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 | Stephen Jones, Charles Molloy Westmacott - 1812 - 376 pages
...then thought it wrong; • But Redesdale calm'd the tumult wild, And Liverpool look'd up and smil'd. O woman ! in our hours of ease, Uncertain, coy, and hard to please ; And variable as the shade By the light quivering aspen made ; My guardian angel stand confest, For pain and anguish wring my... | |
 | Stephen Jones, Charles Molloy Westmacott - 1812 - 372 pages
...then thought it wrong ; But Redesdale ca'lm'd the tumult wild, And Liverpool look'd up and smird. O woman ! in our hours of ease, Uncertain, coy, and hard to please $ And variable as the shade By the light quivering aspen made j My guardian angel stand confest, . For pain and anguish wring my... | |
 | Bernard Barton - 1812 - 248 pages
...stopt, by fond regret inclin'd, To "cast one longing lingering look behind." STANZAS ON WOMAN. " O Woman ! in our hours of ease, Uncertain, coy, and hard to please, And variable as the shade By the light quivering aspen made." WAITER SCOTT, HAST thou not mark'd the smiling deep AH tranquil... | |
 | Stephen Jones, Charles Molloy Westmacott - 1812 - 382 pages
...then thought it wrong j But Redesdale calm'd the tumult wild, And Liverpool look'd up and smil'd. O woman ! in our hours of ease, Uncertain, coy, and hard to please j And variable as the shade By the light quivering aspen made ; My guardian angel stand confest, For... | |
 | Sir Walter Scott - 1813 - 536 pages
...groom, one cup to bring Of blessed water, from the spring, To slake my dying thirst !" — •XXX. O, woman ! in our hours of ease, Uncertain, coy, and hard to please, And variable as the shade By the light quivering aspen made ; When pain and anguish wring the brow, A ministering angel thou... | |
 | Joshua P. Slack - 1815 - 340 pages
...squire, or groom, one cup to bring Of blessed water, from the spring, To slake my dying thirst !" III. O, Woman ! in our hours of ease, Uncertain, coy, and hard to please, And variable as the shade By the light quivering aspen made ; When pain and anguish wring the brow, A ministering angel thou... | |
 | 1816 - 420 pages
...availed himself of this circumstance, in a passage which speaks to all hearts its truth and beauty :— O woman, in our hours of ease Uncertain, coy, and hard to please; And variable as the shade, By the light, quivering, aspen made, When pain and sickness cloud the brow, A ministering angel them.... | |
 | 1834 - 918 pages
...too deep for utterance, or the fear of disturhing the dying moments of her lover made her dumb. " O, Woman ! in our hours of ease, Uncertain, coy, and hard to please, And variable u the »hade By the light quivering aspen made ; When pain and anguish wring the brow, A ministering... | |
 | 1824 - 462 pages
...WALDEGRAVE. ANSWER TO THE "BACHELOR'S FARE," FPAfcA appeared in the KaleUolcopc of February 11, 1823. Oh, woman! In our hours of ease, Uncertain, coy, and hard to please ; And variable as the shade By the light quivering aspen made: When pain and sickness wring the brow, A ministering angel thou.... | |
 | Mrs. Ross - 1818 - 526 pages
...not worth having; at least, I never should regret they were withheld from any of my friends." "Oh, woman '. in our hours of ease Uncertain, coy, and hard to please, And variable as is the shade By the light quivering aspen made — " " How great a revolution of sentiment does a fleeting... | |
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