 | James Bonwick - 1880 - 544 страници
...exist in the days of Brian Boru, who was killed by the Dane, nearly nine hundred years ago : " Kich and rare were the gems she wore, And a bright gold...oh ! her beauty was far beyond Her sparkling gems and snow-white wand. Lady, dost thou not fear to stray, So lone and lovely through this bleak way 1... | |
 | Thomas Moore - 1880 - 642 страници
...tear One chord from that harp, or one lock from that hair.* RICH AND RARE WERE THE GEMS SHE WORE.t Rich and rare were the gems she wore, And a bright gold ring on her wand she bore ; * '- In the twenty-eighth year of the reign of Henry VIII., an act was made respecting the habits,... | |
 | Charles Dickens - 1880 - 862 страници
...I must ask her (who was she I wonder !) for the fiftieth time, and without ever stopping, Does she not fear to stray, So lone and lovely through this bleak way, And are Erin's sons so good or so cold, As not to be tempted by more fellow-creatures at the paddle-box... | |
 | Thomas Moore - 1881 - 544 страници
...tear One chord from that harp, or one lock from that hair.* RICH AND RAllE WEllE THE GEMS SHE WORE.f RICH and rare were the gems she wore, And a bright...through this bleak way ? Are Erin's sons so good or no cold, As not to be tempted by woman or gold ?" * In the twenty-eighth year of the reign of Henry... | |
 | Thomas Moore - 1881 - 900 страници
...rare were the guns she wore, And a bright gold ring ou hoi- w.uid she bore ; But, -oh ! Tier I canty was far beyond Her sparkling gems or snow-white wand....So lone and lovely, through this bleak way ? -Are Er.n'.i sons so good or so cold, As not to be tempted by woman or gold ? 1 'In the twenty -eighth year... | |
 | Familiar quotations - 1883 - 942 страници
...soonest awake to the flowers Is always the first to be touched by the thorns. 0 think not my spirits. Rich and rare were the gems she wore, And a bright gold ring on her wand she bore. Rich and rare. There is not in the wide world a valley so sweet As that vale in whose bosom the bright... | |
 | Cassell, ltd - 1883 - 562 страници
...when some heart indignant breaks To show that still ehe lives. KICH AND RARE WERE THE OEMS SHE WORE. Rich and rare were the gems she wore, And a bright gold ring on her wand she bore ; Jiut oh ! her beauty was far beyond Her sparkling gems or snow-white wand. " Lady ! dost thou not... | |
 | Thomas Young Crowell - 1885 - 702 страници
...When did morning ever break, And find such beaming eyes awake RICH AND RARE WERE THE GEMS SHE WORE. RICH and rare were the gems she wore And a bright...not fear to stray, So lone and lovely, through this way ? Are Erin's sons so good or so cold As not to be tempted hy woman ot gold ? " " Sir Knight ! I... | |
 | Ellen Barker - 1885 - 304 страници
...to their own poet, Tom Moore, for this idea when he wrote the lines:— THE STORY OF A PICTURE 83 " Rich and rare were the gems she wore, And a bright...far beyond Her sparkling gems or snow-white wand." This song teaches us that the sons of Erin were inspired with a spirit of honour, virtue, and religion;... | |
 | David Charles Bell - 1885 - 344 страници
...ne'er can shine again on life's dull struam. 6.— RICH AND RARE WERE THE GEMS SHE WORE.— Jfoor* Rich and rare were the gems she wore, And a bright...But, oh ! her beauty was far beyond Her sparkling gema or snow-white wand. " Lady, dost thou not fear to stray, So lone and lovely, through this bleak... | |
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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. 
