 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
 | 1842 - 346 Seiten
...fondest hopes decay; 1 never loved a tree or flower, But 'twas the first to fade away. I never nurs'da dear gazelle, . To glad me with its soft black eye,...came to know me well, And love me, it was sure to die ! T. Moore. Sad indeed are the prospects of man, if in this life alone he have hope ! The sun may rise... | |
 | 1842 - 622 Seiten
...flower, Bat 'twas the lirst to Iade away. I never nurs'da dear gazelle, To glad me with its soít hl:iuk eye, But when it came to know me well, And love me, it was sure to die ! * T. Moore. Sad inflvcfl are the prospects of man, if in this life alone he have hope ! The sun may... | |
 | Thomas Moore - 1844 - 800 Seiten
...hopes decay ; " I never lov'da tree or flow'r, " But 'twas the first to fade away. " I never nurs'da dear gazelle, " To glad me with its soft black eye,...thee mine, — " Oh misery ! must I lose that too ? " Yet go — on peril's brink we meet; — " Those frightful rocks — that treach'rous sea — "... | |
 | William Hamilton Maxwell - 1844 - 374 Seiten
...artificially attached to him, and • " I never nursed a dear gazelle, To glad me with its large dark eye ; But when it came to know me well, And love me, it was sure to die !" Fire Worshippers. STORY OF JIM CROW. 97 the same colour which is said to prove fatal to the peace... | |
 | 1844 - 764 Seiten
...flower But 'twas the first to fade away; I never nursed a dear gazelle, To glad me with its full, dark eye, But when it came to know me well, And love me — it was sure to die." But he was soon aroused to a painful sense of his situation. The noise of pursuit approached. The bay... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1845 - 558 Seiten
...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,...call thee mine — Oh misery ! must I lose that too ? Yet go — on peril's brink we meet ; — Those frightful rocks — that treacherous No, never come... | |
 | 1845 - 614 Seiten
...loved a tree or flow'r, " But 'twas the first to fade away. ' I never nursed a dear gazelle, " To gJad to-morrow, and fleet in my tint, Like fairy-gifts...require t m«HL greater number of verses than any one Is 1 To see thee, hear thee, call thee mine, — " Oh misery ! must I lose //•«/ too 7 ' Yet go —... | |
 | Lady Georgina Anne Emily Kerr Bertie, Lady Georgina Bertie - 1845 - 626 Seiten
...fondest hopes decay ; I never loved a tree or flower, But 'twas the first to fade away. 1 never nursed a dear gazelle, To glad me with its soft black eye,...to know me well, And love me, it was sure to die." — MOORE. i Lord Willoughby to Mr. Lock, Berwick, August 1 1, 1598. State Paper Office, Borders, vol.... | |
 | Theresa Dornay (fict.name.) - 1845 - 1066 Seiten
...or flower But 'twas the first to fade away. I never uurs'da dear gazelle, To glad me with its dark black eye, But when it came to know me well And love me, it was sure to die." MoottE. Miss Osmond was the only child of a gentleman of good family but no wealth ; he was therefore... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1846 - 540 Seiten
...fondest hopes decay ; I never loved a tree or flower, But 't was the first to fade away. I never nursed a dear gazelle, To glad me with its soft black eye,...call thee mine — Oh misery ! must I lose that too ? Yet go — on peril's brink we meet ; — Those frightful rocks — that treacherous No, never come... | |
| |
