 Shall never more be thine. The silence of that dreamless sleep I envy now too much to weep; Nor need I to repine That all those charms have pass'd away ; I might have watch'd through long decay.  The Port Folio - Page 2831814Affichage du livre entier - À propos de ce livre
 | English song - 1873 - 566 pages
...flower in ripened bloom unmatched Must fall the earliest prey ; Though by no hand untimely snatched, The leaves must drop away : And yet it were a greater...grief To watch it withering, leaf by leaf, Than see it plucked to-day; Since earthly eye but ill can bear To trace the change to foul from fair. I know not... | |
 | William Henry Davenport Adams - 1873 - 552 pages
...bloom unmatched H fj Must fall the earliest prey ; Though by no hand untimely snatched. 1 9 D a Z i The leaves must drop away : And yet it were a greater grief z p ft. o a i rJ ? | To watch it withering, leaf by leaf, Than see it plucked to-day; Since earthly... | |
 | Charles Granville Gepp - 1874 - 240 pages
...cernere) depart with slow decay. EXERCISE CXIX. (same continued). The flower in ripen'd bloom unmatch'd Must fall the earliest prey : Though by no hand untimely...grief To watch it withering, leaf by leaf, Than see it pluck' d to-day : — Since earthly eyes but ill can bear To trace the change to foul from fair. 1,... | |
 | 1876 - 508 pages
...flower in ripened bloom unmatched Must fall the earliest prey ; Though by no hand untimely snatched. The leaves must drop away. And yet it were a greater...grief To watch it withering leaf by leaf, Than see it plucked to-day ; Since earthly eye but ill can bear To trace the change to foul from fair. I know not... | |
 | W. F. March Phillipps - 1879 - 384 pages
...flower in ripened bloom unmatched, Must fall the earliest prey, Though by no hand untimely snatched, The leaves must drop away ; And yet it were a greater...grief To watch it withering leaf by leaf, Than see it plucked to-day, Since earthly eye but ill can bear To trace the change to foul from fair. I know not... | |
 | Moffatt and Paige - 1879 - 378 pages
...have passed away I might have watched through long decay." " The flower in ripen'd bloom unmatched Must fall the earliest prey ; Though by no hand untimely snatch'd, The leaves must drop away. Ours: Prcmownposs., 1st pers.,plu., com. gend; attribute to days. but: Preposition gov. "days" understood... | |
 | Thomas Humphry Ward - 1880 - 648 pages
...away-; I might have watch'd through long decay. THE ENGLISH POETS. The flower in ripen'd bloom unmatch'd Must fall the earliest prey ; Though by no hand untimely...ill can bear To trace the change to foul from fair. I know not if I could have borne To see thy beauties fade ; The night that follow'd such a morn Had... | |
 | Thomas Humphry Ward - 1880 - 650 pages
...pass'd away ; I might have watch'd through long decay. YOU IV. S The flower in ripen'd bloom unmatch'd Must fall the earliest prey*; Though by no hand untimely...grief To watch it withering, leaf by leaf, Than see it plucked to-day ; Since earthly eye but ill can bear To trace the change to foul from fair. I know not... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1880 - 630 pages
...through lung decay, The flower in ripen'd hloom unmatch'd Must fall the earliest prey ; ,l hough hy # L `ʛ withermg, leaf hy leaf, Than see it pluck'd to-day ; Since earthly eye hut ill can hear To trace the... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1881 - 342 pages
...charms have pass'd away, I might have watch'd through long decay. The flower in ripen'd bloom unmatch'd Must fall the earliest prey ; Though by no hand untimely...ill can bear To trace the change to foul from fair. I know not if I could have borne To see thy beauties fade ; The night that follow'd such a morn Had... | |
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