 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, soon forgotten; In folly ripe, in reason rotten. Thy belt of straw and ivy buds,...  The Complete Angler, Or, Contemplative Man's Recreation: Being a Discourse ... - Page 71by Izaak Walton, Sir John Hawkins, John Hawkins - 1822 - 383 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Robert Chambers - English literature - 1847 - 712 pages
...gowns, thy shoes, thy beds of roeea, Thy cap, thy kirtle, and thy posies, Soon break, soon wither, noon still to the good and benefit of nature ; but fet,...of alchymists, there is a manifest image of this me no means can moro To come to thee and be thy lore. But could youth last, and love still breed, Had... | |
 | Robert Chambers - English literature - 1849 - 710 pages
...— a heart of gall, Is fancy's spring, but sorrow's fall. Thy gowns, thy shoes, thy beds of rosee, rom Afric shore, When Charlemain with all his peerage...mortal prowess, yet observ'd Their dread ami amber studs ; All these in me no means can move To come to thee and be thy love. 84 FBOM 1558 EDMUND... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1850 - 484 pages
...tongue, a heart of gall, Is fancy's spring, but sorrow's full. Thy gowns, thy shoes, thy beds of roses, Thy cap, thy kirtle, and thy posies, Soon break, soon...buds, Thy coral clasps, and amber studs, All these in me no means can move To come to thcc, and bo thy love. But could youth last, and love still breed,... | |
 | Daniel Scrymgeour - English poetry - 1850 - 596 pages
...heart of gall, In faney's spring, bnt sorrow's fall. Thy gowns, thy shoes, thy beds of roses, Thy eap, thy kirtle, and thy posies, Soon break, soon wither,...soon forgotten ; In folly ripe, in reason rotten. 1 Parts of the seeond and third stanzas of this song are qnoted in the Merry Wives of Windsor, Aet... | |
 | Abraham Mills - English literature - 1851 - 602 pages
...— 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...buds, Thy coral clasps and amber studs; All these in me no means can move To come to thee and be thy love. But could youth last, and love still breed, Had... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1851 - 458 pages
...Is fancy's spring, but sorrow's fall. Thy gowns, thy shoes, thy beds of roses, Thy cap, thy kittle, and thy posies, Soon break, soon wither, soon forgotten,...buds, Thy coral clasps, and amber studs, All these in me no means can move To come to thee, and bo thy love. But could youth last, and love still breed,... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1851 - 446 pages
...Is fancy's spring, but sorrow's fall. Thy gowns, thy shoes, thy beds of roses, Thy cap, thy Hrtle, and thy posies, Soon break, soon wither, soon forgotten,...buds, Thy coral clasps, and amber studs, All these in me no means can move To come to thee, and be thy love. But could youth last, and love still breed,... | |
 | Mary Russell Mitford - Authors - 1851 - 592 pages
...care to come. Thy gowns, ttfy shoes, thy beds of roses, Thy cap, thy kirtle and thy posies Soon hreak, soon wither, soon forgotten, In folly ripe, in reason...buds, Thy coral clasps and amber studs, All these in me no means can move To come to thee and be thy love. What should we talk of dainties then, Of better... | |
 | Abraham Mills - English literature - 1851 - 594 pages
...— 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...folly ripe, in reason rotten. Thy belt of straw and fvy buds, Thy coral clasps and amber studs; All these in me no means can move To come to thee and be... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1851 - 500 pages
...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...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 move To come to thee, and... | |
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