Oh ! ever thus, from childhood's hour, I've seen my fondest hopes decay ; I never loved a tree or flower, But 'twas the first to fade away. I never nursed a dear gazelle, To glad me with its soft black eye, • But when it came to know me well, And love... Tales of a tourist - Seite 17von Alicia Lefanu - 1823Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
| Thomas Moore - 1835 - 440 Seiten
...fondest hopes decay ; I never lov'da tree or flower, But 'twas the first to fade away. I never nurs'da dear gazelle, To glad me with its soft black eye,...hear thee, call thee mine — Oh misery ! must I lose tftat too ? Yet go — on peril's brink we meet \ — Those frightful rocks — that treacherous seaNo,... | |
| John Kitto - 1835 - 344 Seiten
...fondest hopes decay ; I never loved a tree or flower, But 'twas the first to fade away. I never nurs'cl a dear gazelle, To glad me with its soft black eye,...to know me well, And love me, it was sure to die*." UO That is a very apt quotation, for which we are much obliged to you, Mrs. Oldcastle. The Persians... | |
| 1871 - 340 Seiten
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| 1835 - 598 Seiten
...flower, But 'twas the first to fade away. " I never nurs'da dear gazelle To glad me with its bright black eye, But when it came to know me well, And love me, it was sure to die !" week after the aliove aanouncement, I saw his heels standing out of a large mash-tub. He had chosen... | |
| 1836 - 694 Seiten
...their tale. DEER-HUNTING VS. DEAR-HUNTING. " I never nurst a dear gazelle To glad me with its suit black eye, But when it came to know me well, And love mo, it was sure to die." I LIKE a magnificent opening ; — aa thus : — The effulgent sun, as he... | |
| 1837 - 408 Seiten
...decay; I never lov'da tree or flow'r, But 'twas the first to fade away; I never nurs'da little one, To glad me with its soft black eye, But when it came...to know me well, And love me, it was sure to die." Surely, sir, we ought to sympathise with the sufferings of our coloured brethren at home and abroad,... | |
| 1837 - 250 Seiten
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| 1837 - 424 Seiten
...flow'r. But 'twas the first to fade away; I never nurs'da little one, To glad me with its soft hlack eye, But when it came to know me well, And love me, it was sure to die." Surely, sir, we ought to sympathise with the sufferings of our coloured hrethren at home and ahroad,... | |
| Elizabeth Washington Wirt - 1837 - 264 Seiten
...into eestasies, AFFECTtON. And bring all heaven before mine eyes. , The joy most like divine Of all l ever dreamt or knew, To see thee, hear thee, call thee mine ! ANSWEB. "l would not bld those visions spring Less frequently." l HAVE A MESSAGE FOB YOC. Tell thyself... | |
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