 Oh ! ever thus, from childhood's hour, I've seen my fondest hopes decay ; I never loved a tree or flower, But 'twas the first to fade away. I never nursed a dear gazelle, To glad me with its soft black eye, • But when it came to know me well, And love...  Literary Frivolities, Fancies, Follies and Frolics - Page 149by William T. Dobson - 1880 - 288 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1817 - 728 pages
...fondest hopes decayj I never lov'da tree or flower, But "t was the first to fade away ; I never nurs'da dear gazelle, To glad me with its soft black eye, But when it came to know me well, And love me, it was sure to die !" A strong apostrophe to Rebellion, with an appropriate simile, page... | |
 | 1817 - 710 pages
...fondest hopes decay; I never lov'da tree or flower, But 'i was the first to fade away ; I never mirs'da dear gazelle. To glad me with its soft black eye, But when it came to know roe well, And love me, it was sure to die!" _A strong apostrophe to Rebellion, with an appropriate... | |
 | 1818 - 590 pages
...hopes decay ; 11 I never lov'da tree or flower, " But 'twas the first to fade away. " I never nurs'da dear gazelle, " To glad me with its soft black eye> " But when it came to know me well, " And love me, it was sure to die ! " l^ow too —the joy most like divine " Of all I ever dreamt or... | |
 | 1837 - 604 pages
...and then such a lamentation over them ! In the " Fire Worshippers " Moore makes his Hinda say — " I never nursed a dear gazelle, To glad me with its soft black eye, But when it came to know me well And love me — it was sure to die." Now Hinda was perfectly correct, except in thinking that she was... | |
 | Thomas Moore - 1823 - 422 pages
...hourly fears, " My dreams have boded all too right — " We part — for ever part — to-night ! " I knew, I knew it could not last — " 'Twas bright,...soft black eye, " But when it came to know me well, " And love me, it was sure to die ! " Now too — the joy most like divine " Of all I ever dreamt or... | |
 | Thomas Moore - 1823 - 428 pages
...hourly fears, " My dreams have boded all too right — " We part — for ever part — to-night ! " T knew, I knew it could not last — " 'Twas bright,...soft black eye, " But when it came to know me well, " And love me, it was sure to die ! " Now too — the joy most like divine " Of all I ever dreamt or... | |
 | Alicia Lefanu - 1823 - 536 pages
...fondest hopes decay ! I never lov'da tree or flower, But 'twas the first to fade away. I never nnrsed a dear gazelle, To glad me with its soft, black eye, But when it came to know me well, And love me, it was sure to die ! Now too — the joy, most like divine, Of all I ever dreamt or knew,... | |
 | Charles Bucke - 1823 - 400 pages
...childhood's hour, I've seen my fondest hopes decay ; I've never lov'da tree or flower, I never nurs'da dear gazelle, To glad me with its soft black eye, But when it came to know me well, And love me — it was sure to die ! Sloore; XI. Amid deserts we miss the most stupendous effort of... | |
 | Tobias Merton (pseud) - 1824 - 480 pages
...in every dispensation to feel, and devoutly to acknowledge, that " whatever is, is best." PART V. " Oh ! ever thus, from childhood's hour, I've seen my...its soft black eye But when it came to know me well, And love me —it was sure to die !" THE intelligence of Margaret's safety was received by the Baroness... | |
 | Robert Grenville Wallace - 1825 - 346 pages
...fondest hopes decay ; I never lov'da tree or flower, But 'twas the first to fade away. I never nurs'da dear gazelle, ' To glad me with its soft black eye, But when it came to know me well, And love me, it was sure to die ! Mooiiii. IT was a joyful day in the townland of Mullinabrack, when... | |
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