He loses her who gains her, Who watches day by day The dust of time that stains her, The griefs that leave her gray, The flesh that yet enchains her Whose grace hath passed away! Oh, happier he who gains not The Love some seem to gain: The joy that custom... Library of Southern Literature: Biography - Page 1733edited by - 1909Full view - About this book
| Medicine - 1915 - 518 pages
...soul without a stain. And memory still pursues her With longings not in vain ! He loses who gains her, Who watches day by day The dust of time that stains...her, The griefs that leave her gray, The flesh that yet enchains her, Whose grace has passed away ! Oh, happier he who gains not The love some seem to... | |
| Andrew Lang - English literature - 1894 - 148 pages
...without a stain ; And Memory still pursues her With longings not in vain ! He loses her who gains her, Who watches day by day The dust of time that stains her, The griefs that leave her grey, The flesh that yet enchains her Whose grace hath passed away ! Oh, happier he who gains not The... | |
| Octave Thanet - American fiction - 1897 - 306 pages
...without a stain; And mem'ry still pursues her, With longings not in vain. "He loses her who gains her, Who watches day by day The dust of time that stains...her, The griefs that leave her gray, The flesh that yet enchains her, Whose grace hath passed away." Oh, happier he who gains not The love some seem to... | |
| George Hembert Westley - English poetry - 1899 - 226 pages
...without a stain ; And memory still pursues her With longings not in vain! He loses her who gains her, Who watches day by day The dust of time that stains...her, The griefs that leave her gray, The flesh that yet enchains her, Whose grace hath passed away ! Oh, happier he who gains not The love some seem to... | |
| Harry Thurston Peck, Frank R. Stockton, Julian Hawthorne - Anthologies - 1901 - 454 pages
...without a stain ; And mem'ry still pursues her, With longings not in vain. " He loses her who gains her, Who watches day by day The dust of time that stains...her, The griefs that leave her gray, The flesh that yet enchains her, Whose grace hath passed away. 1 Copyright, 1897, by Way & Williams. " Oh, happier... | |
| Literature - 1901 - 674 pages
...without a stain ; And mem'ry still pursues her, With longings not in vain. * He loses her who gains her, Who watches day by day The dust of time that stains her, The griefs that leavo her gray, The flesh that yet enchains her, Whose grace hath passed away. » Copyright, 1897.... | |
| Elizabeth Higgins Sullivan - 1902 - 340 pages
...spirit wooes her, a soul without a stain. Farther down, it says that who gains his love shall lose her ; who watches, day by day, the dust of time that stains...gray ; the flesh that still enchains her, whose grace has passed away." It was a poem by Andrew Lang, Chloe remembered. She watched the woman stained with... | |
| Thomas Bird Mosher - Literature - 1903 - 470 pages
...without a stain; And Memory still pursues her With longings not in vain I He loses her who gains her, Who watches day by day The dust of time that stains her, The griefs that leave her grey, The flesh that yet enchains her Whose grace hath passed away I Oh, happier he who gains not The... | |
| Eleanor Talbot Kinkead - Authors, American - 1907 - 496 pages
...decision. She only laughed and shook her head and went on to the end. 'He loses her who gains her, Who watches day by day The dust of time that stains...that still enchains her Whose grace hath passed away! 'Oh, happier he who gains not The love some seem to gain; The joy that custom stains not Shall still... | |
| Andrew Lang - Ballades - 1907 - 168 pages
...without a stain ; And Memory still pursues her With longings not in vain I He loses her who gains her, Who watches day by day The dust of time that stains her, The griefs that leave her grey, The flesh that yet enchains her Whose grace hath passed away I Oh, happier he who gains not The... | |
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