| William Hamilton Maxwell - 1849 - 236 sider
...who passes for a second Solomon," and she playfully and pointedly repeated a passage from Madoc. *' Three things a wise man will not trust ; The wind — the sunshine of an April шит — And woman's plighted faith. I have beheld 'Die weathorcock upon the steeple's point Steady... | |
| Cyclopaedia - 1853 - 772 sider
...thy soul to none. This is the way, This only, to be safe in such a world as this is. Howe. There are three things a wise man will not trust: The wind,...sunshine of an April day, And woman's plighted faith. Southey. Oh, woe, deep woe, to earthly love's fond trust, When all it once has worshipp'd lies in dust!... | |
| Sarah Josepha Buell Hale - 1855 - 610 sider
...empty hopes pursue ; Though raise to others, we believe They will to us prove true. Тhoтаs ShaduulL Three things a wise man will not trust, The wind,...sunshine of an April day, And woman's plighted faith. I have beheld The weathereoek upon the steeple point Steady from morn till eve, and I have seen The bees... | |
| Caroline M. Mersereau - 1860 - 370 sider
...nought removed, nor menaced to remove, If there be love in mortals — his is love ! Byron. 17. G. — Three things a wise man will not trust — The wind,...sunshine of an April day, And woman's plighted faith. I have beheld The weathercock upon the steeple point, Steady from morn till eve ; and I have seen The... | |
| Robert Southey - 1860 - 456 sider
...But if the strain offend, O Lady fair, Blame thou the theme, not me ! " Then to the harp He sung : " Three things a wise man will not trust, — The Wind,...Sunshine of an April day, And Woman's plighted faith. I have beheld The Weathercock upon the steeple-point Steady from morn till eve ; and I have seen The... | |
| John Cooper Grocott - 1863 - 562 sider
...— Taming of the Shrew, Act II. Scene 1. (Petruchio, just preceding his first interview with Kate.) Three things a wise man will not trust, The wind,...sunshine of an April day, And woman's plighted faith. SOUTHEY. — Madoe, Stanza 23. Be that you are, That is, a woman ; if you be more, you're none. SHARSPERE.... | |
| Henry George Bohn - 1867 - 752 sider
...In smaller things, and not allow it in "What most of all concerns us ? Shirlty, Traitor. There are three things a wise man will not trust : The wind,...sunshine of an April day, And woman's plighted faith. Southey, Madoc. There is no music in a voice, That is hut one and still the same ; Inconstancy is but... | |
| James Douglas Thornton - 1868 - 224 sider
...blessed, the cursed, the witless, and the wise, Ye have a master — • ."—Horact Smith. n * * - Three things a wise man will not trust, The wind,...sunshine of an April day, And woman's plighted faith. I have beheld The weathercock upon the steeple-point Steady from morn till eve ; and I have seen The... | |
| John T. Watson - 1869 - 524 sider
...shall only teach my heart Fonder, warmer to regret thee, Lovely, gentle as thou art ! MOORE. There are three things a wise man will not trust : The wind,...sunshine of an April day, And woman's plighted faith. SOUTHEY. Tell her I '11 love her while the clouds drop rain, Or while there 's water in the pathless... | |
| Samuel Austin Allibone - 1875 - 794 sider
...all ; For an ensign's pay, in the present day, Is unjustifiably small! Song of the Spin. There are three things a wise man will not trust: The wind,...sunshine of an April day, And woman's plighted faith. SOUTHEY: Madoc. Thereto when needed, she could weep and pray,— And when she listed she could fawn... | |
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