 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
 | Edward George E.L. Bulwer- Lytton (1st baron.) - 1852 - 332 pages
...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... | |
 | Oskar Ludwig Bernhard Wolff - English poetry - 1852 - 438 pages
...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.... | |
 | George William Curtis - Atlantic States - 1852 - 214 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 have Their end, tho' ne'er so brave ; And after they have shown their pride Like you, awhile, they slide Into the grave."... | |
 | George William Curtis - Atlantic States - 1852 - 216 pages
...night 1 'T was 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, tho" ne'er so brave : And after they have shown their prido Like you, awhile, they slide LAKE GEORGE... | |
 | Beautiful poetry - 1853 - 740 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. THE SONG OF STEAM. It is a common remark that the startling realities of the present age have stifled... | |
 | Poets, American - 1853 - 560 pages
...good-night ? 'T was 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. HEiinii;K. $JWtt. O LUVE will venture in where it daurna weel be seen, O luve will venture in where... | |
 | Emily Percival - American literature - 1853 - 332 pages
...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... | |
 | Mary Botham Howitt - Country life - 1854 - 584 pages
...good-night ? 'Twos pity nature brought you 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. We cannot conclude our April day more fitly than in the quaint words of the pious old George Herbert... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - Gift books - 1854 - 350 pages
...good-night f Twas pity nature brought ye forth Merely tc 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. -' ; , ' 804 THE POETRY OF FLOWERS. '':'." A COMPARISON. BY JH WIFFEN. — As yon flower, with hyacinthine... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - English literature - 1854 - 796 pages
...good-night ? Tis pily nature brought ye forth Merely to show your worth, Aad lose you quite. But you are lovely leaves, where we May read how soon things...pride, Like you, awhile, they glide Into the grave. HOW THE HEART S-EASE FIRST CAME. Frolic virgins once these were, Over-loving, living here; Being here... | |
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