Alas! they had been friends in youth; But whispering tongues can poison truth; And constancy lives in realms above; And life is thorny; and youth is vain; And to be wroth with one we love Doth work like madness in the brain. The poetical works of lord Byron, with life - Page 447by George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1859 - 576 pagesFull view - About this book
| English literature - 1846 - 484 pages
...Cadr, of those beautiful lines from the " Christabel" of Coleridge:— " Alas! they had been friends in youth; But whispering tongues can poison truth;...paining— They stood aloof, the scars remaining, Like cliffs which had been rent asunder; A dreary sea now flows between, But neither heat, nor frost, nor... | |
| Noble Butler - English language - 1846 - 276 pages
...the cheerful day, Nor cast one longing, lingering look behind? — Gray. Alas ! they had been friends in youth ; But whispering tongues can poison truth...with one we love Doth work like madness in the brain. And thus it chanced, as I divine, With Uoluiul and Sir Leoliiie. Each spake words of high disdain And... | |
| Forest Hill - 1846 - 920 pages
...exclaimed Alick, but he stood in the drawing-room alone. CHAPTER III. Alas ! they had been friends in youth, But whispering tongues can poison truth....with one we love Doth work like madness in the brain. COLRRIDGE CHRISTABEL. "WHERE'S Emily, I wonder?" said the soft languid voice of Lady King, (she always... | |
| Gift - 1846 - 268 pages
...sweet Will eternal friendship be ! CW THOMPSON. THE QUARREL OP FRIENDS. ALAS ! they had been friends in youth : But whispering tongues can poison truth...with one we love Doth work like madness in the brain. And thus it chanced, as I divine, With Roland and Sir Leoline I , Each spoke words of high disdain... | |
| Henry Theodore Tuckerman - English poetry - 1846 - 350 pages
...other musical lines of Christabel : Alas ! they had been friends in youth ; But whispering to:iguos can poison truth ; And constancy lives in realms above...one we love, Doth work like madness in the brain. i man was ever yet a great poet, without being at the same time a profound philosopher." True as this... | |
| Noble Butler - English language - 1846 - 272 pages
...lingering look behind? — Gray. Alas ! they had been friends in youth ; But whispering tongues ean poison truth ; And constancy lives in realms above...with one we 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... | |
| Eliphalet L. Rice - American literature - 1846 - 432 pages
...sensibility and kindness of heart. PARE THEE WELL. Alu ! the; had been friends in Youth, But whisper inj tongues can poison truth ; And constancy lives in...be wroth with one we love, Doth work like madness on the brain. ***** But never either found another To free the hollow heart from paining — They stood... | |
| Anne Kent - 1846 - 942 pages
...thought gave him even more pleasure than did the bright smile of his promised bride. CHAPTER XXII. Constancy lives in realms above ; And life is thorny...one we love, Doth work like madness in the brain. COLEIUDOE. EVELYN remained in her chamber in deep dejection. She had now no consolation in her distress.... | |
| William Linwood - College verse - 1846 - 372 pages
...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... | |
| William Linwood - College verse - 1846 - 342 pages
...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... | |
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