 | George Willson - 1840 - 298 sider
...wrung forth a lowly moan, 7 And half he murmured, — "Is their none, Of all my halls have nursed, Page, squire, or groom, one cup to bring Of blessed...aspen made ; When pain and anguish wring the brow, 8 A ministering angel thou ! — Scarce were the piteous accents said, When, with the Baron's casque,... | |
 | Marguerite Countess of Blessington - 1840 - 388 sider
...prolonged their lives at the risk of her own. Well might our great and good Scott say of women — O woman ! in our hours of ease. Uncertain, coy, and...and anguish wring the brow, A ministering angel thou ! From being less frequented by travellers than most other places in Italy, Ancona possesses no good... | |
 | Marguerite Countess of Blessington - 1840 - 336 sider
...their lives at the risk of her own. VOL. nr. c Well might our great and good Scott say of women — O woman ! in our hours of ease, Uncertain, coy, and...and anguish wring the brow, A ministering angel thou ! From being less frequented by travellers than most other places in Italy, Ancona possesses no good... | |
 | Isaac Butt - 1840 - 1124 sider
...which attend upon the duties of the dead, from the hour of dissolution. CHAPTER VI. O woman ! ever in our hours of ease, Uncertain, coy, and hard to...and anguish wring the brow, A ministering angel thou ! Walter Scott. IT is not my intention to dwell upon the harrowing recollections of those hours of... | |
 | Mrs. Grey (Elizabeth Caroline) - 1840 - 206 sider
...I" i THE DUKE. A NOVEL. BY MRS. GREY. Oh, woman ! in our hours of ease, Uncertain, coy, and hard 10 please, And variable as the shade By the light quivering...anguish wring the brow, A ministering angel thou! Scorr. k IN TWO VOLUMES. VOL. I. PHILADELPHIA : LEA AND BLANCHARD. 1840. (. /^ UNIVERSITY LIBRARY IR... | |
 | Thomas Chandler Haliburton - 1840 - 246 sider
...favourites ; they go down much better than them old-fashioned staves o* Watts, '. Oh woman, in our hour of ease, Uncertain, coy, and hard to please, And variable as the shade By the light quirenng aspen made ; When pain and anguish wring the brow, A ministering angel them." If I didn't... | |
 | 1841 - 640 sider
...save the sweet and consolatory dictates of the purest pity and compassion for suffering humanity. " O woman ! in our hours of ease, Uncertain, coy, and...anguish wring the brow, A ministering angel thou." Nothing could exceed the tender and unwearied care, with which she nursed him night and day, assisted... | |
 | Marguerite Countess of Blessington - 1841 - 390 sider
...prolonged their lives at the risk of her own. Well might our great and good Scott say of women — 0 woman ! in our hours of ease, Uncertain, coy, and...and anguish wring the brow, A ministering angel thou ! From being less frequented by travellers than most other places in Italy, Ancona possesses no good... | |
 | Sir James Emerson Tennent - 1841 - 324 sider
...those brave fellows who though in agony, silently but significantly expressed their gratitude. " Oh woman in our hours of ease, Uncertain, coy, and hard...please. And variable as the shade By the light quivering aspin made, When pain and anguish wring the brow A minist'ring angel thou." Mrs. Drummond had a wonderful... | |
 | 1841 - 300 sider
...cheered and supported the dreary path which leads to the grave. The poet was mistaken when he sung — " O woman, in our hours of ease, Uncertain, coy, and hard to please." That is a calumny upon their virtues ; but he does them justice when he adds: — • " When pain and... | |
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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... 
