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" A honey tongue, a heart of gall, Is fancy's spring, but sorrow's fall. Thy gowns, thy shoes, thy beds of roses, Thy cap, thy kirtle, and thy posies, Soon break, soon wither, soon forgotten ; In folly ripe, in reason rotten. Thy belt of straw, and ivy... "
Specimens of the Early English Poets,: To which is Prefixed, an Historical ... - Page 221
by George Ellis - 1811
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Poems

Sir Henry Wotton - 1815 - 236 pages
...wither, soon forgotten, — In folly ripe, in reason rotten. All these in me no means can move [20] To come to thee and be thy Love.* But could youth last, and love stil breed, — Had joyes no date, nor age no need ; Then those delights my mind might move To live...
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Poems by sir Henry Wotton, sir Walter Raleigh, and others, ed. by J. Hannah

sir Henry Wotton - 1845 - 222 pages
...wither, soon forgotten, — In folly ripe, in reason rotten. All these in me no means can move [20] To come to thee and be thy Love.* But could youth last, and love stil breed, — Had joyes no date, nor age no need ; Then those delights my mind might move To live...
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Reliques of Ancient English Poetry: Consisting of Old Heroic ..., Volume 1

Thomas Percy - 1846 - 402 pages
...soon forgotten, In folly ripe, in reason rotten. Thy belt of straw, and ivic buds, Thy coral elasps, and amber studs ; All these in me no means can move...love. But could youth last, and love still breed, Had joyes no date, nor age no need ; Then those delights my mind might move To live with thee, and be thy...
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Shakespeare's Plays: With His Life, Volume 2

William Shakespeare - 1847 - 726 pages
...thy kirtle, and thy posies, Soon break, soon wither, soon forgotten, In folly ripe, in reason rotten. FQ , What should we talk of dainties then, Of better meat than's fit for men 7 These are but vain: that's...
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Comedies. Two gentlemen of Verona

William Shakespeare - 1847 - 760 pages
...thy kirtle, and thy posies, Soon break, soon wither, soon forgotten. In folly ripe, in reason rotten. goes not out to prey : now, as fond fathers. Srtvr...Tl.al goe* not out to prey ACT I. SCENE V. Having What should we talk of dainties then, Of better meat than's fit for men 1 These are but vain: that's...
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Cyclopaedia of English Literature: First period, from the earliest times to 1400

Robert Chambers - 1847 - 712 pages
...thy kirtle, and thy posies, Soon break, soon wither, soon forgotten, In folly ripe, in reason rotten. "I 18@]} 84 FROM 1558 EDMUND 3PEN3KB. But could youth last, and lore still breed, Had JOTS no date, nor age...
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Cyclopædia of English Literature: A Selection of the Choicest Productions ...

Robert Chambers - 1847 - 712 pages
...thy kirtle, and thy posies, Soon break, soon wither, noon forgotten, In folly ripe, in reason rotten. t fet, without praying in aid of alchymists, there is a manifest image of this in the ordinary moro To come to thee and be thy lore. But could youth last, and love still breed, Had joys no date,...
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Cyclopaedia of English Literature: A Selection of the Choicest ..., Volume 1

Robert Chambers - 1849 - 708 pages
...soon forgotten, In folly ripe, in reason rotten. Thy belt of straw and ivy buds, Thy coral clasps ami ߁ ƀ i ҈ ҈ [ [ "I 84 FBOM 1558 EDMUND SPENSEB. But could youth last, and love still breed, Had joys no date, nor age...
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The dramatic (poetical) works of William Shakspeare; illustr ..., Volume 8

William Shakespeare - 1850 - 484 pages
...thy kirtle, and thy posies, Soon break, soon wither, soon forgotten, In folly ripe, in reason rotten. Thy belt of straw, and ivy buds, Thy coral clasps,...studs, All these in me no means can move To come to thcc, and bo thy love. But could youth last, and love still breed, Had joys no date, nor age no need,...
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Recollections of a Literary Life: Or, Books, Places and People

Mary Russell Mitford - 1852 - 592 pages
...thy kirtle and thy posies Soon hreak, soon wither, soon forgotten, In folly ripe, in reason rotten. Thy belt of straw and ivy buds, Thy coral clasps and...no means can move To come to thee and be thy love. What should we talk of dainties then, Of better meat than's fit for men '>. These are but vain; that's...
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