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" 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 - Page 165
edited by - 1822
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Select Poems from the Hesperides: Or, Works Both Human and Divine

Robert Herrick - 1810 - 280 pages
...And go at last. What, were ye born to be An hour or half 's delight, And so to bid good night ? 'Twas pity nature brought ye forth Merely to shew your worth,...pride, Like you, awhile ; they glide Into the grave. POEM CL.] The same critique will apply to this, as to poem 107. Neither Carew, nor Waller, observes...
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Select Poems from the Hesperides: Or, Works Both Human and Divine

Robert Herrick - 1810 - 278 pages
...And go at last. What, were ye born to be An hour or half 's delight, And so to bid good night ? 'Twas pity nature brought ye forth Merely to shew your worth,...their pride, Like you, awhile ; they glide Into the grare. POEM CL.] The same critique will apply to this, as to poem 107. Neither Carew, nor Waller, observes...
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The Analectic Magazine, Volume 3

1814 - 558 pages
...nature brought you forth Merely to show your worth, And kwe you quite. But you are lovely leaves, wliere we May read how soon things have Their end, though...have shown their pride. Like you awhile, they glide 1 ') ' 'j the grave ! SCIENTIFIC AND LITERARY INTELLIGENCE. THE KMPoaiuu OP ARTS AND SCIENCES. —...
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Analectic Magazine: Containing Selections from Foreign Reviews and ..., Volume 3

1814 - 556 pages
...delight ; And so to bid good night ; "Twas pity nature brought you forth Merely to sliow your worth, A ud lose you quite* But you are lovely leaves, where we...have shown their pride, Like you awhile, they glide lulu the grave ! SCIENTIFIC AND LITERARY INTELLIGENCE. THE EMPORIUM OF ARTS AND SCIENCES.— Several...
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The Analectic Magazine...: Comprising Original Reviews, Biography ..., Volume 3

1814 - 564 pages
...And so to bid gocd night ; 'Twas pity nature brought you forth Merely to show your worth, And loae you quite. But you are lovely leaves, where we May...have shown their pride, Like you awhile, they glide SCIENTIFIC AND LITERARY INTELLIGENCE. THE EMPORIUM OF ARTS AND SCIENCES. — Several numbers of a new...
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Wild flowers and their teachings

Wild flowers - 1845 - 110 pages
...shine, See—that it all is fair and bright, Feel—that it all is cold and gone ! BBAINARD. BUT yon are lovely leaves, where we May read how soon things...pride, Like you awhile, they glide Into the grave. INDEX OF AUTHOBS. Page A. .. .. .. 32, 58 Abdy, Mrs. .. .. ..70 Akenside .. .. .. ..45 Alison .. .....
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The Contemplative Philosopher: Or, Short Essays on the Various ..., Volume 1

Richard Lobb - 1817 - 430 pages
...or two's delight ; And so to bid good night ! •Twas 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. HERRICK. None of the other seasons can vie with Spring in loveliness and amenity. It has the same order...
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The Youth's instructer [sic] and guardian, Volume 9

1847 - 648 pages
...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. II. — TO DAFFODILS. FAIR daffodils, we weep to see You haste away too soon ; As yet the early-rising...
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The Retrospective Review, Volume 5

1822 - 384 pages
...And so to bid good night ? 'Tis pity nature brought ye forth Merely to shew your worth, And lose ypu quite. But you are lovely leaves, where we May read...they have shown their pride, Like you, awhile ; they gljde Into the grave." He sings " how roses first came red, and lillies white ;" how flowers first...
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The every-day book, or, The guide to the year

William Hone - 1825 - 842 pages
...night ? Tis pity Nature brought ye forth Jlerely to show your worth, And lose you quite ! • But your and inhabitants to the parliament; who immediately...to greater beauty, with public money, to be raised ! Htrrick. lifetime. William of Malmesbury relates, that the inhabitants of 'Beverley acknowledge the...
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