 | John Richard Beste - 1845 - 368 sivua
...O'er many a fragrant rose that blooms While death beneath it lies. A sportive maiden passed beside And, to her wooing partner, cried, " Oh, dearest !...lowly bed ?" A thoughtless smile replied. Again I view'd the silent ground And long my steps delay'd, For there, a recent grave I found ; — A mourner... | |
 | 1845 - 806 sivua
...O'er many a fragrant rose that blooms, While death beneath it lies. A sportive maiden pass'd beside, And to her wooing partner cried, Oh ! dearest, say if I were dead Sweet flowers should deck my lonely bed. A thoughtless smile replied. Again I view'd the silent ground, And long my steps delayed,... | |
 | 1845 - 758 sivua
...O'er many a fragrant rose that blooms, While death beneath it lies. A sportive maiden pass'd beside, And to her wooing partner cried, Oh ! dearest, say if I were dead Sweet flowersshould deck my lonely bed. A thoughtless smile replied. Again I view'd the silent ground, And... | |
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PERE LA CHAISE. I wander'd mid the peaceful tombs, Where groves of cypress rise, O'er many a fragrant rose that blooms, While death beneath it lies. A sportive maiden pass'd beside, And to her wooing partner cried, Oh ! dearest, say if I were dead Sweet... 