 | Thomas Hamilton - 1827 - 260 sider
...universal man has acknowledged them to be true, are the exquisite lines of our mighty minstrel. Oh 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 ! My recovery... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1827 - 678 sider
...Till pain wrung forth a lowly moan. And half he murmur'd,— « Is there none, Of all my halls have nurst, Page, squire, or groom, one cup to bring Of blessed water from the spring, To s hike my dying thirst!» — XXX. O, Woman! in our hours of ease, Uncertain, coy, aud hard to please,... | |
 | Jonathan Barber - 1828 - 266 sider
...pain wrung forth a lowly moan, And half he murmured, — "Is there none, Of all my halls have nursed, Page, squire, or groom, one cup to bring Of blessed water, from the spring, To slake my dying tlii'^; ?" — 0, woman! in our hours of ease, Uncertain, coy, and har<;to please, And variable as... | |
 | 1830 - 550 sider
...admirable and frequently quoted lines of Walter Scott so truly applicable :— " ' Oh ! Woman, in onr hours of ease, Uncertain, coy, and hard to please, And variable as the shade By the light quivering аяреп made : — When care and anguish wring the brow A MINISTERING ANGEL THOU!1 * BUCKINGHAM... | |
 | William Caveler - 1835 - 184 sider
...applied to this cruel desertion of the monarch on his death bed : " Is there none Of all my halls have nurst, Page, squire, or groom, one cup to bring Of...blessed water from the spring To slake my dying thirst ?" The canopy (of which the accompanying plate shews one compartment) is of oak, it is still in excellent... | |
 | James Montgomery - 1835 - 360 sider
...every day. Go, visit thou, in their distress, THE WIDOW and THE FATHERLESS. A TALE WITHOUT A NAME. " O woman ! in our hours of ease, Uncertain, coy, and hard to please ; — When pain and anguish wring the brow, A ministering angel thou ! " SCOTT'S Marmiont canto vi.... | |
 | Michael Scott - 1836 - 462 sider
...too deep for utterance, or the fear of disturbing the dying moments of her lover made her dumb. " 0, Woman! in our hours of ease, . . Uncertain, coy, and hard to please, And variable as the shade By the tight quivering aspen made; When pain and anguish wring the brow, A ministering angel thou!" Hearing... | |
 | 1836 - 596 sider
...eyes, had the expected stroke of death fallen upon him. In this unfortunate dilemma, a woman— " Oh ! woman in our hours of ease, Uncertain, coy, and hard to please; When pain and anguish wring the brow, A minist'ring angel then art thou." An actress of the company... | |
 | Charles Bucke - 1837 - 488 sider
...even to many of these, the following lines are not always inappropriate or inapplicable. Oh Woman I in our hours of ease, Uncertain, coy, and hard to please ; And variable as the shade By the light qnivering aspen made ; When pain and anguish wring the brow, A ministering angel thou! — Scott. The... | |
 | Truth - 1837 - 566 sider
...sickness bend him down, and she flie like a guardian angel to his succour, and smiles forgiveness. ' O woman, in our hours of ease Uncertain, coy, and hard to please ; , i And variable as the shade, r By the light quivering aspen made, When care and anguish rock the... | |
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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... 
