 | North American review and miscellaneous journal - 1838 - 728 pages
...who knows how to squeeze into an essence, with skill and discretion, the treasures they contain. " You may break, you may ruin the vase, if you will, But tlie scent of the roses will hang round it still." Apt — not rare ! — but the reader may have Greek,... | |
 | William Evans Burton, Edgar Allan Poe - 1838 - 448 pages
...until Ihe hour warned ui to depart ; how truly bas the poet said : Vuu may break, you may ruin, Ihe vase, if you will. But the scent of the roses will hang on it still. New Longwood, built by Ihe government fer Napoleon, at an inconsiderable distance, would... | |
 | Theodore Edward Hook - English fiction - 1839 - 218 pages
...destinies of the man with those of the master. "Like the vase in which roses have once been distill'd; Yoi> may break, you may ruin the vase if you will; But the scent of the roses will hang round it still." " Well, let me see," said Fanny; and accordingly read, " Transport Seahorse, Jibbs, Master. "Dear Sally—I... | |
 | Natural history - 1839 - 786 pages
...Long, long he my heart with such memories fill'd. Like the vase in which Rosa have once been distill'J; You may break, you may ruin the vase if you will, But the scent of the Hoses will hang round it still." With this sentiment of MOORE'S, I pause on my flowery excursion —... | |
 | Theodore Edward Hook - English fiction - 1839 - 224 pages
...present case, connected in her heart the destinies of the man with those of the master. " Like the vase in which roses have once been distill'd ; You may break, you may ruin the vase if yon will; But the scent of the roses will hang round it still." '" Well, let me see," said Fanny ;... | |
 | William Fullerton Cumming - Egypt - 1839 - 838 pages
...long be iny heart with such memories filled, Like the vase in which roses have once been distilled ; You may break, you may ruin, the vase if you will, But the fragrance of roses will hang round it still." I was aroused from my waking dream by the arrival of... | |
 | William Cooke Taylor - 1840 - 800 pages
...indestructible are the triumphs of mind, thus enduring the glory of having advanced civilization : Like the vase in which roses have once been distill'd, You may break,...But the scent of the roses will hang round it still. 110 CHAPTER VI. ROMAN CIVILIZATION. FROM the very imperfect records of the early history of Rome, it... | |
 | English poetry - 1840 - 378 pages
...the features that joy used to wear. Long, long be my heart with such memories fill'd ! Like the vase in which roses have once been distill'd ; You may...But the scent of the roses will hang round it still. I'D MOURN THE HOPES. I'D mourn the hopes that leave me, If thy smiles had left me too ; I'd weep when... | |
 | Horace Mann - Education - 1840 - 102 pages
...fortune, in this tumultuous arena of life. A spirit, so softened and penetrated, will be, " Like the vase in which roses have once been distill'd ; You may...the scent of the roses will hang round it still." At the last session of the Legislature, a law was enacted, authorizing school districts to raise money... | |
 | John England - Classical education - 1840 - 38 pages
...long be my heart with such memories filled, Like the vase in which roses have once been distilled — You may break, you may ruin the vase if you will,...the scent of the roses will hang round it still." MOORE. The knowledge of geography it is clear is required equally as is that of history, and it is... | |
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You may break, you may shatter the vase if you will, But the scent of the roses will hang round it still. 
