 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 Westminster Review - Page 6401903Affichage du livre entier - À propos de ce livre
 | 1808 - 704 pages
...!" The ensuing stauza ia eminently 1>«tiful :— " O woman ! in our hours of ease Uncertain, ooy, and hard to please, And variable as the shade By the light quivering aspen made. W lirii pain and anguish wring the brew A ministering angel thou !— . Scarce were the piteous accent!... | |
 | 1835 - 700 pages
...beautifully delicate, but still kindred lines of Sir Walter Scott — ' 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 ! ' Or the more passionate breathings... | |
 | 1808 - 546 pages
...bring Of blessed water, from the spring, To slake my dying thirst ! ' 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 ! — Scarce were the piteous accents... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1808 - 526 pages
...water, from the spring, To slake my dying thirst !" — • XXXI. 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 ! — Scarce were the piteous accents... | |
 | 1808 - 416 pages
...cries for water to slake his thirst, on which the poet exclaims: * 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 ! — " P. 362. And Clara comes to... | |
 | 1808 - 596 pages
...Pf blessed water, from the spring, To slake my dying thirst !"— {5, 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 die brow, A ministering angel thou ! — Scarce were the piteous accents... | |
 | Adam Neale - 1809 - 514 pages
...brought forcibly to my recollection that beautiful passage in Marmion. 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 then. ceeded to visit a house further to... | |
 | Enos Bronson - 1809 - 494 pages
...Of blessed water from the spring, To slake my dying thirst !" — 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 ! — Scarce were the piteous accents-said,... | |
 | 1809 - 518 pages
...brought forcibly to my recollection that beautiful passage in Marmion. 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. Having discharged my djity at the... | |
 | 1809 - 914 pages
...Of blessed water from the spring, To »lake my dying thirst!" — 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 brou , A ministering angel thou ! — Scarce were the piteous accents... | |
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