 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...  The Polyanthos - Page 471807Full view - About this book
 | 1805 - 948 pages
...fruitful tree. Why do ye fall to fax ? 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 brought ye forth Merely to show your... | |
 | British periodicals - 1822 - 688 pages
...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 linur or half's delight, And so to bid good night? Tis pity Nature brought you forth, Merely to show... | |
 | Nathan Drake - English literature - 1804 - 572 pages
...Why do ye fell so fast ? !,; I Your date is not so past ; j :i--. 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 brought ye forth Merely to shew your... | |
 | Robert Herrick - English poetry - 1810 - 280 pages
...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 brought ye forth Merely to shew your... | |
 | English literature - 1818 - 596 pages
...fruitful tree, Why do ye fail 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 deliirht, And MI to bid good night ? •Twas pity Nature .brought ye forth, Merely to shew your... | |
 | Ezekiel Sanford - English poetry - 1819 - 440 pages
...fruitful tree, Why dp 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 ? But you are lovely leaves, where we May read how soon things... | |
 | Henry Southern, Sir Nicholas Harris Nicolas - Bibliography - 1822 - 392 pages
...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? 'Tis pity nature brought ye forth Merely to shew your worth,... | |
 | 1847 - 648 pages
...fruitful tree, Why do you fall so fast? Your date is not so past, But you may yet here stay 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 brought ye forth Merely to show your worth,... | |
 | Books - 1822 - 384 pages
...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 ? 'Tis pity nature brought ye forth Merely to shew your worth,... | |
 | Susan Ferrier - 1824 - 412 pages
...fruitful tree, Why do ye fall so fast? Your date is not so past, But you may stay here yet a while, 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 brought ye forth, Merely to show your... | |
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