Seem'd worthless in thine own, Mary ! If souls could always dwell above, Thou ne'er hadst left that sphere ; Or could we keep the souls we love. We ne'er had lost thee here, Mary ! Though many a gifted mind we meet, Though fairest forms we see, To live... Melodies (Irish melodies, National melodies). - Seite 88von Thomas Moore - 1821Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
| 1839 - 880 Seiten
...ne'er had'st left that sphere ; Or, could we keep the souls we love, We ne'er had lost thee here, Mary! Though many a gifted mind we meet, Though fairest...them is far less sweet Than to remember thee, Mary ! " There is some tenderness in reality, and more in appearance, in the lines we have next to quote... | |
| 1839 - 892 Seiten
...ne'er had'st left that sphere ; Or, could we keep the souls we love, We ne'er had lost thee here, Mary! Though many a gifted mind we meet, Though fairest...with them is far less sweet Than to remember thee, Maiy ! " There is some tenderness in reality, and more in appearance, in the lines we have next to... | |
| 1840 - 378 Seiten
...ne'er hadst left that sphere ; Or, could we keep the souls we love, We ne'er had lost thee here, Mary ! Though many a gifted mind we meet, Though fairest...them is far less sweet Than to remember thee, Mary ! SHE IS FiR FROM THE LINO. SHE is far from the land where her young hero sleeps, And lovers are round... | |
| Thomas Moore - 1841 - 396 Seiten
...ne'er hadst left that sphere ; Or could we keep the souls we love, We ne'er had lost thee here, Mary ! Though many a gifted mind we meet, Though fairest...them is far less sweet, Than to remember thee, Mary ! * * I have here made a feeble effort to imitate that exquisite inscription of Shenstone's, " Heu... | |
| Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge - 1841 - 578 Seiten
...tribute of Moore to " Mary." (0 si sic omnia !) " Though manj a gifted mind we meet, Though fairest forma we see, To live with them is far less sweet Than to remember thee." * These recollections we feel it to be equally our duty and our privilege to cherish, and, though they... | |
| Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge - 1841 - 600 Seiten
...friend, are we ready to respond to the beautiful tribute of Moore to " Mary" ? (Ot i sic omnia .') " Though many a gifted mind we meet, Though fairest forms we see, To /ire with them is far less sweet Than to remember thee."* These recollections we feel it to be equally... | |
| John Wilson - 1842 - 360 Seiten
...ne'er had'st left that sphere; Or, could we keep the souls we love, We ne'er had lost thee here, Mary! Though many a gifted mind we meet, Though fairest...them is far less sweet Than to remember thee, Mary !" There is some tenderness in reality, and more in appearance, in the lines we have next to quote;... | |
| Thomas Moore - 1844 - 800 Seiten
...dress you wear, my Nora Creina. Lesbia hath a wit refin'd, But, when its points are gleaming round us, 1 I have here made a feeble effort to imitate that exquisite Inscription of Shenstone's, " Heu l quanto minus est cum reliquis rersari quam meminisse ! " Who can tell if they're design 'd To dazzle... | |
| Irishman - 1847 - 308 Seiten
...a pathetic testimony to her powers of pleasing, and the charm of her manners and conversation. * " Though many a gifted mind we meet, Though fairest forms we see, To dwell with them were far less sweet Than to remember thee — Mary !" BORN AD 1741. — DIED AI'. 1806.... | |
| Thomas Moore - 1849 - 822 Seiten
...ne'er hadst left that sphere ; Or could we keep the souls we love, We ne'er had lost thec here, Mary ! Though many a gifted mind we meet, Though fairest forms we see, щ To live with them is far less sweet, Than to remember thee, Mary I ' BY THAT LAKE, WHOSE GLOOMY... | |
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