 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...  Reliques of Ancient English Poetry: Consisting of Old Heroic Ballads, Songs ... - Sida 159efter Thomas Percy - 1876Obegränsad förhandsgranskning - Om den här boken
 | Chambers W. and R., ltd - 1865 - 252 sidor
...break, soon wither, soon forgotten, In folly ripe, in reason rotten. Thy belt of straw and ivy-buds, Thy coral clasps and amber studs, All these in me...means can move, To come to thee, and be thy love. What should we talk of dainties then, Of better meat than 's fit for men ? These are but vain ; that... | |
 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray IV, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle), George Walter Prothero - 1889 - 592 sidor
...shepherd of the near approach of winter, and the transitory character of his pastoral delights : — ' 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 joys no date, nor age no need ; * We might add one... | |
 | Jon Stallworthy - 1986 - 422 sidor
...soon forgotten, In folly ripe, in reason rotten. RALEGH • DAY LEWIS Thy belt of straw and ivy-buds, Thy coral clasps and amber studs, — All these in...no means can move To come to thee and be thy Love. But could youth last, and love still breed, Had joys no date, nor age no need, Then these delights... | |
 | Alberta Turner - 1992 - 228 sidor
...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, All these...no means can move To come to thee and be thy love. But could youth last, and love still breed, Had joys no date, nor age no need, Then these delights... | |
 | Carl R. Woodring, James Shapiro - 1995 - 936 sidor
...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. All these...20 But could youth last and love still breed, Had joys no date nor age no need, Then these delights my mind might move, To live with thee, and be thv... | |
 | William Gerber - 1998 - 148 sidor
...the shepherd's promises by themselves cannot move her to become his love. The belt of straw and ivy buds, Thy coral clasps and amber studs, All these...no means can move To come to thee, and be thy love. If the course of life and the way of the world were different, she says in stanza six, she might be... | |
 | William Harmon - 1998 - 386 sidor
...break, soon wither— soon forgotten, In folly ripe, in reason rotten. Thy belt of straw and ivy-buds, Thy coral clasps and amber studs, — All these in...no means can move To come to thee and be thy Love. But could youth last, and love still breed, Had joys no date, nor age no need, Then these delights... | |
 | Frances Mayes - 2001 - 548 sidor
...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, All these...no means can move To come to thee and be thy love. ' The Nymph's Reply to the Shepherd: see "The Passionate Shepherd to His Love" by Christopher Marlowe... | |
 | Longfellow - 2004 - 126 sidor
...posies Soon break, soon wither, soon forgottenIn folly ripe, in season rotten, Thy belt of straw and ivy buds, Thy coral clasps and amber studs, All these...no means can move To come to thee and be thy love. But could youth last and love still breed, Had joys no date nor age no need, Then these delights my... | |
 | Geoffrey O'Brien, Billy Collins - 2007 - 778 sidor
...break, soon wither — soon forgotten, In folly ripe, in reason rotten. Thy belt of straw and ivy-buds, Thy coral clasps and amber studs, — All these in...no means can move To come to thee and be thy Love. But could youth last, and love still breed, Had joys no date, nor age no need, Then these delights... | |
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