 Alas ! — how light a cause may move Dissension between hearts that love ! Hearts that the world in vain had tried, And sorrow but more closely tied ; That stood the storm, when waves were rough, Yet in a sunny hour fall off, Like ships that have gone...  The Works of Thomas Moore, Esq - Page 240by Thomas Moore - 1825 - 6 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Thomas Moore - 1854 - 254 pages
...hetween hearts that love l Hearts that the world in vain had tried, And sorrow hut more elosely tied l That stood the storm, when waves were rough, Yet in...fall off, Like ships that have gone down at sea, When heaven was all tranquillity l A something, light as air — a look, A word unkind or wrongly taken... | |
 | George Sumner Weaver - 1854 - 178 pages
...slow to heal. They live only in the sunshine. A shadow that falls upon them chills them through. " A something light as air, — a look, A word unkind or wrongly taken, 0, love that tempests never shook, A breath, a touch like this hath shaken ! " And what better guardian... | |
 | Sarah Josepha Buell Hale - 1855 - 612 pages
...Dissension between hearts that love ; Hearts that the world in vain had tried, And sorrow but more elosely tied ; That stood the storm, when waves were rough,...fall off, Like ships that have gone down at sea, When heaven was all tranquillity. Moore't Lalla Rookh. Fly to the desert, fly with me, Our Arab tents are... | |
 | Sarah Josepha Buell Hale - 1855 - 610 pages
...were gone — a husband, wrapt in £¡00:2, Stalk'd eareless, listless, up and down the rr-¡з. CrA A something, light as air — a look, A word unkind or wrongly taken — Oh ! love, that tempesta never shook, A breath, a toueh like this has shakee. And ruder winds will soon rush in To... | |
 | Thomas Moore - 1856 - 830 pages
...stillness now ? Alas ! — how light a cause may move Dissension between hearts that love ! Hearts that the world in vain had tried, And sorrow but more...fall off, Like ships that have gone down at sea, When heaven was all tranquillity ! A something, light as air — a look, A word unkind or wrongly taken... | |
 | 1856 - 570 pages
...3Lobe. — Moore. ALAS — how light a cause may move Dissension between Hearts that love ! Hearts that the world in vain had tried, And sorrow but more...fall off, Like ships that have gone down at sea, When Heaven was all tranquillity. LOVE, well thou know'st no partnership allows : Cupid averse rejects divided... | |
 | John Bartlett - 1856 - 660 pages
...Light of the Harem. Alas ! how light a cause may move Dissension between hearts that love ! Hearts that the world in vain had tried, And sorrow but more...the storm when waves were rough, Yet in a sunny hour full off, Like ships that have gone down at sea, When heaven was all tranquillity. All that 's bright... | |
 | Anna Maria Hall - 1857 - 332 pages
...beautiful lines:— " Alas! how light a cause may move Dissension between hearts that love! Hearts that the world in vain had tried, And sorrow but more...fall off, Like ships that have gone down at sea, When Heaven was all tranquility! A something light as air, a look, A word unkind, or wrongly taken— Oh... | |
 | John Turvill Adams - 1857 - 476 pages
...found." " With many thanks," returned the Knight, " I seek my hermitage in the woods." CHAPTER XVII. €< A something light as air — a look — A word unkind, or wrongly taken — Oh, love ! that tempest never shook, A breath, a touch like this, hath shaken.'' MOOES. SIR CHRISTOPHER, on leaving... | |
 | Marguerite Gardiner (countess of Blessington.) - 1857 - 360 pages
...than from a descendant of the faithful nurse of its unhappy though lovely heroine?" MATRIMONY. st ' "A something light as air— a look, A word unkind or wrongly taken — Oil ' love that tempests never shook, A breath, a touch like this hath shaken. And ruder words... | |
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