 | Thomas Lyle - Ballads, English - 1827 - 272 pages
...whose hue, angry and brave, Bids the rash gazer wipe his eye; Thy root is ever in its grave, And thou must die. Only a sweet and virtuous soul, Like season'd...the whole world turn to coal, Then chiefly lives. By GEOBGE HERBERT, born 1593, died 1632 or 1633. THOMAS RAVENSCROFT, BM was an eminent English Musician... | |
 | Ancient ballads - 1827 - 270 pages
...eye; Thy root is ever in its grave, And thou must die. Only a sweet and virtuous soul, Like seasou'd timber, never gives; But though the whole world turn to coal, Then chiefly lives. THOMAS R AVENSCROFT, BM was an eminent English Musician and Publisher, who flourished betwixt the years... | |
 | Christian poetry, English - 1828 - 398 pages
...Sweet Spring ! full of sweet days and roses ; A box, where sweets compacted lie ; My music shews ye have your closes : — And all must die. Only a sweet...virtuous soul, Like season'd timber, never gives ; But, tho' the whole world turn to coal, Then chiefly lives. HEEBCBT. A MEDITATION. O TBOC great Poofer !... | |
 | John Timbs - Aphorisms and apothegms - 1829 - 354 pages
...faults, and keep their virtues up only for the inquiring eye of a philosopher. — Goldsmith. DCLVn. Only a sweet and virtuous soul, Like season'd timber, never gives, But when the whole world turns to coal, Then chiefly lives. G. Herbert. DCLVIII. Strong conceit is a kind... | |
 | Laconics - 1829 - 358 pages
...faults, and keep their virtues up only for the inquiring eye of a philosopher.—Goldsmith. DCLVII. Only a sweet and virtuous soul, Like season'd timber, never gives, But when the whole world turns to coal, . Then chiefly lives. G. Herbert. DCLVIII. Strong conceit is akindof... | |
 | Henry Neele - English poetry - 1830 - 586 pages
...Sweet Spring ! full of sweet days and roses, A box, where sweets compacted lie ; My Music shews you have your closes, And all must die ! Only a sweet...virtuous Soul, Like season'd timber never gives, But when the whole world turns to coal Then chiefly lives." Francis Quarles is an Author of the same stamp... | |
 | William Lisle Bowles - 1830 - 330 pages
...fall to-night — For thou must die. Sweet Spring ! full of sweet days and roses ! My music shews you have your closes, And all must die. Only a sweet and virtuous soul Then chiefly lives. Morley.—And, trust me, this song was as well sung as it is melodious, and saered,... | |
 | William Lisle Bowles - Anglican Communion - 1830 - 332 pages
...fall to-night — For thou must die. Sweet Spring ! Jull of sweet days and roses! My music shews you have your closes, And all must die. Only a sweet and virtuous soul Then chiefly lives. Morley. — And, trust me, this song was as well sung as it is melodious, and sacred,... | |
 | Henry Neele - English poetry - 1830 - 582 pages
...sweets compacted lie ; My Music shews you have your closes, And all must die ' ENGLISH POETRY. 208 Only a sweet and virtuous Soul, Like season'd timber never gives, But when the whole world turns to coal Then chiefly lives." Francis Quarles is an Author of the same stamp... | |
 | Charlotte Fiske Bates - American poetry - 1832 - 1022 pages
...die. Sweet spring, full of sweet days and roses. A box where sweets compacted lie, My music shows ye have your closes, And all must die. Only a sweet and virtuous soul, Like seasoned timber, never gives; But though the whole world turn to coal, Then chiefly lives. ROBERT HERRICK.... | |
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The dew shall weep thy fall to-night, For thou must die. Sweet rose, whose hue angry and brave Bids the rash gazer wipe his eye, Thy root is ever in its grave, And thou must die. Sweet spring, full of sweet days and roses, A box where sweets compacted... 
