 | Aubrey Thomas De Vere - 1858 - 298 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. DAVENANT. SIB WILLIAM DAVENANT was born at Oxford AD 1605. His father was an innkeeper. He was educated... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1859 - 780 pages
...And go at last. What, were ye born to bo An hour or half's delight, And so to bid good-night ? Tis pity nature brought ye forth Merely to show your worth,...pride, Like you, awhile, they glide Into the grave. HOW THE HEART S-EASE FIRST CAME. THE CAPTIVE BEE, OR THE LITTLE FILCHER. As Julia once a slumbering... | |
 | William Hone - 1859 - 882 pages
...forth Merely to show your worth, And lose you quite ! it your lovely leaves, where we May read how Butj May read how soon things have Their end, though ne'er...pride, Like you, awhile they glide Into the grave ! Htrrick. lifetime. William of Malmesbury relates, that the inhabitants of Beverley acknowledge the... | |
 | S. R. - 1860 - 306 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. THE LINNET. ยป. Hidinll. THE songs of nature, holiest, best are they ! The sad winds sighing thro'... | |
 | 1860 - 304 pages
...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 brought ye forth Merely to show...pride. Like you, awhile, they glide Into the grave. CLIII. STRANGER, whoe'er thou art, that stoop'st to tasle These sweeter streams, let me arrest thy... | |
 | Advanced reading book - 1860 - 458 pages
...And go at last. What, were ye born to be, An hour or half's delight, And so to bid good-night 1 'Twos pity Nature brought ye forth, Merely to show your...pride, Like you, awhile, they glide Into the grave. HERRICK. VIRTUE. SWEET day, so cool, so calm, so bright, The bridal of the earth and sky, Sweet dews... | |
 | George Gilfillan - 1860 - 370 pages
...bid good night ? 'Tis pity Nature brought ye forth Merely to show your worth, And lose you quite. 3 But you are lovely leaves, where we May read how soon...pride, Like you, awhile, they glide Into the grave. OBERON'S PALACE. Thus to a grove Sometimes devoted unto love, Tinsell'd with twilight, he and they,... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1860 - 778 pages
...brought ye forth Merely to show your worth, And lose you quite. But you are lovely leaves, where wo May read how soon things have Their end, though ne'er...pride, Like you, awhile, they glide Into the grave. HOW THE HEART S-EASE FIRST CAHE. Frolic virgins once these were, Over-loving, living here; Being here... | |
 | England - 1860 - 532 pages
...you quite. But you are lovely leaves, where we May read how soon things have Their end, though near so brave : And after they have shown their pride, Like you awhile : They glide Into the grave. HEKEICK. O LUVE will venture in where it daurna weel be seen, O luve will venture in where wisdom ance... | |
 | Henry William Dulcken - 1860 - 230 pages
...you are lovely leaves, where we May read how soon things have Their end, though ne'er so brave : * O And after they have shown their pride, Like you, awhile, they glide Into the grave. HKRRICK. [RoiiKKT HERRICK, a clergyman of the Church of England, who lived during the reign of Charles... | |
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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... 
