| Mary Russell Mitford - 1852 - 344 sivua
...tapers clear without number. TO BLOSSOMS. Fair pledges of a fruitful tree, Why do ye fall so fast ? Your date is not so past But you may stay yet here...gently smile, And go at last. What were ye born to be AD hour or half s delight, And so to bid good-night ? 'Twas pity Nature brought ye forth, Merely to... | |
| Oskar Ludwig Bernhard Wolff - 1852 - 438 sivua
...soule I'll poure into thee ! To Blossoms. Faire pledges of a fruitfull tree, Why do yee fall so fast? Your date is not so past: But you may stay yet here...blush and gently smile, And go at last. What, were yee borne to be An houre or half s delight, And so to bid good night? 'Twas pitie nature brought yee... | |
| Mary Russell Mitford - 1852 - 588 sivua
...pledges of a fruitful tree, Why do ye fall so fast 1 Your date is not so past But you may stay yet hero 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 1 'Twas pity Nature brought ye forth, Merely to show your... | |
| George William Curtis - 1852 - 216 sivua
...pledges of a fruitful tree, Why do you fall so fasti Your date is not so past, But you may stay yet hero awhile To blush and gently smile, And go at last. What ! were ye born to be An hour or halfs delight, And so to bid good night 1 'T was pity nature brought ye forth Merely to show your worth,... | |
| Naturalist pseud, Edward Wilson (M.A., F.L.S.) - 1852 - 444 sivua
...pledges of a fruitful tree Why do ye fall so fast ? Your date is not so past, But you may stay here yet 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 show your worth,... | |
| John Theodore Barker (schoolmaster.) - 1852 - 316 sivua
...bloom. Petals soon falling off. April, May. " Fair pledges of a fruitful tree, Why do you fall so fast ? 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 have Their end, though ne'er so brave... | |
| 644 sivua
...a fruitful tree, Why do ye fall so fast? Your date is not to past, Bat you may stay yet here awile To blush, and gently smile, And go at last. What were ye born to be ? An hour, or day's delight, And so to bid good night ? "Twere pity nature brought ye forth, Merely to show your... | |
| Beautiful poetry - 1853 - 740 sivua
...charms. How beautiful are these stanzas. FAIB pledges of a faithful tree, Why do ye fall so fast ? Your date is not so past, But you may stay yet here...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... | |
| John Sullivan Dwight - 1853 - 424 sivua
...continued.] BLOSSOMS. BY ROBERT HERRICK. Fair pledges of a fruitful tree, Why do ye fall so fast ? Your date is not so past, But you may stay yet here...blush and gently smile, And go at last. What, were ye bom to be An hour or half's delight, And so to bid good night? 'Twas pity nature brought ye forth,... | |
| 1853 - 560 sivua
...muse forgot, and thou beloved no more ! POTK. FAIR pledges of a 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. BURNS. What, were ye born to be An hour or half s delight ; And so to bid good-night ? 'T was pity... | |
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