| Isaac Watts - 1807 - 410 pàgines
...And tell you, ' 'Tis all but in sport.' THE ROSE. How fair is the rose ! what a beantiful flower ! The glory of April and May ! But the leaves are beginning...an hour, And they wither and die in a day. Yet the rose has one powerftd virtue to boast, Above all the flowers of the field : When its leaves are all... | |
| Vicesimus Knox - 1809 - 604 pàgines
...betimes to love working am §61. TlieHosr. Watts. Hmv fair is the Rose! \vlrnt a beautiful flow'r! 'gular. Whoever thinks a faultless piece to see, Thinks...what ne'er was, nor is, nor e'er shall be. In ev'ry J"et the rose has one powerful virtue to boast, Above all the flow'rs of the field : [lost, When its... | |
| Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 554 pàgines
...tell you " 'Tis all but in sport." III. THE ROSE. How fair is the rose ! what a beautiful flower ! The glory of April and May ! But the leaves are beginning...an hour, And they wither and die. in a day. Yet the rose has one powerful virtue to boast, • Above all the flowers of the field : When its leaves are... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 556 pàgines
...is the rose ! what a beautiful flower ! The glory of April and May ! But the leaves are. iKginning to fade in an hour, And they wither and die in a day. Yet the rose has one powerful virtue to boast, Above all the flowers of the field : When its leaves are all... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 558 pàgines
...fair is the rose! what a heautiful flower! The --'lory of April and May ! Bio the leaves are heginning to fade in an hour, And they wither and die in a day. Yet thr rose has one powerful virtue to hoast, .Still how sweet a perfume it will yield! So frail is the... | |
| Isaac Watts - 1813 - 574 pàgines
...tell you, " 'Tis all but in sport." HI. The Rote. 1 HOW fair is the Rose ! what a beautiful flow' r ! The glory of April and May : But the leaves are beginning...fade in an hour, And they wither and die in a day. s Vet the Rote has onepowerful virtue to boast, Above all the flowers of the field : When its leaves... | |
| Abner Alden - 1814 - 222 pàgines
...thee. •; • THE READER. 171 LESSON XXV. THE ROSE. HOW fair is the rose ! what a beautiful flower ! The glory of April and May ! But the leaves are beginning...an hour, And they wither and die in a day. Yet the rose has one powerful virtue to boast, Above all the flowers of the field : When its leaves are all... | |
| Lindley Murray - 1814 - 234 pàgines
...SECTION VII. THE BOSE. How fair is the rose ! what a beautiful flow'r! In summer so fragrant and gay! But the leaves are beginning to fade in an hour, And they wither and die in a day. Yet the rose has one pow'rful virtue to boast, Above all the flow'rs of the field: Whewits leaves are all dead,... | |
| Lindley Murray - 1816 - 236 pàgines
...SECTION IX. The, Rose. 1. How fair is the rose ! what a beautiful flow'rl In summer so fragrant and gay! But the leaves are beginning to fade in an hour, And they wither and die in a day. 2. Yet the rose has one pow'rful virtue to boast, Above all the flowers of the field: When its leaves... | |
| Albert Picket - 1819 - 258 pàgines
...summer's feast, Thou retir'st to endless rest. THE ROSE. How fair is the rose ! what a beautiful flower ! The glory of April and May : But the leaves are beginning to fade in an hour, An(f they wither and die in a day. Yet the rose has one powerful beauty to boast Above all the flowers... | |
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