 | 1838 - 822 pages
...shuns to have her beauties spied, That hadst thou sprung In valleys where no men abide, Thou might'st have uncommended died. Small is the worth Of Beauty...die ; that she The common fate of all things rare WATINSTERN. I, Rosa, purpure! flos jocundissime prati, Die cui labe pari témpora meque terit, IHiiis... | |
 | Samuel Rogers - English poetry - 1839 - 510 pages
...spied, That hadat thou sprung In deserts, where no men abide, Thou most have uncommended died. Small i> the worth Of beauty from the light retired ; Bid her...all things rare May read in thee ; How small a part in time they share, That are so wondrous sweet and lair. [Yet, though thou fade, From thy dead leaves... | |
 | Fitz-Greene Halleck - English poetry - 1840 - 372 pages
...proper terms, such as men smatter, When they throw out, and miss the matter. EDMUND WALLER. 1605-1687. Go, lovely rose ! Tell her, that wastes her time and...read in thee : How small a part of time they share, That are so wondrous sweet and fair ! ON A GIRDLI. THAT which her slender waist confined, Shall now... | |
 | Henry Kirke White - 1840 - 330 pages
...her graces spied, That hadst thou sprung In deserts, where no men abide, Thou must have uncqmmended died. Small is the worth Of beauty from the light...read in thee ; How small a part of time they share, That are so wondrous sweet and fair. [Yet, though thou fade, From thy dead leaves let fragrance rise... | |
 | Thomas Campbell - Authors, English - 1841 - 844 pages
...narrow compass ! and yet there Dwelt all that's good, and all that's fair ; Give me but what this riband bound, Take all the rest the sun goes round. GO, LOVELY...read in thee, How small a part of time they share That are so wondrous sweet and fair*. OF LOVING AT FIRST SIGHT. NOT caring to observe the wind, Or... | |
 | Samuel Rogers - English poetry - 1843 - 516 pages
...graces spied. That hadst thou sprung In deserts, where no men abide, Thou must have uncommended died 485 Small is the worth Of beauty from the light retired...The common fate of all things rare May read in thee ; IIow small a part in time they share, That are so wondrous sweet and fair. [Yet, though thou fade,... | |
 | Henry Kirke White - 1844 - 526 pages
...written by him at the bottom of the Song here copied. Go, lovely rose ! Tell her, that wastes her time on me, That now she knows, When I resemble her to thee,...The common fate of all things rare May read in thee ; [Yet, though thou fade, From thy dead leaves let fragrance rise ; And teach the Maid That Goodness... | |
 | English poetry - 1844 - 110 pages
...'s young, And shuns to have her graces spied, That hadst thou sprung In deserts, where no men ahide, Thou must have uncommended died. Small is the worth...read in thee : How small a part of time they share, That are so wondrous sweet and fair ! Yet though thou fade, From thy dead leaves let fragrance rise,... | |
 | American literature - 1835 - 638 pages
...that's yonng, And shuns to have her graces spied, That hadst thou sprung In deserts where no men ahide, Thou must have uncommended died. Small is the worth...The common fate of all things rare May read in thee, SELECTIONS. Woman's Hand. There is scarcely in the whole scope of our en joyment — (it is a hold... | |
 | Joseph Payne - 1845 - 490 pages
...the external walls and fortifications were destroyed by Lysander's order. TO A LADY, WITH A ROSE.1 Go, lovely rose ! Tell her that wastes her time, and...read in thee : How small a part of time they share, That are so wondrous sweet and fair ! [Yet though2 thou fade, From thy dead leaves let fragrance rise... | |
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Go, lovely Rose ! Tell her that wastes her time and me, That now she knows, When I resemble her to thee, How sweet and fair she seems to be. Tell her that's young, And shuns to have her graces spied, That had'st thou sprung In deserts where no men abide,... 
