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. Thy gowns, thy shoes, thy beds of roses, Thy cap, thy kirtle, and thy posies, Soon break, soon wither —... Specimens of English poetry. For the use of Charterhouse school - Σελίδα 192των English poetry - 1883Πλήρης προβολή - Σχετικά με αυτό το βιβλίο
| William Shakespeare - 1785 - 456 σελίδες
...complain 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 spring,...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... | |
| English poets - 1801 - 382 σελίδες
...complain of cares to come. The flowers do fade, and wanton fields To wayward winter's reckoning yield ; A honey tongue — a heart of gall, Is fancy's spring,...fall. Thy gowns, thy shoes, thy beds of roses, Thy cup, thy kirtle, and thy posies, Soon break, soon wither, soon forgotten, In folly ripe, in reason... | |
| George Ellis - 1803 - 468 σελίδες
...complain 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 spring,...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 ;... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1804 - 476 σελίδες
...flowers do fade, -and "wanton fields ,,To wayward winter reckoning yields. ,,A honey tongue, a hi .in of gall, ,,Is fancy's spring, but sorrow's falL ,,Thy...shoes, thy beds .of roses, ,,Thy cap, thy kirtle, -and tliy I'osies, ,,Sooii Urealt, soon ^'ither, e-ooii .forgotten, ,,In folly ripe, in reason rotten. -,,Thy... | |
| Arthur Cayley - 1806 - 466 σελίδες
...complain 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 spring,...beds of roses> Thy cap, thy kirtle, and thy posies, Sooii break, soon wither, soon forgotten, In folly ripe, in reason rotten. Thy belt of straw arid ivy... | |
| Charles Snart - 1808 - 506 σελίδες
...complain of cares to come. The flow'rs do fade, and wanton fields ' To wayward Winter's reck'ning yields : A honey tongue, a heart of gall, ' . Is fancy's spring,...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,... | |
| John Aikin - 1810 - 386 σελίδες
...complains of cares to come. The flowers do fade, and wanton fields To wayward winter reck'ning yields ; A honey tongue, a heart of gall, Is fancy's spring,...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,... | |
| George Ellis - 1811 - 482 σελίδες
...complain 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 spring,...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... | |
| George Ellis - 1811 - 472 σελίδες
...complain 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 spring,...gowns, thy shoes, thy beds of roses, Thy cap, thy kittle, and thy posies, Soon break, soon wither, soon forgotten, Thy belt of straw and ivy buds, Thy... | |
| George Ellis - 1811 - 470 σελίδες
...complain 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 spring,...gowns, thy shoes, thy beds of roses, Thy cap, thy kirtlc, and thy posies, Soon break, soon wither, soon forgotten, Thy belt of straw and ivy buds, Thy... | |
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