 | George William Curtis - Atlantic States - 1852 - 216 pages
...her graces spied, That hadst thou sprung In deserts where no men abide, Thou must have nncommended 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. lie not being at Saratoga this year you are content with looking... | |
 | Poets, American - 1853 - 560 pages
...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 hadst...read in thee, How small a part of time they share That are so wondrous sweet and fair. WALLER. THE SABBATH BELLS. THE cheerful salibath bells, wherever... | |
 | Thomas Campbell - English poetry - 1853 - 838 pages
...resemble her to thee, How sweet and fair she seems to be. Tell her that's young, And shuns to have lier graces spied, That hadst thou sprung In deserts, where...common fate of all things rare May read in thee, How email a part of time they share That are so wondrous sweet and fair.* [ * The following verao wo«... | |
 | John Latham - English poetry - 1853 - 304 pages
...refugit, si vacuis virum Desertisque fores edita tu locis, Illaudata perisses. Parvi gratia penditur Bid her come forth, Suffer herself to be desired,...read in thee : How small a part of time they share, That are so wondrous sweet and fair. WALLER. Yet though thou fade, From thy dead leaves let fragrance... | |
 | Charles Dickens - Household words - 1853 - 504 pages
...the National Illustrated Library, which is very generally accessible, on account of its cheapness. Bid her come forth, Suffer herself to be desired,...read in thee — How small a part of time they share That are so wond'roua sweet and fair." Herrick has signalised himself by the finest " Anacreontic"... | |
 | Henry Kirke White - 1854 - 336 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,...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... | |
 | Edmund Waller - English poetry - 1854 - 276 pages
...heaven may go; 'For all we know Of what the blessed do above, Is, that they sing, and that they love. GO, LOVELY ROSE! GO, lovely Rose ! Tell her that wastes...light retired ; Bid her come forth, Suffer herself to he desired, And not blush so to be admired. Then die ! that she The common fate of all things rare... | |
 | 1854 - 362 pages
...theo, How sweet and fair she seems to be. Tell her that's young, And shuns to havo iicr graces spiuil, That, hadst thou sprung In deserts, where no men abide,...common fate of all things rare May read in thee ; How email a part of time they share, That are so wondrous sweet and fair ! (Additional stanza by HK White.)... | |
 | Theodore Alors W. Buckley - 1854 - 208 pages
...her graces spied, That hadst thou sprung In deserts, where no men abide, Thou must have unoommended 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. HECTOR, THE GREYHOUND, GRACE GREENWOOD. HECTOR was the favourite... | |
 | Mary Botham Howitt - Country life - 1854 - 592 pages
...graces spy'd, That hadst thou sprung In deserts, where no men abide, Thou must have uncommended dy'd. Small is the worth Of beauty from the light retired;...read in thee : How small a part of time they share, That are so wondrous sweet and fair. HBEBICK. 0 Rose, thou flower of flowers, thou fragrant wonder,... | |
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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,... 
