 | Naturalist pseud, Edward Wilson (M.A., F.L.S.) - 1852 - Liczba stron: 444
...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,...; And after they have shown their pride Like you, a while they glide Into the grave. HERRICK, 164S. THE PRIMROSE. WELCOME, pale primrose, starting up... | |
 | John Theodore Barker (schoolmaster.) - 1852 - Liczba stron: 316
...so fast ? Your date is not so past, But you may stay yet here awhile, To blush and gently smile, " But you are lovely leaves, where we May read how soon...pride, Like you awhile they glide Into the grave." HERRICK. Cherry. Fruit without bloom. Wild cherry. P. avium. — Flowers in umbels. Bird dierry. P.... | |
 | George William Curtis - 1852 - Liczba stron: 214
...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...where we May read how soon things have Their end, tho' ne'er so brave ; And after they have shown their pride Like you, awhile, they slide Into the grave."... | |
 | Oskar Ludwig Bernhard Wolff - 1852 - Liczba stron: 438
...so to bid good night? 'Twas pitie nature brought yee forth Meerly to shew your worth, And lose yon 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.... | |
 | Edward George E.L. Bulwer- Lytton (1st baron.) - 1852 - Liczba stron: 332
...nncloeed, for it was scarcely June, were simple, yet not inelegant, Tases, filled with flowers : Those lovely leaves, where we May read how soon things have Their end, though ne'er so brave.t The writer was alone, and had just paused from his employment : he was leaning his fece upon... | |
 | Liczba stron: 644
...go at last. What were ye born to be ? An hour, or day's delight, And so to bid good night ? "Twere pity nature brought ye forth, Merely to show your worth, And lose you quite ! But yon are lovely leaves, where we Hay read how soon things have Their end, though ne'er so brave : And... | |
 | Thomas Campbell - 1853 - Liczba stron: 838
...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. THE NIGHT-PIECE.— TO JULIA. HER eyes the glow-worm lend thee, The shooting stars attend thee ; And the... | |
 | Beautiful poetry - 1853 - Liczba stron: 740
...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. THE SONG OF STEAM. It is a common remark that the startling realities of the present age have stifled the... | |
 | 1853 - Liczba stron: 560
...last. BURNS. 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. HEiinii;K. $JWtt. O LUVE will venture in where it daurna weel be seen, O luve will venture in where... | |
 | Emily Percival - 1853 - Liczba stron: 332
...good night ? T was 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. HE was an old man twenty years ago ; and twenty added years have left but slight and scanty traces... | |
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Fair pledges of a fruitful tree, Why do ye fall 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 delight, And so to bid good-night ? 'Twas pity Nature... 
