 | New elegant extracts - 1827 - 404 pages
...date is nqt so past, What, were ye born to be An hour or half's delight, And so to bid good night t Twas pity nature brought ye forth Merely to show your...pride Like you, awhile, they glide Into the grave. - HERRICK. THE OLD MAN'S SONG. SHALL man of frail fruition boast? Shall life be counted dear, Oft but... | |
 | Bela Bates Edwards - 1832 - 338 pages
...so fast ? Your date is not so past, But you may stay yet here Awhile, To blush and gently smile, And go at last. What! were ye born to be An hour or half's...pride, Like you, awhile, they glide Into the grave. LESSON XXIV. Pledge to abstain from the Use of Ardent Spirits.— HENRY WARE, JR. ON this point, I... | |
 | John Lauris Blake - 1833 - 286 pages
...And go at last. What, were ye born to be An hour or half's delight, And so to bid good night ? 'T was pity Nature brought ye forth Merely to show your worth,...pride, Like you, awhile, they glide Into the grave. LESSON SIXTH. Codrus, and Grecian Patriotism. With the Greeks, personal attachment had mote influence,... | |
 | John Lauris Blake - 1833 - 274 pages
...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 the grave. LESSON SIXTH. t Codrus, and Grecian Patriotism. With the Greeks, personal attachment had more influence,... | |
 | William Hone - 1835 - 876 pages
...night "! Tis pity Nature brought ye forth Merely to show your worth, And lose you quite ! But your lovely leaves, where we May read how soon things have...pride, Like you, awhile they glide Into the grave! Herrick. lifetime. William of Malmesbury relates, that the inhabitants of Beverley acknowledge the... | |
 | Samuel Carter Hall - 1836 - 390 pages
...you quite. But you are lovely leaves, where we May read how soon things have Their end, though ne'r so brave : And after they have shown their pride, Like you, awhile, they glide Into the grave. TO DAFPADtLS. FAtRE daffadills, we weep to mc. You haste away so soone ; As yet the early-rising sun... | |
 | Stanhope Busby - 1837 - 136 pages
...night ? 'Tis pity Nature brought ye forth, Merely to shew your worth, And lose you quite. But your lovely leaves, where we May read how soon things have...pride Like you, awhile, they glide Into the grave. WITHERS' writings present a mass of wire-drawn lines, redeemed by an occasional burst of inspiration,... | |
 | Jewel - 1839 - 352 pages
...here awhile, To blush, and gently smile, 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...pride Like you, awhile, they glide Into the grave. HERRICK. HONOUR AND LOVE. TELL ma not, sweet, I am unkind, That from the memory Of thy chaste breast... | |
 | William Hone - 1839 - 874 pages
...your lovely leaves, where we May read how soon things have Their end, though ne'er so brave : A nd _ `t )*{b zQ J1a. ) p 0 j $ۉ L ,r +S- ' X S H Bq ! Hcrrick. lifetime. William of Malmesbury relates, that the inhabitants of Beverley acknowledge the... | |
 | Thomas Campbell - 1841 - 844 pages
...And so to bid good-night t "Twas pity Nature brought ye forth Merely to show your worth, And lose yon quite. But you are lovely leaves, where we May read...pride, Like you, awhile, they glide Into the grave. THE COUNTRY LIFE. SWEET country life, to such unknown Whose lives are others', not their own ! But... | |
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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... 
