 T is gone if it but look upon itself; And she who ventures to esteem it hers, Proves by that single thought she has it not.  The Listener - Page 110by Caroline Fry Wilson - 1832Full view - About this book
 | Caroline Fry - English essays - 1830 - 370 pages
...the fairest, loveliest flower That grew in Paradise, and the first that died, Has rarely flour ish'd since on mortal soil— It is so frail, so delicate...hers, Proves by that single thought she has it not. C. FRY. IN early spring — in that animated mouth, when all things return to life, but that which returns... | |
 | Caroline Fry - 1833 - 278 pages
...the fairest, loveliest flower That grew in Paradise, and the first that died, Has rarely flourished since on mortal soil. It is so frail, so delicate...look upon itself: And she who ventures to believe it here, Proves by that single thought she has it not. C. FRY. IN early spring — in that animated month,... | |
 | mrs. Parker - 1838 - 208 pages
...first that died, Has rarely blossomed since on mortal soil. It is so frail—so delicate a thing, 'T is gone if it but look upon itself; And she who ventures to esteem it her's, Proves by that single thought she has it not." CAROLINE FRY. HUMILITY is the loveliest... | |
 | David Holt - Educational literature - 1839 - 304 pages
...the fairest, loveliest flower, That grew in paradise, and the first that died, Has rarely flourished since on mortal soil. It is so frail, so delicate...Proves, by that single thought, she has it not. C. Fry. THE best proof that can be given of our having attained some degree of wisdom and discretion,... | |
 | J. G. F - 1839 - 430 pages
...sweetest, loveliest flower, That bloom'd in Paradise, and the first that died, Has rarely blossom'd since on mortal soil. It is so frail, so delicate...if it but look upon itself; And she who ventures to esteem it her's, Proves by that single thought she has it not. GILBEJII it RIVINOTON, Printers, St.... | |
 | John N Woodroffe - 1839 - 408 pages
...sweetest, loveliest flower That bloomed in Paradise, and the first that died, Has rarely blossomed since on mortal soil: It is so frail, so delicate...if it but look upon itself; And she who ventures to esteem it hers, Proves by that single thought she has it not. PROMISES TO THE HUMBLE. C. Fry. Joh xxii.... | |
 | Mary Jane Sheild - 1839 - 212 pages
...her still more in their good opinion, whilst it abased her in her own — for so true is it, that " It is so frail, so delicate a thing, 'Tis gone, if...look upon itself. And she who ventures to believe it her's• Proves by that very thought, she has it not." THE LISTENER. CHAPTER VI. " It is in vain that... | |
 | 1838 - 274 pages
...the sweetest loveliest flower That bloom'd in Eden, and the. first that died, Has rarely blossomed since on mortal soil. It is so frail, so delicate a thing, Tis gone if it but look upon itself ; And they who venture to esteem it theirs, Prove by that very thought they have it not.' Vain-glory is one... | |
 | Emily Taylor - American poetry - 1839 - 304 pages
...sweetest, loveliest flower That bloom'd in Paradise, and the first that died, Has rarely blossom'd since on mortal soil. It is so frail, so delicate a thing, 'T is gone if it but look upon itself; And she who ventures to esteem it hers, Proves by that single... | |
 | Emily Taylor - American poetry - 1839 - 306 pages
...sweetest, loveliest flower That bloom'd in Paradise, and the first that died, Has rarely blossom'd since on mortal soil. It is so frail, so delicate a thing, 'T is gone if it but look upon itself; And she who ventures to esteem it hers, Proves by that single... | |
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