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" FAME, like a wayward girl, will still be coy To those who woo her with too slavish knees, But makes surrender to some thoughtless boy, And dotes the more upon a heart at ease... "
The Ladies' pocket magazine - Page 230
1838
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The Ladies' Companion, Volume 7

1837 - 322 pages
...be COv To these whe woo hor with too slavish knee•, But makes surrender to some thoughtless boy t And dotes the more upon a heart at ease. She is a gi i• ••—will not speak to these. Whe have not learnt to be content without her ; A jilt, whese...
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Life, letters, and literary remains, of John Keats, Volume 2

Richard Monckton Milnes (1st baron Houghton.) - 1848 - 324 pages
...Turn the key deftly in the oiled wards, And seal the hushed casket of my soul. XIII. ON FAME. 1819. FAME, like a wayward girl, will still be coy To those...And dotes the more upon a heart at ease ; She is a Gipsey, — will not speak to those Who have not learnt to be content without her ; A Jilt, whose ear...
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Life, Letters, and Literary Remains, of John Keats

John Keats - 1848 - 420 pages
...Turn the key deftly in the oiled wards, And seal the hushed casket of my soul. 1819. XIII. ON FAME. FAME, like a wayward girl, will still be coy To those...And dotes the more upon a heart at ease; She is a Gipsey,—will not speak to those Who have not learnt to be content without her ; A Jilt, whose ear...
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Life, Letters, and Literary Remains, of John Keats

John Keats - 1848 - 414 pages
...makes surrender to some thoughtless boy, And dotes the more upon a heart at ease ; She is a Gipsey, — will not speak to those Who have not learnt to be content without her ; A Jilt, whose ear was never whisper'd close, Who thinks they scandal her who talk about her ; A very Gipsey is she, Nilus-born,...
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The Poetical Works of John Keats: With a Life

John Keats - 1859 - 524 pages
...Turn the key deftly in the oiled wards, And seal the hushed casket of my soul. 1819. XITT. ON FAME. FAME, like a wayward girl, will still be coy To those...And dotes the more upon a heart at ease. She is a Gipsey, — will not speak to those Who have not learnt to be content without her; A Jilt, whose ear...
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Many thoughts of many minds. Compiled by H. Southgate

Henry Southgate - 1862 - 774 pages
...age from vulgar time, Aiid givo it whole to late posterity. }'.,/•./,_•/. FAME— Waywardness of. Fame, like a wayward girl, will still be coy To those who woo her with two slavish knees, But make« surrender to some thoughtless boy, And dotes the more upon a heart at...
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The Poetical Works of John Keats

John Keats - 1863 - 496 pages
...mole ; Turn the key deftly in the oiled wards, And seal the hushed casket of my soul. XIII. ON FAME. FAME, like a wayward girl, will still be coy To those...And dotes the more upon a heart at ease. She is a Gipsey, — will not speak to those Who have not learnt to be content without her ; A Jilt, whose ear...
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The Book of the Sonnet, Volume 1

Leigh Hunt, Samuel Adams Lee - 1867 - 372 pages
...I 've read love's missal through to-day, He 'll let me sleep, seeing I fast and pray. vi. ON FAME. FAME, like a wayward girl, will still be coy To those...And dotes the more upon a heart at ease : She is a Gypsy, — will not speak to those Who have not learnt to be content without her ; A Jilt, whose ear...
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The Poetical Works of John Keats: With a Memoir

John Keats, James Russell Lowell, Richard Monckton Milnes Houghton (baron).) - 1871 - 342 pages
...Turn the key deftly in the oiled wards, And seal the hushed casket of my soul. 1819. XIII. ON FAME. FAME, like a wayward girl, will still be coy To those...And dotes the more upon a heart at ease. She is a Gipsey, — will not speak to those Who have not learnt to be content without her ; A Jilt, whose ear...
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The Poetical Works and Other Writings, Volume 2

John Keats - 1883 - 608 pages
...the rain and the milder mist, And twilight your floating bowers. 100 TWO SONNETS ON FAME. I. r* AME, like a wayward girl, will still be coy To those who...And dotes the more upon a heart at ease ; She is a Gipsey, will not speak to those Who have not learnt to be content without her; A Jilt, whose ear was...
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