 Twas pity Nature brought ye forth Merely to show your worth, And lose you quite. But you are lovely leaves, where we May read how soon things have Their end, though ne'er so brave : And after they have shown their pride Like you, awhile, they glide Into...  Retrospective Review - Pàgina 165editat per - 1822Visualització completa - Sobre aquest llibre
 | Beautiful poetry - 1853 - 740 pàgines
...hour or half's delight, And so to bid good night ? 'Tis pity nature brought ye forth Merely to show your worth, And lose you quite. But you are lovely...pride Like you awhile, they glide Into the grave. THE SONG OF STEAM. It is a common remark that the startling realities of the present age have stifled... | |
 | Thomas Campbell - 1853 - 838 pàgines
...hour or half's delight, And so to bid good-night ? 'Twas pity Nature brought ye forth Merely to show your worth, And lose you quite. But you are lovely...pride, Like you, awhile, they glide Into the grave. THE NIGHT-PIECE.— TO JULIA. HER eyes the glow-worm lend thee, The shooting stars attend thee ; And... | |
 | 1853 - 560 pàgines
...hour or half s delight ; And so to bid good-night ? 'T was pity Nature brought ye forth Merely to show your worth, And lose you quite. But you are lovely...pride, Like you awhile : They glide Into the grave. HEiinii;K. $JWtt. O LUVE will venture in where it daurna weel be seen, O luve will venture in where... | |
 | Emily Percival - 1853 - 332 pàgines
...good night ? T was pity nature brought you forth Merely to show your worth, And lose you quite. But ye are lovely leaves, where we May read how soon things...pride, Like you, awhile, they glide Into the grave. HE was an old man twenty years ago ; and twenty added years have left but slight and scanty traces of... | |
 | Mary Botham Howitt - 1854 - 584 pàgines
...and half's delight, And so to bid good-night ? 'Twos pity nature brought you forth, Merely to show your worth And lose you quite. But you are lovely...pride, Like you, awhile, they glide Into the grave. We cannot conclude our April day more fitly than in the quaint words of the pious old George Herbert... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1854 - 796 pàgines
...delight, And so to bid good-night ? Tis pily nature brought ye forth Merely to show your worth, Aad lose you quite. But you are lovely leaves, where we...pride, Like you, awhile, they glide Into the grave. HOW THE HEART S-EASE FIRST CAME. Frolic virgins once these were, Over-loving, living here; Being here... | |
 | Cyclopaedia, Henry Gardiner Adams - 1854 - 762 pàgines
...hour and half's delight, And so to bid good-night? 'Twas pity nature brought ye fjrth Merely to show your worth, And lose you quite. But you are lovely...they have shown their pride Like you awhile, they glida Into the grave. Herrick. Our life hath many a wintry scene, Deciduous are our sweetest joys;... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1854 - 350 pàgines
...good-night f Twas pity nature brought ye forth Merely tc show your worth, And lose you quite. But ye are lovely leaves, where we May read how soon things...pride, Like you, awhile, they glide Into the grave. -' ; , ' 804 THE POETRY OF FLOWERS. '':'." A COMPARISON. BY JH WIFFEN. — As yon flower, with hyacinthine... | |
 | Susan Fenimore Cooper - 1854 - 482 pàgines
...But you are lovely leaves, where we May read how soon things have Their end, though ne'er HO brnve ; And after they have shown their pride, Like you awhile they glide, Into the grave. KOBF.UT HERIICK, 1501. CHILDREN'S POSIES. FBOX " jOl'KtAl. Or A NATl/RALIST.'' The amusements and fancies... | |
 | Susan Fenimore Cooper - 1855 - 510 pàgines
...hour or half's delight, And so to bid good-night ? 'Twas pity nature brought ye forth, Merely to show your worth, And lose you quite. But you are lovely...pride, Like you awhile they glide, Into the grave. ROEEET HEREICK, 1591. CHILDREN'S POSIES. FKOM " JOUKNAL OF A NATURALIST." The amusements and fancies... | |
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