 | George Benjamin Woods - England - 1916 - 1604 pages
...injured ghosts complain ; When yawning graves give up their dead, 28 To haunt the faithless swain. is breast :— Not for these I raise The song of thanks and praise ; B pive me back my maiden vow, 12 And give me back my troth. "Why did you promise love to me, And not... | |
 | Iolo Aneurin Williams - English poetry - 1922 - 184 pages
...When injur'd ghosts complain, When yawning graves give up their dead To haunt the faithless swain. " Bethink thee, William ! of thy fault, Thy pledge and...me back my maiden vow, And give me back my troth. " Why did you promise love to me, And not that promise keep ? Why did you swear my eyes were bright,... | |
 | Iolo Aneurin Williams - English poetry - 1923 - 528 pages
...When injur'd ghosts complain, When yawning graves give up their dead To haunt the faithless swain. " Bethink thee, William ! of thy fault, Thy pledge and...me back my maiden vow, And give me back my troth. " Why did you promise love to me, And not that promise keep ? Why did you swear my eyes were bright,... | |
 | John Matthews Manly - English literature - 1926 - 928 pages
...injured ghosts complain ; When yawning graves give up their dead, To haunt the faithless swain. 28 2 32 '•' Why did you promise love to me, And not that promise keep ? Why did you swear my eyes were... | |
 | David Nichol Smith - English poetry - 1926 - 744 pages
...When injur'd ghosts complain; When yauning graves give up their dead To haunt the faithless swain. Bethink thee, WILLIAM, of thy fault, Thy pledge, and...me back my maiden vow, And give me back my troth. Why did you promise love to me, And not that promise keep? Why did you swear my eyes were bright, Yet... | |
 | Languages, Modern - 1917 - 352 pages
...injur'd ghosts complain; When yawning graves give up their dead, To haunt the faithless swain. VIII. Bethink thee, William, of thy fault, Thy pledge and broken oath: And give me back my maiden-vow, And give me back my troth. IX. Why did you promise love to me, And not that promise keep?... | |
 | Cambridge International Examinations - Juvenile Nonfiction - 2005 - 272 pages
...When injured ghosts complain; When yawning graves give up their dead To haunt the faithless swain. 'Bethink thee, William, of thy fault, Thy pledge,...me back my maiden vow, And give me back my troth. 'Why did you promise love to me, And not that promise keep? Why did you swear my eyes were bright,... | |
| |
How could you say my face was fair, And yet that face forsake? How could you win my virgin heart, Yet leave that heart to break? 
