 And it seem'd, to a fanciful view, To weep for the buds it had left with regret, On the flourishing bush where it grew. I hastily seized it, unfit as it was For a nosegay, so dripping and drown'd, And swinging it rudely, too rudely, alas ! I snapp'd it,...  The Works of William Cowper: The life of William Cowper. Letters, 1765-1783 - Page 166by William Cowper - 1835Full view - About this book
 | James Anderson - Books, Reviews - 1792 - 396 pages
...as it was For a nosegay, so drooping and drown'd, And wringing it rudely, too rudely, alas ! I snapt it, it fell to the ground. And such, I exclaim'd, is the pitylefs part Some act by the delicate mind, Regardlefs of wringing and breaking a heart Already to... | |
 | William Cowper - English poetry - 1800 - 438 pages
...bush where it grew. % I hastily seiz'd it, unfit as it was, For a nosegay, so dripping and drown'd, And swinging it rudely, too rudely, alas! I snapp'd...shaken it less, Might have bloom'd with its owner awhile, And the tear that is wip'd with a little address, May be follow'd perhaps by a smile. THE POET'S... | |
 | Select collection - 1806 - 322 pages
...rudely, alas ! It snapt, and it fell to the ground. Ah ! such, I exclaim'd, is the pitiless part Some aft by the delicate mind, Regardless of wringing and breaking...shaken it less, Might have bloom'd with its owner awhile ; And the tear that is wip'd with a little address, May be follow'd, perhaps, by a smile. FANNY,... | |
 | William Cowper - English poetry - 1806 - 478 pages
...swinging it rudely, too rudely, alas ! I snapped it, it fell to the ground. And such, I exclaimed, is the pitiless part Some act by the delicate mind,...of wringing and breaking a heart Already to sorrow resigned. This elegant rose, had I shaken it less, Might have bloomed with its owner a while, And the... | |
 | William Cowper - English poetry - 1808 - 354 pages
...flourishing bush where it grew. I hastily seiz'd it, unfit as it was For a nosegay, so dripping and drown'd, And swinging it rudely, too rudely, alas ! I snapp'd...wringing and breaking a heart Already to sorrow resign'd. L This elegant rose, had I shaken it less, Might have bloom'd with it's owner a while ; And the tear,... | |
 | Poetry - 1808 - 506 pages
...unfit as it was, For a nosegay, so dripping and drown'd. And swinging it rudely, too rudely, ala* ! I snapp'd it, it fell to the ground. And such, I exclaim'd,...of wringing and breaking a heart Already to sorrow resign'U. This elegant rose, had I shaken it less, Might have bloom'd with its owner awhile, And the... | |
 | William Enfield - Elocution - 1808 - 434 pages
...nosegay, so dripping and drown'd, And swinging it rudely, too rudely, alas ! J snapp'd it — it tell to the ground. And such, I exclaim'd, is the pitiless...and breaking a heart . Already to sorrow resign'd. T his elegant rose, had I shaken it less, Might have bloom'd with its owner awhile ; And the tear that... | |
 | William Cowper - English poetry - 1808 - 360 pages
...flourishing bush where it grew. I hastily seiz'd it, unfit as it was For a nosegay, so dripping and drown'd, And swinging it rudely, too rudely, alas ! I snapp'd...exclaim'd, is the pitiless part Some act by the delicate mir.d, Regardless of wringing and breaking a heart Already to sorrow resign'd. This elegant rose, had... | |
 | William Cowper - 1810 - 390 pages
...flourishing bush where it grew. I hastily seix'd it, unfit as it was For a nosegay, so dripping and drown'd, And swinging it rudely, too rudely, alas! I snapp'd...This elegant rose, had I shaken it less, Might have bloom 'd with it's owner a while; And the tear, that is wip'd with a little address, May be follow'd... | |
 | John Aikin - Ballads, English - 1810 - 386 pages
...nourishing bush where it grew. I hastily seiz'd it, unfit as is was For a nosegay, so dripping and drown'd, And swinging it rudely, too rudely alas ! I snapp'd...This elegant rose, had I shaken it less, Might have bloom' d with its owner awhile, SALLY IN OUR ALLEY. CAREY.] OF all the girls that are so smart, There's... | |
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