 | 1805 - 948 Seiten
...pensive ideas of the poe.t. • TO BLOSSOMS. • Fair pledges of a fruitful tree. Why do ye fall to fax ? Your date is not so past ; But you may stay yet here awhile, To blush and gently smile ; And go at last. • What, were ye born to be An hour or half s... | |
 | 1822 - 688 Seiten
...and sweet," that we cannot resist the temptation of transplanting it to a more congenial soil. To li Fair pledges of a fruitful tree, Why do ye fall so...Your date is not so past, But you may stay yet here awhile, To blush and gently smile, And go at last. What, were ye born to be An linur or half's delight,... | |
 | Nathan Drake - 1804 - 572 Seiten
...Why do ye fell so fast ? !,; I Your date is not so past ; j :i--. But you may stay yet here awhile, ; To blush and gently smile ; And go at last. • What, were ye born to be An hour or half's delight ; ', And so to bid good-night ? 'Twas pity Nature brought ye forth Merely to shew your... | |
 | 1806 - 574 Seiten
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 | Sir Egerton Brydges - 1807 - 912 Seiten
...Where no foot hath A path : There will I spend, And end My wearied years In tears. To Blossoms. i. Fair pledges of a fruitful tree, Why do ye fall so...Your date is not so past ; But you may stay yet here awhile To blush and gently smile ; And go at last. 2. What, were ye born to be An hour or half s delight,... | |
 | Sir Egerton Brydges - 1807 - 456 Seiten
...spend, And end My wearied years In tears. To Blossoms. I. Fair pledges of a fruitful tree, Why do 70 fall so fast? Your date is not so past ; But you may stay yet here awhile To blush and gently smile ; And go at last. 2. What, were ye born to be An hour or half s delight,... | |
 | 1807 - 308 Seiten
...LITERARY HOURS, by Dr. Drake, Vol. JII. TO BLOSSOMS. FAIR pledges of a fruitful tree, Why do ye.fall so fast ? Your date is not so past, But you may stay yet here awile, To blush and gently smile ; And go at last. What, were. ye born to be An hour or halPs delight... | |
 | Robert Herrick - 1810 - 280 Seiten
...vow ; But, having scap'd temptation's shelf, Know virtue taught thee, not thyself. CL. TO BLOSSOMS. FAIR pledges of a fruitful tree, Why do ye fall so...Your date is not so past, But you may stay yet here awhile To blush, and gently smile, And go at last. What, were ye born to be An hour or half 's delight,... | |
 | 1814 - 556 Seiten
...love's eye, Bcmain'd the tear of parting sorrow. TO BLOSSOMS. FAIR pledges of a fruitful Why do you fall so fast ! Your date is not SO past ; But you may stay yet here awhile, To blush and gently smile ; And go at lust. What were you born to be A n hour or two's delight... | |
 | Richard Lobb - 1817 - 430 Seiten
...never failing source of the most pleasing reflections : Fair pledges of a fruitful tre»i Why do you fall so fast ? Your date is not so past, But you may stay yet here awhile, To blush and gently smile ; And go at last. What were you born to be An hour or two's delight... | |
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Twas pity Nature brought ye forth Merely to show your worth, And lose you quite. But you are lovely leaves, where we May read how soon things have Their end, though ne'er... 
