Thou shalt have fame ! Oh, mockery ! give the reed From storms a shelter, — give the drooping vine Something round which its tendrils may entwine, — Give the parch'd flower a rain-drop, and the meed Of love's kind words to woman ! Worthless fame !... Nessie's Hero - Página 81por Maggie Symington - 1870 - 246 páginasVisualização integral - Acerca deste livro
| Marion Harland - 1857 - 460 páginas
...grieving heart in the lines." There were tears m her voice now, as she recited them. " ' Thou shalt have Fame !' Oh, mockery ! give the reed From storms...Something round which its tendrils may entwine ; Give the parched flower a rain-drop, and the meed Of Love's kind words to woman. ****** If I could weep Once,... | |
| Mrs. Jameson (Anna) - 1857 - 532 páginas
...reason were threatened, he would endeavour to soothe her iu language which again revived her hopes — Give the reed From storms a shelter, — give the...tendrils may entwine, — Give the parch'd flower the rain-drop, — and the meed Of love's kind words to woman!* It will be said, where was her sex's... | |
| Mrs. Jameson (Anna) - 1858 - 536 páginas
...reason were threatened, he would endeavour to soothe her in language which again revived her hopes — Give the reed From storms a shelter, — give the...round which its tendrils may entwine, — Give the parch* d flower the rain-drop, — and the meed Of love's kind words to woman !* It will be said, where... | |
| Mary Virginia Terhune - 1858 - 272 páginas
...in her voice now, as she recited them. " ' Thou shalt have Fame !' Oh, mockery ! give the reed Prom storms a shelter, give the drooping vine Something round which its tendrils may entwine ; Give the parched flower a rain-drop, and the meed Of Love's kind words to woman If I could weep Once, only once,... | |
| Anne Judith Penny - 1859 - 340 páginas
...likeness to herself among all those summer-ending flowers. She thinks of the lines of Mrs. Hemans : " Give the reed From storms a shelter, — give the...tendrils may entwine, — Give the parch'd flower the rain-drop, — and the meed Of Love's kind words to woman." That will not do either ; it is too... | |
| Margaret Roberts - 1860 - 538 páginas
...believe it,' said Leone, decidedly, and they spoke of other things. CHAPTER XXX. Thou ehalt have fame l Oh, mockery! give the reed From storms a shelter,...raindrop, and the meed Of love's kind words to woman! MRS. HEMANS. ' ZENAIDE !' called Madame Marriotti in the quick imperative tones which were a sure sign... | |
| 1860 - 612 páginas
...parting work, in thee, Thou shall have fame 1 Oil mockery 1 give the reed From storms a shelter,—give the drooping vine Something round which its tendrils...rain-drop, and the meed Of love's kind words to woman! Worthless fame ! That in hit bosom wius not for my name Th' abiding place it asked 1 Yet how my heart,... | |
| David Simons - 1860 - 356 páginas
...where The Glendower leans upon his spear." CANTO II. " Give the reed From storms a shelter ; jrive the drooping vine Something 'round which its tendrils may entwine. Give the parched flower the rain-drop, and the meed Of love's kind words to woman." MRS. HEMAPsS Thus Hotspur... | |
| Mrs. Hemans - 1863 - 410 páginas
...ere long In dirge-like echoes. IV. Yet the world will see Little of this, my parting work, in thee, Thou shall have fame ! Oh, mockery ! give the reed...tendrils may entwine, — Give the parch'd flower a rain drop, and the meed Of love's kind words to woman ! Worthless fame ! That in his bosom wins not... | |
| Marion Harland - 1865 - 468 páginas
...grieving heart in the liaea." There were tears in her voice now, as she recited them. •' • Thon shall have Fame !' Oh, mockery ! give the reed From...Something round which its tendrils may entwine ; Give the parched flower a rain-drop, and the meed Of I/are's kind words to woman. ****** If I could weep Once,... | |
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