 How can they say that nature Has nothing made in vain ; Why then, beneath the water, Should hideous rocks remain ? No eyes the rocks discover That lurk beneath the deep, To wreck the wandering lover, And leave the maid to weep.  Philological Inquiries: In Three Parts - Page 464by Shakey Jake - 1781Full view - About this book
 | Thomas Campbell - Authors, English - 1819 - 420 pages
...Where gold and diamonds grow, You'd find a richer maiden, But none that loves you so. How can they say that nature Has nothing made in vain ; Why then beneath the water Should hideous rocks remain ? No eyes the rocks discover That lurk beneath the deep, To wreck the wandering... | |
 | John Aikin - English poetry - 1820 - 832 pages
...gold and diamonds grow, Vou'd find a richer maiden, But none that loves you so. " How can they say lourish'd, and now you ; For whom we stay'd. as did the Grecian st Should hideous rocks remain ? No eyes the rocks discover, That lurk beneath the deep, To wreck the... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1821 - 550 pages
...In Gay's ballad, in-:, serted in The What D'ye Call It, is the following stanza : " How can they say that nature " Has nothing made in vain ; " Why then beneath the water " Should hideous rocks remain?" &c. &c. Compare this with a passage in Chaucer's Frankeleines Tale,... | |
 | John Aikin - English poetry - 1821 - 364 pages
...gold and diamonds grow, You'd find a richer maiden, But none that loves you so. " How can they say that Nature Has nothing made in vain ; Why then beneath the water Should hideous rocks remain ? No eyes the rocks discover, That lurk beneath the deep, To wreck the... | |
 | English letters - 1826 - 638 pages
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 | John Gay - English poetry - 1826 - 376 pages
...gold and diamonds grow, You'd find a richer maiden, But none that loves yon so. IV. How can they say that nature Has nothing made in vain ; Why then beneath the water Should hideous rocks remain ? No eyes the rocks discover, That lurk beneath the deep, To wreck the... | |
 | Robert Chambers - American literature - 1830 - 844 pages
...frokl and diamonds grow, You'd find a richer maiden, But none that loves you so. ' How can they say k Exchange"% Chambers Robert" Robert Chamber Should hideous rocks remain? No eyes the rocks discover That lurk beneath the deep, To wreck the wandering... | |
 | England - 1835 - 794 pages
...Where gold and diamonds grow, You'll find a richer maiden, But none that loves you so. How can they say that nature Has nothing made in vain ; Why then beneath the water Do hideous rocks remain ? No eyes those rocks discover, That lurk beneath the deep, To wreck the wand'ring lover And leave... | |
 | Garland - English poetry - 1836 - 246 pages
...and diamonds grow, You may find some richer maiden, But none that loves you so. ' ' How can they say that Nature Has nothing made in vain ? Why, then, beneath the water Do hideous rocks remain ? No eyes those rocks discover, That lurk beneath the deep, To wreck the wandering lover, And leave... | |
 | James Harris - Philosophy, Modern - 1841 - 616 pages
...elegant modern ballads ; though whence the poet took it, I pretend not to decide. How can they say, that nature Has nothing made in vain ? Why then beneath...water Do hideous rocks remain ? Those rocks no eyes discover, Which lurk beneath the deep, To wreck, &«. But to return to Chaucer. If in the tale we have... | |
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