 | John Williamson Palmer - 1861 - 540 pages
...And go at last. What ! were ye born to be An hour or half's delight, And so to bid good-night? 'Tis pity Nature brought ye forth, Merely to show your...pride Like you awhile, they glide Into the grave. ROBERT HER RICK. 255 TO DAFFODILS. FAIR daffodils, we weep to see You haste away so soon ; As yet the... | |
 | 1861 - 790 pages
...And go at last. " What, were ye born to be 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."— (P. 30.) In speaking of Herrick, George Gilfillan pays a well-deserved tribute to Anacreon ; and this... | |
 | Francis Turner Palgrave - 1861 - 356 pages
...born to be And so to bid good-night ? 'Twas pity Nature brought ye forth An hour or half s delight, Merely to show your worth, And lose you quite. But...pride Like you, awhile, they glide Into the grave. R. Herrick cx TO DAFFODILS Fair Daffodils, we weep to see You haste away so soon : As yet the early-rising... | |
 | John Laurie Blake - 1862 - 236 pages
...fast ? Your date is not so past, ' But you may stay here yet 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 SIXTH. CODRUS, AND GRECIAN PATRIOTISM. With the Greeks, personal attachment had more influence,... | |
 | Henry Southgate - 1862 - 774 pages
...smile, And go at last. What, wore ye born to be An hour or half's delight, And so to bid good night 1 Twas pity nature brought ye forth, Merely to show...pride, Like you, awhile, they glide Into the grave. Herricl, BLUSHING— of Aged Cheeks. 0 call not to this aged check The little blood which should keep... | |
 | English poets - 1862 - 626 pages
...And go at last. What I were ye born to be 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. TO PRIMROSES. Filled urith Morning Dew. WHY do ye weep, sweet babes ? Can tears Speak grief in you,... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1863 - 788 pages
...smile, And go at last What, were ye born to be 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 CAVE. Frolic virgins once these were, Over-loving, living here; Being here... | |
 | 1863 - 438 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. R. Herrick CX TO DAFFODILS FAIR Daffodils, we weep to see You haste away so soon : As yet the early-rising... | |
 | 1863 - 982 pages
...good-night ? But you are lovely leaves, where we May read how soon things have Their end, though ne'er scv brave : And after they have shown their pride Like you, awhile, they glide Into the grave. R. Herrick cx TO DAFFODILS FAIR Daffodils, we weep to see You haste away so soon : As yet the early-rising... | |
 | Hubert Ashton Holden - 1864 - 344 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. R. HERRICK 271 SONG FOR THE SPINNING-WHEEl* OWIFTLY turn the murmuring wheel! vj night has brought... | |
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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... 
