 | 1813 - 550 pages
...within her broken bower? No : gayer insects fluttering by Ne'er droop the wing o'er those that die. And lovelier things have mercy shown To every failing but their own, „ And every wo a tear can claim, Except an erring sister's shame." P. 6 — 8. The sentiment of the following passage... | |
 | Philadelphia (Pa.) - 1813 - 716 pages
...within her broken bower? No: gayer insects fluttering by Ne'er droop the wing o'er those that die. And lovelier things have mercy shown To every failing but their own, And every wo a tear can claim Except an erring sister's shame! • **•**• The mind, that broods o'er guilty... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1820 - 308 pages
...her broken bower ? 415 No : gayer insects fluttering by Ne'er droop the wing o'er those that die, And lovelier things have mercy shown To every failing but their own, And every wo a tear can claim 410 Except an erring sister's shame. The Mind, that broods o'er guilty woes, Is... | |
 | English fiction - 1822 - 282 pages
...inquiring eye of every female was upon me. If woman err, who has she most to dread ? Woman.—•—If she want a severer doom than even her crime demands,...pronounce it? Her own sex; for " lovelier things have ntercj. shown " To every failing but their own, " And every.woe a tear can claim, " Except an erring... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1824 - 318 pages
...within her broken bower ? No: gayer insects fluttering by Ne'er droop the wing o'er those that die, And lovelier things have mercy shown To every failing but their own, And every wo a tear can claim Except an erring sister's shame. The Mind, that broods o'er guilty woe% Is like... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - Authors, English - 1845 - 558 pages
...her broken bower * No ! gayer insects fluttering by Ne'er droop the wing o'er those that die ; And lovelier things have mercy shown To every failing but their own ; And every wo a tear can claim Except an erring sister's shame. SHE WALKS IN liEAUTY. SRE walks in beauty, like... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - Authors, English - 1846 - 540 pages
...her broken bower 1 No ! gayer insects fluttering by Ne'er droop the wing o'er those that die ; And lovelier things have mercy shown To every failing but their own ; And every wo a tear can claim Except an erring sister's shame. SHE WALKS IN BEAUTY. SRE walks in beauty, like... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1846 - 848 pages
...her broken bower? No : gayer insects fluttering by Ne'er droop the wing o'er those that di*». And Sweet bird ! I could not wish for thine ! Or if it were, in winged gu evtTv woe a tear can claim Except ..к erring sister's shame. ****** The mind, that broods o'er guilty... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1854 - 1126 pages
...within her broken bower? No ! gayer insects fluttering by Ne'er droop the wing o'er those that die, And n — Decide yourselves. /. Ber. You know their private virtues Far better wo a tear can claim Except an erring sister's shame. The mind, that broods o'er guilty woes, Is like... | |
 | Aphorisms and apothegms - 1856 - 570 pages
...within her broken bower? No : gayer insects fluttering by Ne'er droop the wing on those that die, And lovelier things have Mercy shown To every failing but their own, And every woe a Tear may claim, Except an erring Sister's Shame. , — Shakspeare. AY, so you serve us, Till we serve you... | |
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Or Beauty, blighted in an hour, Find joy within her broken bower ? No: gayer insects fluttering by Ne'er droop the wing o'er those that die, And lovelier things have mercy shown To every failing but their own, And every wo a tear can claim Except an erring... 
