 | Musa, Thomas Oliphant (president of the Madrigal society) - Madrigals - 1837 - 520 pages
...faith, love, are roots, and ever green. His helmet now shall make a hive for bees, And lovers' sonnets turn to holy Psalms : A man-at-arms must now sit on his knees, And feed on prayers, which are old age's alms : But tho' from court to cottage he depart, His saint* is sure of his unspotted... | |
 | Charles Knight - London (England) - 1841 - 918 pages
...triumph, he tells his royal mistress — " My helmet now shall make an hive for bees, And lovers' songs shall turn to holy psalms; A man-at-arms must now...knees, And feed on prayers, that are old age's alms. And so from court to cottage I depart; My saint is sure of my unspotted heart." Passing the figure... | |
 | Charles Mills - Chivalry - 1844 - 542 pages
...lii-liuH now shall make a hive for bees ; And lovers' songs shall turn to holy psalms : A man at arms must now sit on his knees. And feed on prayers that are old age's alms, And so from court to cottage I depart : My saint is sure of my unspotted heart, " And when I sadly... | |
 | Agnes Strickland, Elisabeth Strickland - Great Britain - 1845 - 512 pages
...Duty, faith, love, are roots and evergreen. My helmet now shall make a hive for bees, And lover's songs shall turn to holy psalms; A man-at-arms must now...knees, And feed on prayers that are old age's alms : And so from court to cottage I depart ; My saint is sure of mine unspotted heart. And when I sadly... | |
 | John Barrow - Great Britain - 1845 - 540 pages
...helmet now shall make a hive for bees, And lovers' songs shall turn to holy psalmes ; A man at armes must now sit on his knees, And feed on prayers that are Old Age's alms : And so from court to cottage I depart, My saint is sure of mine unspotted heart. And, when I sadly... | |
 | Agnes Strickland - Queens - 1848 - 388 pages
...Duty, faith, love, are fruits and evergreen. My helmet now shall make a hive for bees, And lover's song shall turn to holy psalms; A man-at-arms must now...knees, And feed on prayers that are old age's alms And so from court to cottage I depart ; My saint is sure of mine unspotted heart. And when I sadly... | |
 | Agnes Strickland - 1851 - 820 pages
...Duty, faith, love, are roots and evergreen. My helmet now shall make a hive for bees, And lovers' songs shall turn to holy psalms; A man-at-arms must now...knees, And feed on prayers that are old age's alms: And so from court to cottage I depart; My saint is sure of mine unspotted heart. And when I sadly sit... | |
 | Agnes Strickland, Elisabeth Strickland - Queens - 1851 - 826 pages
...evergreen. My helmet now shall make a hive for bees, And lovers' songs shall tnrn to holy psahns ; A man-at-arms must now sit on his knees, And feed on prayers that are old age's aims : And so from court to cottage I depart ; My saint is sure of mine unspotted heart. And when I... | |
 | Walter Thornbury - Great Britain - 1856 - 440 pages
...helmet now shall make a hive for bees, And lovers' songs shall turn to holy psalms ; A man at arms must now sit on his knees, And feed on prayers that are old age's alms : And so from Court to cottage I depart, My saint is sure of mine unspotted heart. " And when I sadly... | |
 | Walter Thornbury - England - 1856 - 442 pages
...helmet now shall make a hive for bees, And lovers' songs shall turn to holy psalms ; A man at arms must now sit on his knees, And feed on prayers that are old age's alms : And so from Court to cottage I depart, My saint is sure of mine unspotted heart. " And when I sadly... | |
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And lovers' songs shall turn to holy psalms : A man at arms must now sit on his knees, And feed on prayers that are old age's alms. And so from court to cottage I depart: My saint is sure of mine unspotted heart. 
