 The flowers do fade, and wanton fields To wayward winter reckoning yields; 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...  The Fireside Encyclopaedia of Poetry: Comprising the Best Poems of the Most ... - Page 140edited by - 1881 - 1002 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Charles Anderson Dana - American poetry - 1882 - 906 pages
...And Philomel becometh dumb, And all complain of cares to come. The flowers do fade, and wanton fields To wayward winter reckoning yields ; A honey tongue,...no means can move To come to thee, and be thy love. But could youth last, and love still breed, Had joys no date, nor age no need. Then those delights... | |
 | Alberta Turner - Language Arts & Disciplines - 1992 - 228 pages
...Philomel becometh dumb; The rest complain of cares to come. The flowers do fade, and wanton fields To wayward winter reckoning yields: A honey tongue,...no means can move To come to thee and be thy love. But could youth last, and love still breed, Had joys no date, nor age no need, Then these delights... | |
 | Carl R. Woodring, James Shapiro - Literary Criticism - 1995 - 936 pages
...complains of cares to come. The flowers do fade, and wanton fields, To wayward winter reckoning yields; 10 A honey tongue, a heart of gall, Is fancy's spring,...means can move. To come to thee, and be thy love. 20 But could youth last and love still breed, Had joys no date nor age no need, Then these delights... | |
 | Frances Mayes - Language Arts & Disciplines - 2001 - 548 pages
...Philomel2 becometh dumb; The rest complains of cares to come. The flowers do fade, and wanton fields To wayward winter reckoning yields; A honey tongue,...no means can move To come to thee and be thy love. ' The Nymph's Reply to the Shepherd: see "The Passionate Shepherd to His Love" by Christopher Marlowe... | |
 | Geoffrey O'Brien, Billy Collins - Poetry - 2007 - 778 pages
...Philomel becometh dumb; The rest complains of cares to come. The flowers do fade, and wanton fields To wayward Winter reckoning yields: A honey tongue,...folly ripe, in reason rotten. Thy belt of straw and ivy-buds, Thy coral clasps and amber studs, — All these in me no means can move To come to thee and... | |
 | Diane Ravitch, Michael Ravitch - Literary Collections - 2006 - 512 pages
...Philomel becometh dumb; The rest complains of cares to come. The flowers do fade, and wanton fields To wayward winter reckoning yields; A honey tongue,...no means can move To come to thee and be thy love. Nature, That Hath Washed Her Hands in Milk Nature, that hath washed her hands in milk, And had forgot... | |
 | Christopher Marlowe, Stephen Orgel - Poetry - 2007 - 322 pages
...complains of cares to come. The flowers do fade, and wanton fields To wayward winter reckoning yields; 10 A honey tongue, a heart of gall Is fancy's spring,...no means can move To come to thee and be thy love. 2.0 But could youth last and love still breed, Had joys no date, nor age no need, Then these delights... | |
 | Kathryn Hinds - Juvenile Nonfiction - 2008 - 88 pages
...Philomel becometh dumb; The rest complains of cares to come. The flowers do fade, and wanton fields To wayward winter reckoning yields; A honey tongue,...in reason rotten. Thy belt of straw and ivy buds, The coral clasps and amber studs, All these in me no means can move To come to thee and be thy love.... | |
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