Walton, Charles Cotton - Fishing - 1835 - 348 pages
...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 posies, Soon break, soon wither, soon forgotten ; la folly ripe, in reason rotten. Thy belt of straw and ivy buds, Thy coral clasps and amber studs,... | |
 | England - 1835 - 794 pages
...treasures yield ; A honey'd tongue, a heart of gall, Is Fancy's spring, but Sorrow's falL Thy gown, thy shoes, thy beds of roses. Thy cap, thy kirtle, and thy posies, Are all soon wither'd, broke, forgotten, In Folly ripe, in Reason rotten. Thy belt of straw, and ivy-buds,... | |
 | Ballads, English - 1835 - 378 pages
...treasures yield ; A honey'd tongue, a heart of gall, Is Fancy's spring, but Sorrow's fall. Thy gown, thy shoes, thy beds of roses, Thy cap, thy kirtle, and thy posies, Are all soon wither'd, broke, forgotten, In Folly ripe, in Reason rotten. Thy belt of straw, and ivy-buds,... | |
 | Izaak Walton - Fishing - 1836 - 358 pages
...tongue, a heart of gall, Is fancy's spring, but sorrow's fall. Thy gowns, thy shoes, thy beds of ru.-es, Thy cap, thy kirtle, and thy posies, Soon break, soon wither, soon forgotten; lu folly ripe, in reason rotten. Thy belt of straw and ivy buds, Thy coral clasps and amber studs,... | |
 | Jeremy Taylor (bp. of Down and Connor.) - 1839 - 374 pages
...contrasted with the fiction from Marlowe, without acknowledging the truth of Sir W. Raleigh's answer: Thy belt of straw and ivy buds, Thy coral clasps and...no means can move To come to thee and be thy love. What should we talk of dainties then, Of better meat than's fit for men ? These are but vain, that's... | |
 | Basil Montagu - Conduct of life - 1839 - 404 pages
...truly does Sir W. Raleigh say, in answer to the sweet ballad, " Come live with me and be my love :" Thy gowns, thy shoes, thy beds of roses, Thy cap,...wither, soon forgotten. In folly ripe, in reason rotten. The most common source of misery from this species of delusion is in marriage, of which there is an... | |
 | Izaak Walton, Charles Cotton - Fishing - 1839 - 536 pages
...honey tongue, a heart of gall, Is fancy's spiing, but sorrow's full. Thy gowns, thy shoes, thy bed of 'roses, Thy cap, thy kirtle, and thy posies, Soon...folly ripe, in reason rotten. Thy belt of straw and ivy-buds, Thy coral clasps and amber studs, All these in me no means can move To come to thee, and... | |
 | Izaak Walton, Charles Cotton - Fishing - 1839 - 594 pages
...honey tongue, a heart if gall, Is fancy's spring, but sorrow's fall. Thy gowns, thy shoes, thy bfd of roses, Thy cap, thy kirtle, and thy posies, Soon break, soon wither, soon forgotten. In fully ripe, in reason rotten. Thy belt of straw and ivy-buds, Thy cural clasps and amber studs, All... | |
 | Thomas Curtis (of Grove house sch, Islington) - 1839 - 854 pages
...cap to-morrow. Slialupeare. Henry 11'. Thy gowns, thy shoes, thy beds of roses, Thy cap, thy kirtie, and thy posies, Soon break, soon wither, soon forgotten, In folly ripe, in reason rotten. Raleiyh. KIRWAN (Walter Blake), an Irish divine, and celebrated preacher, was born at Galway about... | |
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