 | Thomas Moore - 1823 - 288 pages
...the tainting meridian of the senses on the other. TRIO. — Miss Hartington, Susan, and De Rosier. To sigh, yet feel no pain, To weep, yet scarce know why j To sport an hour with Beauty's chain, Then throw it idly by ;— To kneel at many a sbrine, Yet lay... | |
 | English literature - 1840 - 600 pages
...distinguished in the following lines from its " careless " counterfeit, " CARELESS AND FAITHFUL LOVE. To sigh— yet feel no pain, To weep — yet scarce know why, To sport awhile with beauty's chain, Then throw it idly by : To kneel at many a shrine, Yet lay the heart on... | |
 | Thomas Moore - 1844 - 800 pages
...She came one morning, Ere Love had warning, And rais'd the latch, where the young god lay ; " Oh ho!" said Love — "is it you? good-by ;" So he oped the...scarce know why ; To sport an hour with Beauty's chain, To kneel at many a shrine, Yet lay the heart on none ; To think all other charms divine, But those... | |
 | Love poetry - 1841 - 178 pages
...ardour urged his suit, nor knew, nor thought, Nor dreamt he of deceiving. CARELESS AND FAITHFUL LOVE. To sigh — yet feel no pain, To weep — yet scarce know why, To sport awhile with Beauty's chain, Then throw it idly by : To kneel at many a shrine, Yet lay the heart on... | |
 | Thomas Moore - Sacred songs - 1849 - 328 pages
...warning, And rais'd the latch, where the young god lay ; " Oh ho !" said Love—" is it you ? good by ;" So he oped the window, and flew away ! TO SIGH, YET FEEL NO PAIN. To sigh, yet feel no pain, To weep, yet scarce know why; To sport an hour with Beauty's chain, Then throw... | |
 | Thomas Moore - 1853 - 790 pages
...warning, And raised the latch, where the young god ay ; " Oh ho !" said Love — " is it you t good-by f So he oped the window, and flew away .' To sigh, yet feel no pain, To weep, yst scarce know why ; To sport an hcur with Beauty's chain, Then throw it idly by. To kneel at many... | |
 | English essays - 1853 - 772 pages
...true love shown in that song of contrast, which it would be an injury to curtail of a single word — To sigh, yet feel no pain, — To weep, yet scarce know why, — To rfport an hour with beauty's chain, Then throw it lightly by : To kneel at many a shrine, Yet lay the... | |
 | John Bartlett - Quotations - 1856 - 660 pages
...peace to be found in the world, " A heart that was humble might hope for it here." The Blue Stocking. To sigh, yet feel no pain, To weep, yet scarce know...an hour with Beauty's chain, Then throw it idly by. This World is all a Fleeting Show. This world is all a fleeting show, For man's illusion given ; The... | |
 | Thomas Moore - 1866 - 580 pages
...came one morning, Ere Love had warning, And rais'd the latch, where the young god lay ; " Oh ho !" said Love — " is it you ? good-by ;" So he ope'd...yet feel no pain, To weep, yet scarce know why ; To kneel at many a shrine, Yet lay the heart on none ; To think all other charms divine, But those we... | |
 | William Gilmore Simms - American fiction - 1859 - 612 pages
...time to admit our rover, the gallant Captain Calvert. CHAPTER XV. TENDER SYMPATHIES AND SITUATIONS. " To sigh, yet feel no pain ; To weep, yet scarce know why ; To sport an hour with Beauty's chain, Then fling it idly by" — This is love, according to Moore, Over which nobody needs to cry ! MRS. PERKINS... | |
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Then throw it idly by. To kneel at many a shrine, Yet lay the heart on none ; To think all other charms divine, But those we just have won. This is love, faithless love, Such as kindleth hearts that rove. 
