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" Alas ! they had been friends in youth ; But whispering tongues can poison truth; And constancy lives in realms above; And life is thorny; and youth is vain; And to be wroth with one we love Doth work like madness in the brain. "
Dawn to daylight; or, Gleams from the poets of twelve centuries - Page 234
by Dawn - 1874 - 298 pages
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Memoirs of the Life and Writings of Lord Byron

George Clinton - 1825 - 826 pages
...throughout to make his lordship appear more sinned against than sinning : FARE THEE WELL: . ' Alas ! they had been friends in youth ; But whispering tongues...with one we love Doth work like madness in the brain : * * . • '.::•* * ' t . But nevei either found another To free the hollow heart from paining —...
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Massenburg [by C.M. Caddell].

Cecilia Mary Caddell - 1825 - 1010 pages
...quick transition from frenzy to tenderness, and exerted himself to calm and reassure her. CHAPTER XIX. And life is thorny ; and youth is vain : And to be...one we love, Doth work like madness in the brain. COLERIDGE. Sin Frederick Massenburg was one morning walking down Oxford Street, when an attendant of...
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The works of lord Byron

George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1826 - 852 pages
...whispering tonpnea can poison truth ; Aud constancy lives in realm§ above: And Life is thorny ; and youtli is vain : And to be wroth with one we love, Doth work like madness in the brain : • • • • • p But never either found another To free tli<; liultnw heart from paining —...
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The Works of Lord Byron: Complete in One Volume

George Gordon Noël Byron - 1826 - 804 pages
...tongnee can poison truth; And constancy livea in realms alien r: And Life is thorny; and youth 1« p 1 1@ 1 madnesa in the brain: ****** lint never either found another To free the hollow heart from paining—...
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The Eton miscellany, by Bartholomew Bouverie, Volume 1, Issues 1-10

Eton miscellany - 1827 - 532 pages
...cast. I allude to that part concerning the quarrel of lewd Roland and sir Leoline : — . " Alas ! they had been friends in youth, But whispering tongues...And life is thorny ; and youth is vain ; And to be wrath with one we love, • i Doth work like madness in the brain. And thus it chanc'd, as I divine,...
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The Poetical Melange

1828 - 814 pages
...their joy impart, Her home is in the virtuous heart. William Anderson. DISSENSION FROM CALUMNY. Alas ! they had been friends in youth ; But whispering tongues...the brain. And thus it chanced, as I divine, With Rowland and Sir Leoline. Each spake words of high disdain And insult to his heart's best brother :...
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The British poets of the nineteenth century, including the select works of ...

British poets - 1828 - 838 pages
...it can. Hanging so light, and hanging so high, On the topmost twig that looks up to the sky. ALAS ! random truths he can impart, The harvest of a quiet...he might enjoy The things which others understand. chanc'd, as I divine, With Roland and Sir Leoline. Each spake words of high disdain ( And insult to...
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Manfred. Hebrew melodies. Ode to Napoleon Buonaparte. Monody on the death of ...

George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1828 - 406 pages
...; With a full but soft emotion, Like the swell of Summer's ocean. FARE THEE WELL. Alas I they h.-ul been friends in Youth ; But whispering tongues can...with one we love, Doth work like madness in the brain : But never either found another To free the hollow heart from paining — They stood aloof, the scars...
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Memoirs of the Life and Writings of Lord Byron

George Clinton - 1828 - 888 pages
...throughout to make his lordship appear more sinned against thau sinning : FARE THEE WELL. ' Alas ! they had been friends in youth.; But whispering tongues...And constancy lives in realms above : And life is thomjr ; and youth is vain : And to be wroth with one we love Doth work like madness in the brain •...
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Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 24

1828 - 1538 pages
...the words of a poet, whom it scarce beseems me to praise, and who needs no praise of mine : — For to be wroth with one we love, Doth work like madness in the brain. STC Hamlet loved Ophelia in his happy youth, when all iiis thoughts were fair and sweet as she. But...
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