 | English essays - 1831 - 722 pages
...minor poems we conclude our panegyric : " It is and ever was rr.y wish and way, To let all flowers live freely, and all die Whene'er their genius bids...breath upon its bank, And not reproached me ; the ever sacred cup Of the pure lily hath between my hands Felt safe, unsoil'd, nor lost one grain of gold."... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - English periodicals - 1834 - 680 pages
...bring me tales of youth and tones of love, And 'tis and ever was my wish and way To let all flowers live freely, and all die, Whene'er their genius bids...Among their kindred in their native place. I never pluckt the rose ; the violet's head Hath shaken with my breath upon its bank And not reproached me;... | |
 | 1837 - 612 pages
...these lines will be read with pleasure: — ' And 'tis and ever was my wish and way To let all flowers live freely and all die, Whene'er their genius bids...Hath shaken with my breath upon its bank, And not reproacht me ; the ever sacred cup Of the pure lily hath between my hands Felt safe, unsoiled, nor... | |
 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray IV, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) - English literature - 1837 - 606 pages
...lines will be read with pleasur e: — . , ' And 'tis and ever was my wish and way To let all flowers live freely and all die, Whene'er their genius bids...depart, Among their kindred in their native place. / never pluck the rose ; the violet's head Hath shaken with my breath upon its bank, And not reproacht... | |
 | Samuel Carter Hall - English poetry - 1838 - 348 pages
...bring me tales of youth and tones of love, And 'tis and ever was my wish and way To let all flowers live freely, and all die, Whene'er their genius bids...head Hath shaken with my breath upon its bank And not reproacht me ; the ever sacred cup Of the pure lily hath between my hands Felt safe, unsoil'd, nor... | |
 | Samuel Carter Hall - English poetry - 1838 - 336 pages
...and ever was my wish and way To let all flowers live freely, and all die, Whene'er their genius hids their souls depart, Among their kindred in their native...violet's head Hath shaken with my breath upon its hank And not reproacht me . the ever sacred cup Of the pure lily hath hetween my hands Felt safe, unsoil'd,... | |
 | Henry Gardiner Adams - 1844 - 274 pages
...from the well of inspiration, says — " And 'tis, and ever was my wish and way To let all flowers live freely, and all die, Whene'er their genius bids...never pluck the rose ; the violet's head Hath shaken witb my breath upon its bank And not reproached me ; the ever sacred cup Of ttie pure lily hath between... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - Authors, English - 1845 - 558 pages
...and ever was my wish and way To let all flowers live freely, and all die. Whene'er their genius bid their souls depart, Among their kindred in their native...head Hath shaken with my breath upon its bank And not reproach'd me ; the ever sacred cup Of the pure lily hath between my hands Felt safe, unsoil'd, nor... | |
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tis and ever was my wish and way To let all flowers live freely, and all die, Whene'er their Genius bids their souls depart, Among their kindred in their native place. I never pluck the rose ; the violet's head Hath shaken with my breath upon its bank... 
