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" 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... "
The poetical reader for school and home use, ed. by J.C. Curtis - Page 115
by John Charles Curtis - 1863
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Select Reviews, Volumes 1-2

1809 - 914 pages
...nurst, Page, squire, or groom, one cup Of blessed water from the spring, To »lake my dying thirst!" — O, woman ! in our hours of ease, Uncertain, coy, and...quivering aspen made ; When pain and anguish wring the brou , A ministering angel thou ! — Scarce were the piteous accents said, When, with the baron's...
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Marmion, Volume 2

sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1810 - 320 pages
...squire, or 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 fears; The plaintive voice alone she hears, Sees hut the dying man. « She stooped her by the runnel's side, But in abhorrence backward drew ; For,...
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Thoughts on the Cause of Evil, Physical and Moral: In a Series of Letters

Henry William Lovett - 1810 - 190 pages
...best gift to man : — . " Oh, woman! in our hours of ease Uncertain, coy, and hard to please ; 136 And variable as the shade By the light quivering aspen...and anguish wring the brow, A ministering angel thou ! " M AUMION. That Adam might fully appreciate the value of such a blessing, and the society of his...
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The Belfast Monthly Magazine, Volume 6

1811 - 550 pages
...SKETCHES OF DISTINGUISHED PERSONS. ilOClAPHICAL SKETCH OF MADAME DE STAHL. " O ! woman ! in our hour* of ease, Uncertain, coy, and hard to please, And variable as the shade. By the light, quivering a«pen made : When pain and anguish wring the brow, A ministering angel thou." SCOTT'S MAKMION. AjADAME...
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The Spirit of the Public Journals: Being an Impartial Selection ..., Volume 15

Stephen Jones, Charles Molloy Westmacott - 1812 - 372 pages
...right, 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...variable as the shade By the light quivering aspen made j My guardian angel stand confest, . For pain and anguish wring my breast !— The rankling secret...
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Metrical effusions, or, Verses on various occasions [by B. Barton].

Bernard Barton - 1812 - 248 pages
...often 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...variable as the shade By the light quivering aspen made." WAITER SCOTT, HAST thou not mark'd the smiling deep AH tranquil and serene ; When every zephyr seem'd...
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The Spirit of the Public Journals: Being an Impartial Selection ..., Volume 15

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...variable as the shade By the light quivering aspen made ; My guardian angel stand confest, For pain and anguish wring my breast !— The rankling secret festers...
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The Port Folio

1813 - 716 pages
...Flodden, the description of the battle, the death of Marmion, and llic relenting tenderness of Clare. O woman! in our hours of ease, Uncertain, coy, and...anguish wring the brow, A ministering angel thou! From the opinion of those who discover so much more merit in The Lady of the Luke, than in the two...
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The American Orator: Comprising a Collection, Principally from American ...

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...nigh streamlet ran : Forgot were hatred, wrongs, and feara ; The plaintive voice alone she hears, * Sees but the dying man. She stooped her by the runnel's...
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Time's Telescope for ... ; Or, A Complete Guide to the Almanack

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...By the light, quivering, aspen made, When pain and sickness cloud the brow, A ministering angel them. WALTER SCOTT. Among the various species of exotic...
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