 | English poetry - 1788 - 510 pages
...gather'd some ; the violet, pallid blue, 3o The little dazie, that at evening closes, The virgin lillie, and the primrose true, With store of vermeil roses, To deck their bridegroom's posies Against the bridal-day, which was not long; 35 Sweet Thames ! run softly till I... | |
 | 1825 - 364 pages
...violet pallid blew, The little dazie, that at evening closes, The virgin lillie, and the primrose trew, With store of vermeil roses, To deck their bridegrooms' posies, Against the bridale day, which was not long : Sweet Thames, run softly, till I end my song !" We believe, the foregoing... | |
 | English literature - 1837 - 496 pages
...on I'igh, Of every sort that in that meadow frrew. They gathered s»me — the violet paltid blue, The little daisy that at evening closes, The virgin...and the primrose true. With store of vermeil roses '. Along the s.hore of silver streaming Thames, Whose rushy bank, the which his river hems, Was painted... | |
 | Books - 1825 - 368 pages
...violet pallid blew, The little dazie, that at evening closes, The virgin lillie, and the primrose trew, With store of vermeil roses, To deck their bridegrooms' posies, Against the bridale day, which was not long: Sweet Thames, run softly, till I end my song !" We believe, the foregoing... | |
 | Books - 1825 - 368 pages
...violet pallid blew, The little dazie, that at evening closes, The virgin lillie, and the primrose trew, With store of vermeil roses, To deck their bridegrooms' posies, Against the bridale day, which was not long: Sweet Thames, run softly, till I end my song !" We believe, the foregoing... | |
 | Francis Turner Palgrave - English poetry - 1861 - 356 pages
...stalks on high. Of every sort which in that meadow grew They gather'd some ; the violet, pallid blue, The little daisy that at evening closes, The virgin...of goodly hue Come softly swimming down along the lee ; Two fairer birds I yet did never see ; The snow which doth the top of Pindus strow Did never... | |
 | English poetry - 1863 - 982 pages
...stalks on high. Of every sort which in that meadow grew They gather'd some ; the violet, pallid blue, The little daisy that at evening closes, The virgin...two swans of goodly hue Come softly swimming down alone the lee ; Two fairer birds I yet did never ; The snow which doth the top of/Pindus strow Did... | |
 | John William Stanhope Hows - English poetry - 1866 - 574 pages
...stalks on high. Of every sort which in that meadow grew They gather'd some ; the violet, pallid blue, The little daisy that at evening closes, The virgin...roses, To deck their bridegrooms' posies Against the bridal-day, which was not long : Sweet Thames 1 run softly, till I end my song. With that I saw two... | |
 | Sidney H. Morse, Joseph B. Marvin - Theology - 1866 - 560 pages
...thereby. . . . Of every sort which in that meadow grew They gathered some; the violet, pallid blue, The little daisy that at evening closes, The virgin lily and the primrose true. . . . Sweet Thames ! run softly, till I end my song. With that I saw two swans of goodly hue Come softly... | |
 | Francis Turner Palgrave - English poetry - 1867 - 360 pages
...on high. ' Of every sort which in that meadow grew , They gather'd some ; the violet, pallid blue, ' The little daisy that at evening closes, The virgin...which was not long : ! Sweet Thames ! run softly, till I end my song. That even the gentle stream, the which them bare, Seem'd foul to them, and bade his... | |
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To deck their bridegrooms' posies, Against the bridal day, which was not long: Sweet Thames, run softly, till I end my song. With that, I saw two swans of goodly hue Come softly swimming down along the lee; Two fairer birds I yet did never see. The snow... 
