My love, my life, said I, explain This change of humour : pr'ythee, tell : That falling tear — What does it mean ? She sigh'd ; she smil'd : and to the flowers Pointing, the lovely moralist said : See, friend, in some few fleeting hours, See yonder,... A New Pocket Companion for Oxford: Or, Guide Through the University ... - Page 1301787 - 152 pagesFull view - About this book
| 1901 - 658 pages
...moralist said : See, friend, in some few fleeting hours, See yonder, what a change is made. Ah me I the blooming pride of May, And that of beauty are but one : At morn both flourished bright and gay, Both fade at evening, pale and gone. At dawn poor Stella danced and sung... | |
| William Makepeace Thackeray - 1885 - 418 pages
...She sighed, she smiled, and to the flowers Pointing, the lovely moralist said : See, friend, in some few fleeting hours, See yonder what a change is made...blooming pride of May And that of Beauty are but one : At mom both flourish, bright and gay, Both fade at evening, pale and gone. " At dawn poor Stella danced... | |
| William Makepeace Thackeray - 1905 - 428 pages
...She sighed, she smiled, and to the flowers Pointing, the lovely moralist said : See, friend, in some few fleeting hours, See yonder what a change is made...May And that of Beauty are but one : \ At morn both flourish, bright and gay, 4 Both fade at evening, pale aad gone. " At dawn poor Stella danced and sung,... | |
| William Makepeace Thackeray - 1911 - 278 pages
...She sighed, she smiled, and to the flowers Pointing, the lovely moralist said: ' See, friend, in some few fleeting hours, See yonder what a change is made!...May And that of Beauty are but one ; At morn both flourish, bright and gay, Both fade at evening, pale and gone. "'At dawn poor Stella danced and sung,... | |
| William Stebbing - 1913 - 426 pages
...simple, yet well-dressed ease, ' simplex munditiis,' of the transition from smiles to melancholy : Ah me ; the blooming pride of May, And that of Beauty are but one ; At morn both nourish bright and gay ; Both fade at evening, pale and gone. At dawn poor Stella danc'd and sung ;... | |
| Oswald Doughty - 1922 - 492 pages
...: See ! Friend, in some few fleeting Hours, See yonder, what a Change is made. 1 Epitaph Exttmpore. Ah Me ! the blooming Pride of May, And That of Beauty are but One : At Morn Both flourish bright and gay, Both fade at Evening, pale, and gone. There is too a very modern touch in... | |
| Iolo Aneurin Williams - 1923 - 524 pages
...sigh'd ; she smil'd : and to the flowers Pointing, the lovely moralist said : " See ! friend, in some few fleeting hours, See yonder what a change is made....May, And that of beauty are but one : At morn both flourish bright and gay, Both fade at evening, pale, and gone. " At dawn poor Stella danc'd and sung... | |
| Norman Ault - 1928 - 544 pages
...sighed ; she smiled : and to the flowers Pointing, the lovely moralist said : ' See ! friend, in some few fleeting hours, See yonder, what a change is made....May And that of beauty are but one ; At morn both flourish bright and gay, Both fade at evening, pale, and gone. ' At dawn poor Stella danced and sung... | |
| William Makepeace Thackeray - 2007 - 298 pages
...she smiled, and to the flowers Pointing, the lovely moralist said; See, friend, in some few leisure hours, See yonder what a change is made! "Ah, me!...May, And that of Beauty are but one: At morn both flourish, bright and gay, Both fade at evening, pale and gone. "At dawn poor Stella danced and sung,... | |
| English poetry - 1801 - 224 pages
...She sigh'd ; she smil'd: and totheflow'rs Pointing, the lovety moralist said : See ! friend , in some few fleeting hours, See yonder , what a change is...May, And that of beauty are but one : At morn both flourish bright and gay , Both fade at evening , pale , and gone. At dawn poor Stella danc'd and sung... | |
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