 | Thomas Moore - Bactria - 1817 - 418 pages
...to-night ! " I knew, I knew it could not last — " 'Twas bright, 'twas heavenly, but 'tis past ! " Oh ! ever thus, from childhood's hour, " I've seen my fondest hopes decay ; " I never lov'da tree or flower, " But 'twas the first to fade away. " 1 never nurs'da dear gazelle, " To glad... | |
 | Early English newspapers - 1817 - 728 pages
...More beautiful than light elsewhere!" Also the childish despair of perfect innocence: page 188. "Oh ! ever thus, from childhood's hour, I've seen my fondest hopes decay) I never lov'da tree or flower, But 't was the first to fade away; I never nurs'da dear gazelle, To glad me... | |
 | H. Biglow, Orville Luther Holley - American literature - 1817 - 502 pages
...to-night ! " I knew, 1 knew it could not last — " 'Twas bright, 'twas heavenly, but 'tis past ! " Oh .' ever thus, from childhood's hour, " I've seen my fondest hopes decay ; " I never lov'da tree or flower, " But 'twas the first to fade away. 41 I never nurs'da dear gazelle, " To glad... | |
 | Thomas Moore - 1823 - 428 pages
...to-night ! " T knew, I knew it could not last — " 'Twas bright, 'twas heavenly, but 'tis past ! " 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... | |
 | Thomas Moore - 1823 - 422 pages
...to-night ! " I knew, I knew it could not last — " 'Twas bright, 'twas heavenly, but 'tis past ! " 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... | |
 | Alicia Lefanu - 1823 - 536 pages
...•'. .-• ..:.|'o^ JJlF'Kx«ili ;: .'/ .' '.' :!!..- '' JJ.sn.;.; .•:!^.. i; '|.l CHAPTER II. Oh, ever thus, from childhood's hour, I've seen my fondest hopes decay ! I never lov'da tree or flower, But 'twas the first to fade away. I never nursed a dear gazelle, To glad me... | |
 | Tobias Merton (pseud) - 1824 - 480 pages
...every dispensation to feel, and devoutly to acknowledge, that " whatever is, is best." PART V. " 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... | |
 | 1824 - 492 pages
...every dispensation to feel, and devoutly to acknowledge, that " whatever is, is beat."' PART V. " 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... | |
 | Thomas Moore - Irish literature - 1825 - 326 pages
...to-night ! " 1 knew, I knew it could not last — '' 'Twas bright, 'twas heavenly, but 'tis past '. " Oh ! ever thus, from childhood's hour, " I've seen my fondest hopes decay; " I never lov'da tree or flower, " But 'twas the first to fade away, " I never nurs'd^a dear gazelle, " And love... | |
 | Robert Grenville Wallace - 1825 - 338 pages
...BRITISH CONSTITUTION 287 CONCLUSION 293 TOL. III. FORTY YEARS IN THE WORLD; attfc N°. I. THE NABOB. Oh ! ever thus, from childhood's hour, I've seen my 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... | |
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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 me,... 
