 | 1847 - 854 страници
...Moore had possessed something more tangible than a vague tradition for his mellifluous lyric — ' Rich and rare were the gems she wore, And a bright gold ring on her wand she bore* — allusive to a lady of rank who, in a species of Arcadian unconsciousness that there was such a... | |
 | Victor von Arentsschild - 1851 - 588 страници
...THE GEMS SHE WORE ") Rich and rare were the gems ehe йоге, And a bright gold ring on her wand ehe bore; But oh! her beauty was far beyond Her sparkling gems, or snow-white wand. „Lady ! doet ¡lion not fear to stray, „So lone and lovely through thin bleak way? „Are Erin's sons so... | |
 | Samuel Carter Hall - 1853 - 202 страници
...on the top of a wand, in perfect security. The reader will call to mind one of Moore's poems : — " Rich and rare were the gems she wore, And a bright...oh ! her beauty was far beyond Her sparkling gems and snow-white wand." "The strangers," however, continued for above a century afterwards to keep possession... | |
 | Thomas Moore - 1853 - 790 страници
...tear One chord from that harp, or un<> lock from that hair.1 RICH AND RARE WERE THE GEMS SHE WORE.1 RICH and rare were the gems she wore, And a bright gold ring ou her wand she bore ; Bui oh ! her beauty was far beyond Her sparkling gems, or snow-white wand. "... | |
 | Archibald M'Sparran - 1854 - 284 страници
...circumstance is beautifully versified, by our own national poet Thomas Moore, in the following lines : — Rich and rare were the gems she wore, And a bright...snow-white wand. "Lady! dost thou not fear to stray, " Are Erin's sons so good or so cold, * As not to be tempted by woman or gold?" • " Sir Knight !... | |
 | Thomas Moore - 1855 - 810 страници
...tear One chord from that harp, or one lock from that hair.* RICH AND BAKE WERE THE GEMS SHE WORE.t RICH and rare were the gems she wore, And a bright...far beyond Her sparkling gems, or snow-white wand. • " In the twenty-eighth year of the reign of Henry VIII. an Act was made respecting the habits,... | |
 | Charles Edwards - 1855 - 272 страници
...introduces a slave, with an iron ring, bearing a device. We all remember Moore's lines, beginning with : " Rich and rare were the gems she wore, And a bright gold ring on her wand she bore." This was rather an Irish way of wearing a ring, on the top of a snow-white wand, instead of upon a... | |
 | Thomas Moore - 1856 - 404 страници
...tear One chord from that harp, or one lock from that hair.* RICH AND HARE WERE THE GEMS SHE WORE.t RICH and rare were the gems she wore, And a bright...far beyond Her sparkling gems, or snow-white wand. * " In the twenty-eighth year of the reign of Henry VIII. an Act was made respecting the habits, and... | |
 | Thomas Moore - 1856 - 348 страници
...One chord from that harp, or one lock from that hair.' RICH AND RARE WERE THE GEMS SHE WORE.1 ~p ICH and rare were the gems she wore, And a bright gold ring on her wand she bore ; 1 " In the twenty-eighth year of the reign of Henry VIII. an Act was made respecting the habits,... | |
 | Thomas Moore - 1857 - 434 страници
...she bore ; 15ut oh ! her beauty was far boyi.nii Her sparklinsr ccms; or snow-white wand. ! dost thon not fear to stray, So lone and lovely through this bleak way ? Are Erin's sons so good or so cold, Ad not to be tempted by woman or gold ? " 4 Sir Knight! I feel not the least alarm, No son of Erin... | |
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RICH and rare were the gems she wore, And a bright gold ring on her wand she bore ; But oh ! her beauty was far beyond Her sparkling gems, or snow-white wand. 
