 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1823 - 186 pages
...or. bear not: 'Twill teach discernment to the sensitive, And not to pour their ocean in a sieve. L. Of all the horrid, hideous notes of woe, Sadder than owl-songs or the midnight blast, Is that portentous phrase, " I told you so," Utter'd by friends, those prophets of the past, Who, 'stead... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1825 - 916 pages
...or bear not : T will teach discernment to the sensitive, And not to pour their ocean in a sieve. L. Of all the horrid, hideous notes of woe, Sadder than owl-songs or the midnight blast, Is that portentous phrase, « 1 told you so, » Utter'd by friends, those prophets of the past Who,... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1832 - 542 pages
...bear not : 'T will teach discernment to the sensitive, And not to poor their ocean in a sieve. •( L. Of all the horrid, hideous notes of woe, Sadder than owl-songs or the midnight blast, Is that portentous phrase, "I told you so," Utter'd by friends, those prophets of the past, Who, 'stead... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron, Thomas Moore - 1833 - 334 pages
...bear, or bear not : 'Twill teach discernment to the sensitive, And not to pour their ocean in a sieve. Of all the horrid, hideous notes of woe, Sadder than owl-songs or the midnight blast, Is that portentous phrase, " I told you so," Utter'd by friends, those prophets of the past, Who, 'stead... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1836 - 342 pages
...or bear not : 'Twill teach discernment to the sensitive, And not to pour their ocean in a sieve. L. Of all the horrid, hideous notes of woe, Sadder than owl-songs or the midnight blast, Is that portentous phrase, " I told you so," Utter'd by friends, those prophets of the past, Who, 'stead... | |
 | James Connell (army surgeon.) - 1837 - 786 pages
...Consoling us with — ' Would you had thought twice ! Ah! if you had but follow'd my advice!' " Box JUAN. " Of all the horrid hideous notes of woe, Sadder than owl-songs or the midnight blast, Is that portentous phrase, ' I told you so,' Utter'd by friends, those prophets of the past, Who, 'stead... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1843 - 486 pages
...or bear not ; 'T will teach discernment to the sensitive, And not to pour their ocean in a sieve. L. Of all the horrid, hideous notes of woe, Sadder than owl-songs or the midnight blast, Is that portentous phrase, " I told you so," Utter'd by friends, those prophets of the past, Who, 'stead... | |
 | Literature - 1865 - 672 pages
...Consoling us with — " Would yon had thought twice ! Ah ! if you had but followed my advice !" * « * * * Of all the horrid, hideous notes of woe, Sadder than owl-songs or the midnight blast, Is that portentous phrase, " I told you so," Utter'd by friends, those PROPHETS OF THE PAST. Who, 'stead... | |
 | Teresa Guiccioli (contessa di) - Poets, English - 1869 - 676 pages
...Of stubborn shell, which waves and weather wear not; 'Tis better on the whole to have felt and seen "Of all the horrid, hideous notes of woe, Sadder than owl-songs or the midnight blast, Is that portentous phrase, 'I told you so,' Utter'd by friends, those prophets of the past, Who, 'stead... | |
 | F. J - 1870 - 346 pages
...? Consoling us with—" Would you had thought twice! Ah ! if you had but followed my advice!" ***** Of all the horrid, hideous notes of woe, Sadder than owl-songs or the midnight blast, Is that portentous phrase, " I told you so," Utter'd by friends, those PROPHETS OF THE PAST. Who, 'stead... | |
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stead of saying what you now should do, Own they foresaw that you would fall at last, And solace your slight lapse 'gainst " bonos mores," With a long memorandum of old stories. 
