 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.  Parliamentary Papers - Page 441by Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons - 1861Full view - About this book
 | lady Catherine Stepney - 1835 - 996 pages
...a relief. Do you remember those exquisite lines which so truly paint a state of such estrangement ? Alas ! they had been friends in youth ; But whispering...poison truth, And Constancy lives in realms above ; While to be wroth with one we love Doth work like madness in the brain ; Each spoke words of high... | |
 | Harp - English poetry - 1836 - 380 pages
...yield me many a grateful thought — Not tecch me to repine. THE QUARREL OF FRIENDS. a. T. COLERIDGE. ALAS ! they had been friends in youth ; But whispering...one we love, Doth work like madness in the brain. And thus it chanced, as I divine, With Roland and Sir Leoline. Each spake words of high disdain And... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1837 - 308 pages
...some of the smaller pieces included in this section. See MOORE's Notices.] FARE THEE WELL. 1 " Alas I they had been friends in youth ; But whispering tongues...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•... | |
 | Henry Fothergill Chorley - Poets, English - 1836 - 528 pages
...keener by all the thoughts of ' benefits forgot.' Do you remember those fine lines of Coleridge's ? ' Alas! they had been friends in youth, But whispering...is thorny, and youth is vain, And to be wroth with what we love, Doth work like madness in the brain.' " I suppose that from such agonizing strife the... | |
 | Henry Fothergill Chorley - Poets, English - 1836 - 302 pages
...keener by all the thoughts of ' benefits forgot.' Do you remember those fine lines of Coleridge's ? ' Alas! they had been friends in youth, But whispering...is thorny, and youth is vain, And to be wroth with what we love, Doth work like madness in the brain,' " I suppose that from such agonizing strife the... | |
 | 1836 - 282 pages
...'COLERIDGE. THE DISSOLUTION OF FRIENDSHIP. ALAS ! they had been friends in youth, But whispering tonfrues can poison truth, And constancy lives in realms above...with one we love, Doth work like madness in the brain ; And thus it chanced, as I divine, With Roland and Sir Leoline. Each spoke words of high disdain,... | |
 | James Roderick O'Flanagan - 1837 - 716 pages
...of the Rhine. STERNFEL8. THE BROTHERS. Alas ! they had been friends in youth, But whisp'ring words can poison truth, And constancy lives in realms above,...is thorny, and youth is vain, And to be wroth with those we love, Doth work like madness in the brain. COLERIDGE'S Chriitabel. The legend relates, that... | |
 | Henry Marlen - 1838 - 342 pages
...here, and growing still ; So grows ours evermore, both theirs and mine. THE DISSOLUTION OF FRIENDSHIP. ALAS ! they had been friends in youth ; But whispering...one we love, Doth work like madness in the brain. And thus it chanced, as I divine, With Roland and Sir Leoline. Each spake words of high disdain And... | |
 | 1834 - 602 pages
...she really the daughter of Roland de Vaux, and would the friends have met again and embraced ? — ' Alas ! they had been friends in youth ; But whispering...with one we love Doth work like madness in the brain. And thus it chanced, as I divine, With Roland and Sir Leoline. Each spake words of high disdain And... | |
 | James Gillman - Poets, English - 1838 - 386 pages
...feelingly— Why wax'd Sir Leoline so pale, Murmuring o'er the name again, Lord Roland de Vaux of Tryermaine ? Alas ! they had been friends in youth; But whispering...one we love, Doth work like madness in the brain. And thus it chanc'd, as I divine, With Roland and Sir Leoline. Each spake words of high disdain And... | |
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