 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, soon forgotten ; In folly ripe, in reason rotten. Thy belt of straw, and ivy...  Specimens of the Early English Poets,: To which is Prefixed, an Historical ... - Page 221by George Ellis - 1811Full view - About this book
 | Izaak Walton, Sir John Hawkins, John Hawkins - Fishing - 1822 - 490 pages
...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 mo no means* can move To come to thee, and be thy love. What should we talk of dainties, then, Of better... | |
 | Scotland - 1823 - 858 pages
...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 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... | |
 | England - 1823 - 772 pages
...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 muve To come to thee, and be thy Love. What should we talk of dainties then, Of better meat than's... | |
 | Izaak Walton, Charles Cotton - Fishing - 1824 - 518 pages
...break, soon wither, soonforgotten, 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 move To come to thee, and be thy Love. What, should we talk of dainties then, Of better meat thansfitfor men ? These are but vain: that's... | |
 | Izaak Walton - Fishing - 1824 - 516 pages
...break, soon wither, soon forgotten, In folly ripe, in reason rotten. Thy belt of straw, and toy-buds, Thy coral clasps, and amber studs, All these in me no means can move To come to fhee, and be thy Love. What should we talk of dainties then, Of better meat than s fit for men ? These... | |
 | Sir Walter Raleigh - Great Britain - 1829 - 810 pages
...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 more, To come to tbee, and be thy lore. But But fading flowers in every field To winter floods their... | |
 | Ballads, English - 1834 - 480 pages
...thy kirtle, and thy posies, Are all soon withered, broke, forgotten, In folly ripe, in reason rotten. Thy belt of straw and ivy buds, Thy coral clasps, and amber studs, Can me with no enticements move To live with thee, and be thy love. But could youth last, and love... | |
 | Izaak Walton - Fishing - 1836 - 358 pages
...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...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... | |
 | 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
...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 t These are but vain, that's... | |
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