 Twas his own voice — she could not err — Throughout the breathing world's extent There was but one such voice for her, So kind, so soft, so eloquent ! Oh, sooner shall the rose of May Mistake her own sweet nightingale, And to some meaner minstrel's...  Sir Guy d'Esterre - Page 17by Selina Bunbury - 1858Full view - About this book
 | 1894 - 792 pages
...complaints which were laid to his charge : " Oh, sooner shall the rose of May Mistake her own sweet nightingale, And to some meaner minstrel's lay Open...glowing veil, Than love shall ever doubt a tone, A breath of the beloved one !" The stirrings of love's folded wings are felt within the heart of the... | |
 | Thomas Moore - 1817 - 374 pages
...voice for her, So kind, so soft, so eloquent! Oh! sooner shall the rose of May Mistake her own sweet nightingale, And to some meaner minstrel's lay Open...glowing veil,* Than Love shall ever doubt a tone, A breath of the beloved one! Though blest, 'mid all her ills, to think She has that one beloved near,... | |
 | Elizabeth Kent - 1823 - 498 pages
...than the sweet breath of his beloved Rose." " Oh ! sooner shall the rose of May Mistake her own sweet nightingale. And to some meaner minstrel's lay Open...glowing veil, Than Love shall ever doubt a tone, A breath of the beloved one." " though rich the spot With every flower this earth has got, What is it... | |
 | Thomas Moore - 1823 - 422 pages
...voice for her, So kind, so soft, so eloquent ! Oh ! sooner shall the rose of May Mistake her own sweet nightingale, And to some meaner minstrel's lay Open...glowing veil, * Than Love shall ever doubt a tone, A breath of the beloved one ! Though blest, 'mid all her ills, to think She has that one beloved near,... | |
 | Thomas Moore - 1823 - 428 pages
...voice for her, So kind, so soft, so eloquent ! Oh ! sooner shall the rose of May Mistake her own sweet nightingale, And to some meaner minstrel's lay Open...glowing veil,* Than Love shall ever doubt a tone, A breath of the beloved one ! Though blest, 'mid all her ills, to think She has that one beloved near,... | |
 | Henry Phillips - 1823 - 352 pages
...the sweet breath of his beloved rose."* . " Oh ! sooner shall the rose of May Mistake her own sweet nightingale, And to some meaner minstrel's lay Open her bosom's glowing veil." T. MOORE. The Ghebers say, that when Abraham, their great prophet, was thrown into the fire by order... | |
 | Susan Ferrier - 1824 - 372 pages
...Prof-GL Kittredge. THE INHERITANCE. CHAPTER I. Oh ! sooner shall the rose of May Mistake her own sweet nightingale, And to some meaner minstrel's lay Open...glowing veil, Than Love shall ever doubt a tone, A breath of the beloved one ! LALLA ROOKH. MEANWHILE the lovers had much to say to each other ; but,... | |
 | Susan Ferrier - 1824 - 380 pages
...LONDON. MDCCCXXIV. THE INHERITANCE. CHAPTER I. Oh ! sooner shall the rose of May Mistake her own sweet nightingale, And to some meaner minstrel's lay Open...glowing veil, Than Love shall ever doubt a tone, A breath of the beloved one ! l.Al.lA ROOKH. MEANWHILE the lovers had much to say to each other; but,... | |
 | Henry Phillips - 1825 - 414 pages
...to warble. T. Moore says in Lai la Rookh, " Oh ! sooner shall the rose of May Mistake her own sweet nightingale, And to some meaner minstrel's lay Open...glowing veil, Than Love shall ever doubt a tone, A breath of the beloved one." PREFERENCE. SCARLET GERANIUM. " Geranium boasts Her crimson honours." Cowper.... | |
 | 1829 - 606 pages
...considered engaged for life." FLORA DOMESTIC!. " Oh ! sooner shall the rose of May Mistake her own sweet nightingale, And to some meaner minstrel's lay Open...glowing veil, Than love shall ever doubt a tone, A breath of his beloved one." r. \ ln BOOK.H." Thus the history of the rote is continued by quotations... | |
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