 | H. Biglow, Orville Luther Holley - American literature - 1818 - 500 pages
...the subjoined stanzas, of which the fifth is peculiarly expressive. " Alas ! our ynung affections ran to waste, Or water but the desert ; whence arise But...the plants Which spring beneath her steps as Passion Hies O'er the world's wilderness, and vainly pants For some celestial fruit forbidden to our wants.... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1819 - 176 pages
...deadly weed which cloys? cxx. Alas ! our young affections run to waste , Or water but the desart ; whence arise But weeds of dark luxuriance, tares of...core , though tempting to the eyes , Flowers whose odours breathe but agonies , And trees whose gums are poison ; such the plants Which spring beneath... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1824 - 234 pages
...dart— The dull satiety which all destroys— [cloys ? And root from out the soul the deadly weed which Alas ! our young affections run to waste, Or water but the desert; whence arise The weeds of dark luxuriance, tares of haste, Rank at the core, though tempting to the eyes ; Flowers... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1824 - 334 pages
...which cloys ? cxx. Alas ! our young affeetions run to waste, Or water hut the desert ; whenee arise Rank at the core, though tempting to the eyes, Flowers whose wild odours hreathe hut agonics, And trees whose gums are poison ; sueh the plants Which spring heneath her steps... | |
 | David Macbeth Moir - 1825 - 350 pages
...the grave ! Man has in heart, in hope, in all, Like Lucifer, a fate and fall! THE MIDNIGHT REVERIE. Alas ! our young affections run to waste, Or water...breathe but agonies, And trees whose gums are poison. CHILDE HAROLD. THE stars are dim, the moon is not in heaven ; And Silence, brooding, spreads his noiseless... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1826 - 170 pages
...the deadly weed which cloys? cxx. Alas! onr young affections run to waste, Or water hut the desart ; whence arise But weeds of dark luxuriance, tares of...but agonies, And trees whose gums are poison ; such plants Which spring beneath her steps as Passion flies O'er the world's wilderness, and vainly pants... | |
 | George Gordon Noël Byron - 1826 - 804 pages
...— The dull satiety which all destroys — And root from out the soul the deadly weed which cloys? nt Rul weeds of dark luxuriance, tares of haste, Rank at the core.thongh tempi ing to the eyes. Flowers... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1826 - 852 pages
...The dull satiety which all destroys — And root from out the soul the deadly weed which cloys? Alan! our young affections run to waste, Or water but the desert; whence arise Rut weeds of dark luxuriance, tares of haste, It ¡in I. at thecore.l hough tempting to the eyes. Flowers... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1827 - 888 pages
...li.mk at the core, though tempting to the рус«, Flowers whose wild odours breathe but agouirs. And trees whose gums are poison; such the plants Which spring beneath her steps as passion (lies O'er the world's wilderness, and vainly pants For some celestial fruit forbidden to our want*.... | |
 | Mrs. Hemans - 1827 - 528 pages
...all that still remains of him, That single spot is the whole earth to me. COLERIDGE'S Wallenstein. Alas ! our young affections run to waste, Or water but the desert. Childe Harold. THERE went a warrior's funeral through the night, A waving of tall plumes, a ruddy light... | |
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Alas ! our young affections run to waste, Or water but the desert ; whence arise But weeds of dark luxuriance, tares of haste, Rank at the core, though tempting to the eyes, Flowers whose wild odours breathe but agonies, And trees whose gums are poison... 
