 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-buds, Thy coral clasps and amber studs, — All these in me no means can...  Essays on Song-writing: With a Collection of Such English Songs as are Most ... - Page 304by John Aikin - 1810 - 352 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1860 - 778 pages
...gown, thy shoes, thy beds of roses, Thy cap, thy kirtle, and thy posies, Are all soon wither'd, 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... | |
 | Kenelm Henry Digby - 1861 - 402 pages
...If wayward winter reckoning yield ; A honey tongue, a heart of gall, In fancies spring, but sorrows fall ! Thy gowns, thy shoes, thy beds of roses, Thy...folly ripe, in reason rotten. Thy belt of straw, and ivie buds, Thy coral clasps, and amber studs ; All these in me no means can move To come to thee, and... | |
 | Jon Stallworthy - 1986 - 422 pages
...rest complains of cares to come. The flowers do fade, and wanton fields To wayward Winter reckoning yields: A honey tongue, a heart of gall, Is fancy's...- soon forgotten, In folly ripe, in reason rotten. RALEGH • DAY LEWIS Thy belt of straw and ivy-buds, Thy coral clasps and amber studs, — All these... | |
 | Richard Machin, Christopher Norris - 1987 - 422 pages
...forcefully to reflect this duplicity than those lines I have already quoted from Ralegh's "Nymph's Reply": "A honey tongue, a heart of gall, / Is fancy's spring, but sorrow's fall." The mingling of the move to identity with the move to differentiation among fancy and fall, spring... | |
 | James Shapiro - 1991 - 234 pages
...rest complains of cares to come. The flowers do fade, and wanton fields To wayward winter reckoning yields; A honey tongue, a heart of gall Is fancy's...soon wither, soon forgotten, In folly ripe, in reason rotton. (POEMS, 212) INTRODUCTION The Nymph's jarring allusion to Philomel's rape and mutilation reminds... | |
 | Edith P. Hazen - 1992 - 1172 pages
...GBL; HAP; InPS; LiTB; NOBE; NoP; OBEV; OBSC; PoEL-2; PPP; Prim; TrGrPo. RB 8 Thy gowns, thy shoes.thy pure Harmony. (1. 142 — 150) OAEL-1; OBS; SeCP;...7 Every Morne from hence, A brisk Cherub somethin 9 Bui could youth last, and love still breed, Had joys no date, nor age no need, Then these delights... | |
 | Aleksandr Tikhonovich Parfenov, Joseph G. Price - 1998 - 216 pages
...lined slippers for the cold, With buckles of the purest gold. Raleigh's nymph whimsically replies: Thy gowns, thy shoes, thy beds of roses, Thy cap,...wither, soon forgotten, In folly ripe, in reason rotten The lyrical hero resumes: A belt of straw and ivy buds With coral clasps and amber studs: And if these... | |
 | William Harmon - 1998 - 386 pages
...rest complains of cares to come. The flowers do fade, and wanton fields To wayward Winter reckoning yields: A honey tongue, a heart of gall, Is fancy's...gowns, thy shoes, thy beds of roses, Thy cap, thy kittle, and thy posies, Soon break, soon wither— soon forgotten, In folly ripe, in reason rotten.... | |
 | William Gerber - 1998 - 148 pages
...can become loathsome in the falL The flowers do fade, and wanton fields To wayward winter reckoning yields, A honey tongue, a heart of gall, Is fancy's spring, but sorrow's falL The grammatical curiosity in stanza three, where "fields" (a plural subject) is associated with "yields"... | |
 | Robert Nye - 2003 - 410 pages
...every shepherd's tongue, These pretty pleasures might me move To live with thee and be thy love — Thy gowns, thy shoes, thy beds of roses, Thy cap,...kirtle, and thy posies Soon break, soon wither, soon for gotten, In folly ripe, in reason rotten. I'd sooner hear Kit's laugh than these damned bees. Stabbed... | |
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