 | Robert Herrick - 1810 - 280 pages
...Or brought a kiss From that sweetheart to this? No, no; this sorrow, shown By your tears shed, Would have this lecture read, " That things of greatest, so of meanest worth, " Conceiv'd with grief are, and with tears brought « forth." LXXXVlll. TO THE WILLOW TREE. THOU art... | |
 | 1822 - 384 pages
...brought a kiss From that sweetheart to this ? No, no ; this sorrow, shown By your tears shed, Would have this lecture read, ' That things of greatest, so of meanest worth, ' Conceiv'd with grief are, and with tears brought forth.' " To Blossoms. " Fair pledges of a fruitful... | |
 | Henry Southern, Sir Nicholas Harris Nicolas - 1822 - 392 pages
...brought a kiss From that sweetheart to this ? No, no ; this sorrow, shown By your tears shed, Would have this lecture read, .< ' That things of greatest, so of meanest worth, ' Conceiv'd with grief are, and with tears brought forth.' " To Blossoms. *>',•. .. ... i " Fair... | |
 | James Lawson Drummond - 1826 - 420 pages
...weep; Is it for want of sleep, Or childish lullaby ? Or that ye have not seen as yet The violet? Would have this lecture read, That things of greatest, so...meanest worth, Conceived with grief are, and with tears brought forth. No, no ; this sorrow, shown By your tears shed, The common Buckbean, or Marsh... | |
 | William Hone - 1832 - 852 pages
...brought a kiss From that sweetheart to this ? No, No ; this sorrow, shown By your tears shed, Would have this lecture read ; • That things of greatest, so of meanest worth, ' Concciv'd with grief are, and with tears brought foitb.' " Herricb, 1648. THE SEASON. More appropriately... | |
 | 1833 - 468 pages
...weep; Is it for want of sleep, Or childish lullaby ? Or that ye have not seen as yet The violet ? Would have this lecture read. That things of greatest, so...meanest worth. Conceived with grief are, and with tears brought forth. No, no; this sorrow, shown By your tears shed, The Violet.—What the origin of... | |
 | Mrs. Charles Meredith - 1836 - 400 pages
...it for want of sleep, Or childish lullaby ? Or that ye have not seen as yet The violet ? Or broughte a kisse From that sweet-heart to this ? No, no, this...things of greatest, so of meanest worth, Conceived with griefe are, and with tears brought forth. The cowslip bells are generally named by poets as the resort... | |
 | Mrs. Charles Meredith - 1836 - 400 pages
...it for want of sleep, Or childish lullaby ? Or that ye have not seen as yet The violet ? Or broughte a kisse From that sweetheart to this ? No, no, this...things of greatest, so of meanest worth, Conceived with griefe are, and with tears brought forth The cowslip bells are generally named by poets as the resort... | |
 | Lucy Hooper - 1842 - 304 pages
...have not seen as yet The violet? ***** ***** No, no ; this sorrow, shown By your tears shed, Would have this lecture read, That things of greatest, so...meanest worth, Conceived with grief are, and with tears brought forth. COWSLIP. THE name of Cowslip seems to be derived from tne Saxon word Cuslippe,... | |
 | Edward Jesse - 1844 - 432 pages
...strange to see, Such pretty flowers, like to orphans young. To speak by teares before ye have a tongue. Speak, whimp'ring younglings, and make known The reason...Conceived with grief are, and with teares brought forth. My garden takes up half my daily care, And my field asks the minutes I can spare. HARTE. ADDISON remarked,... | |
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Speak, whimpering younglings; and make known The reason why Ye droop, and weep. Is it for want of sleep; Or childish lullaby ? Or, that ye have not seen as yet The violet? Or brought a kiss From that sweetheart to this? No, no; this sorrow, shown By your... 
