 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...  The Western Journal - Page 1961851Full view - About this book
 | H. Biglow, Orville Luther Holley - American literature - 1818
...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...core, though tempting to the eyes, Flowers whose wild odours breathe but agonies, And trees whose gums are poison ; such the plants Which spring beneath... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1819
...destroys — And root from out the soul the deadly weed which cloys? cxx. Alas! our yonng affections rnn to waste, Or water but the desert; whence arise But...core, though tempting to the eyes, Flowers whose wild odours breathe but agonies, And trees whose gums are poison; such the plants Which spring beneath her... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1819
...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 N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1820
...out the soul the deadly weed which clo/s; cxx. Alas ! our young aIfections run to waste, Or water hut the desert ; whence arise But weeds of dark luxuriance,...core, though tempting to the eyes, Flowers whose wild odours hreathe hut agonies, And trees whose gums are poison ; such the plants Which spring heneath... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1821
...dull satiety which all destroys — . And root from out the soul the deadly weed which cloys? cxx. Alas ! our young affections run to waste, Or water...core, though tempting to the eyes, Flowers whose wild odours breathe but agonies, And trees whose gums are poison ; such the plants Which spring beneath... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - English poetry - 1821
...luxuriance, tares of haste, Bank at the core, though tempting to the eyes, Flowers whose wiJd odours breathe but agonies, And trees whose gums are poison ; such the plants Which spring beneath her steps as Passion flies O'er the world's wilderness, and vainly pauts For some... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron, Alfred Howard - 1824 - 212 pages
...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...core, though tempting to the eyes ; Flowers whose wild odours breathe but agonies, And trees whose gums are poison ; such the plants Which spring beneath... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1824 - 212 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
...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... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1825
...The dull satiety which all destroys— And root from out the soul the deadly weed which cloys? cxx. Alas! our young affections run to waste, Or water...core, though tempting to the eyes, Flowers whose wild odours breathe but agonies, And trees whose gums are poison; such the plants Which spring beneath her... | |
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