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 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - Italian literature - 1885 - 360 pages
...dull satiety which all destroys — 1070 And root from out the soul the deadly weed which cloys ? 120. Alas ! our young affections run to waste, . Or water...haste, Rank at the core, though tempting to the eyes, 1075 Flowers whose wild odours breathe but agonies, And trees whose gums are poisons ; such the plants... | |
 | Truths - 1885 - 572 pages
...caused By deep Emotion : you may sometimes trace A feeling in each footstep, as disclosed H1 — Byron. ALAS ! our young Affections run to waste, Or water...arise But weeds of dark Luxuriance, Tares of haste, Rant at the core, though tempting to the eyes, Flowers whose wild odours breathe but agonies, And trees... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1885 - 420 pages
...The dull satiety which all destroys — And root from out the soul the deadly weed which cloys? 120. Alas! our young affections run to waste, Or water but the desert; whence ärise But weeds of dark luxuriance, tares of haste, Rank at the core, though tempting to the eyes,... | |
 | Kenelm Henry Digby - Civilization, Medieval - 1888 - 870 pages
...spiritual nature? Here these lines that are enough to make the blood well from one's heart : — "Alas I 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 Byron Baron Byron - English poetry - 1891 - 752 pages
...impart The purity of heaven to earthly joys, 4*s .t blunt the dart — 4°stroys — " deadly weed odours breathe but agonies, [plants And trees whose gums are poison ; such the Which spring beneath... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1892 - 324 pages
...— The dull satiety which all destroys — And root from out the soul the deadly weed which cloys ? 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 - 1893 - 368 pages
...— The dull satiety which all destroys — And root from out the soul the deadly weed which cloys? Alas ! our young affections run to waste, Or water...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 pants For some... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1893 - 184 pages
...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...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 pants For some... | |
 | Samuel Austin Allibone - Quotations, English - 1896 - 794 pages
...passion left behind ; A shrivell'd scroll, a scatter'd leaf, Sear'd by the autumn-blast of grief. BYRON. 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 passion; such the plants Which spring beneath... | |
 | Charles Mackay - English poetry - 1896 - 680 pages
...enamoured Goddess, and the cell Haunted by holy Love — the earliest oracle 1 art LOVE'S SORROWS. ALAS ! our young affections run to waste, Or water but the desert ; whence arise liut weeds of dark luxuriance, taxes of haste, Rank at the core, though tempting to the eyes, Flowers... | |
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