 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...  Wild flowers and their teachings - Page 81by Wild flowers - 1845Full view - About this book
 | Mary Russell Mitford - Authors - 1852 - 592 pages
...at last. '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...pride, Like you, awhile they glide Into the grave. The want in these graceful and delicate lyrics is thew and sinew And yet they are what they pretend... | |
 | Abraham Mills - English literature - 1851 - 602 pages
...good-night? 'Tis 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...: And after they have shown their pride, Like you a while they glide Into the grave. TO DAFFODILS. Fair daffodils, we weep to see You haste away so soon;... | |
 | Abraham Mills - English literature - 1851 - 594 pages
...good-night 1 'Tis 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 hrave : And after they have shown their pride, Like you a while they glide Into the grave. TO DAFFODILS.... | |
 | Robert Herrick - 1852 - 744 pages
...good night ? '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...pride, Like you, awhile, they glide Into the grave. XXIII. TO A BED OF TULIPS. Bright tulips, we do know, You had your coming hither, And fading time does... | |
 | John Theodore Barker (schoolmaster.) - 1852 - 316 pages
...? 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 things...pride, Like you awhile they glide Into the grave." HERRICK. Cherry. Fruit without bloom. Wild cherry. P. avium. — Flowers in umbels. Bird dierry. P.... | |
 | Mary Russell Mitford - American literature - 1852 - 344 pages
...good-night ? '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...pride, Like you, awhile they glide Into the grave. The want in these graceful and delicate lyrics is thew and sinew. And yet they are what they pretend... | |
 | Caroline Matilda Kirkland - English poetry - 1852 - 356 pages
...good-night ? 'Tis 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...pride, Like you, awhile, they glide Into the grave. $ 000. Lcelitia Elizabeth Landon, /^OME back, come back together, All ye fancies of the past, Ye days... | |
 | Naturalist pseud, Edward Wilson (M.A., F.L.S.) - 1852 - 444 pages
...good-night ? 'Tis 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...; 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... | |
 | 644 pages
...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...pride, Like you, awhile, they glide Into the grave. "What family is pledged never to inhale water ? — The Macintoshes. '•Lorn vro* THIS Picitrw, jMr... | |
 | Mary Russell Mitford - Authors - 1852 - 588 pages
...good-night 1 '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...brave ; And after they have shown their pride, . Like yon, awhile they glide Into the grave. The want in these graceful and delicate lyrics is thew and sinew.... | |
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