 | Gems - 1841 - 624 pages
...good night? 'Twas pity nature brought you forth Merely to show your worth, And lose you quite. But ye are lovely leaves, where we May read how soon things...pride, Like you, awhile, they glide Into the grave. HENRY VAUGHAN. HENRY VAUGHAN was born in Brecknockshire, in 1621. He was intended for the bar, but... | |
 | Lucy Hooper - 1842 - 304 pages
...smile, And go at last. What ! were ye born to be An hour or half's delight, And so to bid good-night1? 'Twas pity Nature brought ye forth Merely to show...pride, Like you, awhile, they glide Into the grave. FLORAL DICTIONARY. (223) FLORAL DICTIONARY. A. Acacia. — Chaste Love. Acalea. — Temperance. Acanthus.... | |
 | Thomas Campbell - 1844 - 846 pages
...good-night ? 'Twas pity Nature brought ye forth Merely to show your worth, And lose you quite. But you arc $ B E+; D~? G B C ABGMF B G8F9F glare. THE COUNTRY LIFE. SWEET country life, to such unknown Whose lives are others', not their own!... | |
 | Joseph Payne - 1845 - 490 pages
...But you are lovely leaves, where we May read how soon things have Their end, though ne'er so brave :1 And after they have shown their pride Like you, awhile, they glide Into the grave. Herrich. THE DYING BOY.1 I KNEW a boy, whose infant feet had trod Upon the blossoms of some seven springs,... | |
 | 1846 - 436 pages
...Then go at last. What, were ye born to be An hour or halPs 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. 196 BURIAL OF THE MINNISINK. LOVE. — Milnes. THERE are gold-bright suns in worlds above, And blazing... | |
 | John Lauris Blake - 1846 - 292 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. Codrus, and Grecian Patriotism. With the Greeks, personal attachment had more influence,... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1849 - 578 pages
...good-night ? 'Twas pity nature brought you forth Merely to show your worth, And lose you quite. But ye are lovely leaves, where we May read how soon things...pride, Like you, awhile, they glide Into the grave. TO DAFFODILS. FAIR daffodils, we weep to see You haste away so soon ; As yet the early rising sun Has... | |
 | Mary Russell Mitford - 1852 - 592 pages
...Your date is not so past But you may stay yet here awhile, To blush and gently smile, And go at last. 'Twas pity Nature brought ye forth, Merely to show...pride, Like you, awhile they glide Into the grave. The want in these graceful and delicate lyrics is thew and sinew And yet they are what they pretend... | |
 | Robert Herrick - 1852 - 744 pages
...date is not so past, But yoii may stay yet here awhile 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. XXIII. TO A BED OF TULIPS. Bright tulips, we do know, You had your coming hither, And fading time does... | |
 | Mary Russell Mitford - 1852 - 344 pages
...smile, And go at last. What were ye born to be AD hour or half s delight, And so to bid good-night ? 'Twas pity Nature brought ye forth, Merely to show...pride, Like you, awhile they glide Into the grave. The want in these graceful and delicate lyrics is thew and sinew. And yet they are what they pretend... | |
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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... 
