| George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1854 - 320 lehte
...in such a starless night ? ODE TO NAPOLEOS BONAPARTE. FARE THEE WELL. " Alas 1 they had been Mends in youth : But whispering tongues can poison truth;...with one we love, Doth work like madness in the brain ; • • • • But never either found another To free the hollow heart from paining — They stood... | |
| 1854 - 544 lehte
...Alas, they had been friends in youth, But whispering tongues can poison truth ; And constancy dwells in realms above, And life is thorny, and youth is...love Doth work like madness in the brain. And thus it chanced, as I divine, With Roland and Sir Leoline. Each spake words of high disdain And insult to his... | |
| 1854 - 760 lehte
...Alas ! they had been friends in youth; But whispering tongues can poison truth : And constancy dwells in realms above ; And life is thorny; and youth is...with one we love Doth work like madness in the brain. Each spake words of high disdain And insult to his heart's best brother; They parted — ne'er to meet... | |
| James L. W. West - 1978 - 244 lehte
...affianced Nancy. "Twas the same, only somewhat modified, which Coleridge celebrates in his Christabel: "Alas! they had been friends in youth; But whispering...one we love, Doth work like madness in the brain." In the morning I continued my journey towards Knoxville, bidding farewell to "Singed Possum," who turned... | |
| Walter Pater - 1982 - 304 lehte
...refined habit of self-reflection, is illustrated by a passage on Friendship in the Second Part — Alas! they had been friends in youth; But whispering...love, Doth work like madness in the brain. And thus it chanced, as I divine, With Roland and Sir Leoline. Each spake words of high disdain And insult to his... | |
| George Gordon Byron - 1990 - 104 lehte
...afar, Nor can we be what we recall. Nor dare we think on what we are. Lady Noel Byron Fare Thee Well Alas! they had been friends in Youth; But whispering...one we love, Doth work like madness in the brain; But never either found another To free the hollow heart from paining — They stood aloof, the scars... | |
| Sir Walter Scott - 1903 - 384 lehte
...once thrown up between them, never lacked some arm or other to keep it in motion. CHAPTER VI Alas I they had been friends in youth ; But whispering tongues...life is thorny, and youth is vain; And to be wroth tvith one me love, Doth work lite madness in the brain. ***** Each spoke words of high disdain, And... | |
| Jack Stillinger - 1994 - 268 lehte
...Vaux of Tryermaine? Alas! they had been friends in youth; But whispering tongues can poison truth; 410 And constancy lives in realms above; And life is thorny;...love, Doth work like madness in the brain. And thus it chanced, as I divine, 415 With Roland and Sir Leoline. Each spake words of high disdain And insult... | |
| George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1996 - 868 lehte
...should meet thee 30 After long years, How should I greet thee? With silence and tears. Fare thee well! 'Alas! they had been friends in Youth; But whispering...one we love, Doth work like madness in the brain; But never either found another To free the hollow heart from paining They stood aloof, the scars remaining,... | |
| Cynthia Ozick - 1996 - 358 lehte
...false to any man. These are thy glorious works, Parent of good, Almighty! Thine this universal frame. Alas! they had been friends in youth, But whispering...to be wroth with one we love Doth work like madness on the brain. So much for Longfellow, Shakespeare, Milton, and Coleridge. But also Addison, Cowper,... | |
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