 Meantime I seek no sympathies, nor need — The thorns which I have reaped are of the tree I planted, — they have torn me, — and I bleed : I should have known what fruit would spring from such a seed.  The North American Review - Page 70edited by - 1845Full view - About this book
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1837 - 480 pages
...sympathies, nor need ; The thorns which I have reap'd are of the tree I planted, — tliey have torn rne, — and I bleed : I should have known what fruit would spring from such a seed. XI. The spouseless Adriatic mourns her lord; And, annual marriage now no more renew'd, The Bucentaur... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1837 - 352 pages
...worthier son than he. " ' Meantime I seek no sympathies, nor need ; The thorns which I have reap'd are of the tree I planted, — they have torn me, — and I hleed : I should have known what fruit would spring from such a seed. The spouseless Adriatic mourns... | |
 | 448 pages
...state of preservation of any part in the whole castle. THE ONLY DAUGHTER. RY MRS. EMMA C. EMRl'RV. " The thorns which I have reaped are of the tree I planted : they have torn me, and I bleed." BYKOK. It was the sunset of a beautiful autumnal day, and the slant beams shed a golden glow upon the... | |
 | John Relly Beard - 1839 - 260 pages
...source of gratification : a just recompense has overtaken him, and with too much reason he may say, ' The thorns which I have reaped are of the tree I planted,...and I bleed : I should have known what fruit would Bpring from Hich .-. seed.' Now what retribution would you have more than this ? What other proof is... | |
 | 1839 - 566 pages
...failthee, climb thou not at all.'' Buch an one cannot succeed, but he will bring himself down lo exclaim, " The thorns which I have reaped, are of the tree I planted. They have torn me, and I bleed." He who has decision of character does not inquire whether an act be right. He feels it is ; and knowing,... | |
 | 1839 - 568 pages
...thce, climb thou not at all." Such an one cannot succeed, but he will bring himself down to exclaim, " The thorns which I have reaped, are of the tree I planted. They have torn me, and I bleed." He who has decision of character does not inquire whether an act be right He feels it is ; and knowing,... | |
 | Samuel Hazard - 1840 - 444 pages
...spots of friendship, love and esteem he has transformed into a desert ! He is forced to exclaim, " The thorns which I have reaped, are of the tree I planted : They have torn me, and I M««d !" The Academy will not, I am sure, charge me with, a dosire to become its moral Mentor, when,... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1841 - 998 pages
...I seek no sympathies, nor need ; The thorns which I have reap'd are of the tree I planled, — Ihey o@ 3 XI. The spouscless Adriatic mourns her lord; And, annual marriage now no more renew'd, The Bucentaur... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1842 - 866 pages
...a worthier son than he." > Meantime I seek no sympathies, nor need ; The thorns which I have reap'd c The spouseless Adriatic mourns her lord ; And, annual marriage now no more renew'd, The Buccntaur lies... | |
 | John Hanbury Dwyer - 1843 - 320 pages
...epitaph on me — 'Sparta hath many a worthier son than he.' Meantime I seek no sympathies, nar need; The thorns which I have reaped are of the tree I planted,...have known what fruit would spring from such a seed. The spouseless Adriatic mourns her lord ; And, annual marriage now no more renewed, The Bucentaur lies... | |
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