 ... write that shall express the half? What can we do but pillow that fair head, And let the Spring-time write her epitaph? — As it will soon, in snowdrop, violet, Wind-flower and columbine and maiden's tear; Each letter of that pretty alphabet, That...  Loyalties: A Drama in Three Acts - Seite 24von John Galsworthy - 1893 - 108 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | Thomas William Parsons - 1865 - 66 Seiten
...maiden's tear ; Each letter of that pretty alphabet, That spells in flowers the pageant of the year. She was a maiden for a man to love ; She was a woman for a husband's life ; One that has learned to value, far above The name of Love, the sacred name of Wife. Her little life-dream, rounded... | |
 | Thomas William Parsons - 1866 - 80 Seiten
...snowdrop, violet, Wind flower, and columbine, and maiden's tear; Each letter of that •pretty alphabet, She was a maiden for a man to love ; She was a woman for a husband's life; One that has learned to value, far above The name of Love, the sacred name of Wife. Her little life-dream, rounded... | |
 | Thomas William Parsons - 1866 - 68 Seiten
...snowdrop, violet, Wind flower, and columbine, and maiden's tear ; Each letter of that pretty alphabet, She was a maiden for a man to love ; She was a wroman for a husband's life ; One that has learned to value, far above The name of Love, the sacred... | |
 | Anna L. Beck Möring - 1882 - 162 Seiten
...maiden's tear, Each letter of that pretty alphabet That spells "in flowers the pageant of the year? She was a maiden for a man to love ; She was a woman...devotion deep — And that mysterious tie a mother bears. She hath fulfilled her promise, and hath past; Let her down gently at the iron door ! Eyes, look on... | |
 | William James Linton, Richard Henry Stoddard - 1883 - 402 Seiten
...year. She was a maiden for a man to love, She was a woman for a husband's life, One that had learn'd to value far above The name of Love the sacred name...so with sleep, Had all there is of life — except grey hairs : Hope, love, trust, passion, and devotion deep, And that mysterious tie a Mother bears.... | |
 | William James Linton, Richard Henry Stoddard - 1883 - 394 Seiten
...maiden's tear : Each letter of that pretty alphabet That spells in flowers the pageant of the year. She was a maiden for a man to love, She was a woman for a husband's life, One that had learn'd to value far above The name of Love the sacred name of Wife. Her little life-dream, rounded... | |
 | Frederick Langbridge - 1883 - 438 Seiten
...and maiden's tear,Each letter of that pretty alphabet That spells in flowers the pageant of the year. She was a maiden for a man to love, She was a woman for a husband's life, One that had learn'd to value far above The name of Love the sacred name of Wife. Her little life-dream, rounded... | |
 | William James Linton, Richard Henry Stoddard - 1884 - 392 Seiten
...year. She was a maiden for a man to love, She was a woman for a husband's life, One that had learn'd to value far above The name of Love the sacred name...life-dream, rounded so with sleep, Had all there is of life—except grey hairs : Hope, love, trust, passion, and devotion deep, And that mysterious tie a... | |
 | William Linn Keese - 1885 - 292 Seiten
...maiden's tear, — Each letter of that pretty alphabet That spells in flowers the pageant of the year. " She was a maiden for a man to love, She was a woman...devotion deep, And that mysterious tie a Mother bears. " She hath fulfilled her promise and hath past : Set her down gently at the iron door ! Eyes ! look... | |
 | Thomas W. Handford - 1885 - 456 Seiten
...Mr. William Winter, the distinguished dramatic critic and personal friend of Edwin Booth, says : " She was a maiden for a man to love, She was a woman...above The name of love, the sacred name of wife." But sorrow was soon to darken so bright a path, and under the snows of Mount Auburn in the early spring... | |
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