 | British periodicals - 1808
...!" 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!... | |
 | English literature - 1808
...or groom, one cup to bring Of blessed water from the spring. To »Ukc my d\ ir.g. thirst t • _0, woman! in our hours of ease, Uncertain, coy, and hard to please, And variable as the shade Bv the light quivering aspen imde; When pain and anguiih wring ihe hrow, A ministering angel, thou!... | |
 | Henry William Lovett - Sin - 1810 - 174 pages
...part. Without sorrow, we could never know half the value of heaven's last 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 made ; When pain and anguish wring the... | |
 | 1811
...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... | |
 | Bernard Barton - Women printers - 1812 - 223 pages
...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... | |
 | Stephen Jones, Charles Molloy Westmacott - English literature - 1812
...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... | |
 | Stephen Jones, Charles Molloy Westmacott - English literature - 1812
...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... | |
 | Charles Molloy Westmacott - 1812
...then thought it wrong j 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 hard to please j And variable as the shade By the light quivering aspen made ; My guardian angel stand confest, For... | |
 | England - 1834
...too deep for utterance, or the fear of disturhing the dying moments of her lover made her dumb. " O, Woman ! in our hours of ease, Uncertain, coy, and hard to please, And variable u the »hade By the light quivering aspen made ; When pain and anguish wring the brow, A ministering... | |
 | Mrs. Ross - 1818
...talents are not worth having; at least, I never should regret they were withheld from any of my friends." "Oh, woman '. in our hours of ease Uncertain, coy, and hard to please, And variable as is the shade By the light quivering aspen made — " " How great a revolution of sentiment does a fleeting... | |
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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 ; there ?" — When pain and anguish wring the brow, A ministering angel thou... 
