 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
 | Mary Anne Marzials - 1867 - 332 pàgines
...you are lovely leaves, where we May read how soon things have Their end, though ne'er so brave : Ajid after they have shown their pride Like you awhile, they glide Into the grave. FRANCIS QUARLES. Born, 1592 ; Died, 1644. DIVINE EJACULATION. FOUNTAIN of light and living breath,... | |
 | Woodland - 1868 - 186 pàgines
...hour or halfs delight, And so to bid good-uight ? '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. R. Herrick. THE DAFFODILS. WANDERED lonely as a cloud That floats on high o'er vales and hills, When... | |
 | Iowa State Horticultural Society - 1902 - 650 pàgines
...quite. ' 'But you are lovely leaves, where we May read how soon things have Their end, though never so brave; And after they have shown their pride Like you awhile, they glide, Into the grave." CW BURTON: One of the most discouraging thoughts to me is the fact that three-fourths of the citizens... | |
 | 1869 - 436 pàgines
...smile, And go at last. What, were ye born to be An hour or half's delight, And so to bid good-night ? But you are lovely leaves, where we May read how soon...pride Like you, awhile, they glide Into the grave. cx R. Herrick TO DAFFODILS FAIR Daffodils, we weep to see You haste away so soon :' As yet the early-rising... | |
 | 1869 - 444 pàgines
...And go at last What, were ye born to be An hour or half's delight, And so to bid good-night ? But yoa are lovely leaves, where we May read how soon things...pride Like you, awhile, they glide Into the grave. R. Herrick cx TO DAFFODILS FAIR Daffodils, we weep to see You haste away so soon : As yet the early-rising... | |
 | William James Linton, Richard Henry Stoddard - 1883 - 396 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. TO VIOLETS. Welcome, Maids of Honour ! You do bring In the Spring, And wait upon her. She has Virgins... | |
 | 1883 - 162 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. Robert Herrick. WHEN the summer days are bright and long, And the little birds pipe a merry song, 'Tis... | |
 | Frederic William Farrar - 1883 - 498 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, a-while — they glide Into the grave. RICHARD LOVELACE. Bom 1018. Died 1658. To ALTHEA FROM PRISON. WHEN Love with unconfined wings Hovers... | |
 | English lyrics - 1883 - 340 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. LXXXII. HIS PRAYER TO BEN JONSON. WHEN I a verse shall make, Know I have prayed thee, For old religion's... | |
 | Mary Russell Mitford - 1883 - 544 pàgines
...worth, And lose you quite. But you are lovely leaves, where we May read how soon things have Then- end, though ne'er so brave ; And after they have shown...pride, Like you, awhile they glide Into the grave. The want in these graceful and delicate lyrics is thew and sinew. And yet they are what they pretend... | |
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