 | American ballads and songs - 1841 - 376 pages
...woman, of her gentle sex the seeming paragon ; To whom the better elements and kindly stars have given A form so fair, that like the air, 'tis less of earth...; The coinage of her heart are they, and from her lipa each flows As one may see the burdened bee forth issue from the rose. Affections are as thoughts... | |
 | Lyre - English poetry - 1841 - 366 pages
...woman, of her gentle sex the seeming paragon ; To whom the better elements and kindly stars have given A form so fair, that, like the air, 'tis less of earth than heaven. \Tl A HEALTH. Her every tone is music's own, like those of morning birds, And something more than melody... | |
 | Lyre - English poetry - 1841 - 374 pages
...woman, of her gentle sex the seeming paragon ; To whom the better elements and kindly stars have given A form so fair, that, like the air, 'tis less of earth than heaven. 22 A HEALTH. Her every tone is music's own, like those of morning birds, And something more than melody... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - American poetry - 1842 - 638 pages
...woman, of her gentle sex The seeming paragon ; To whom the better elements And kindly stars have given A form so fair, that, like the air, 'Tis less of earth than heaven. Her every tone is musie's own, Like those of morning birds, And something more than melody Dwells ever in her words ;... | |
 | Edward Coote Pinkney - 1841 - 28 pages
...woman, of her gentle sex the seeming paragon ; To whom the better elements and kindly stars have given A form so fair, that, like the air, 'tis less of earth...are they, and from her lips each | flows As one may sec the burthened bee forth issue from the rose. Affections arc as thoughts to her, the measures of... | |
 | John Frost - Elocution - 1845 - 458 pages
...woman, of her gentle sex the seeming paragon ; To whom the better elements and kindly stars have given A form so fair, that, like the air, 'tis less of earth...of her heart are they, and from her lips each flows Affections are as thoughts to her, the measure of her hours , Her feelings have the fragrance and the... | |
 | Mary Chauncey - American poetry - 1846 - 148 pages
...woman, of her gentle sex the seeming paragon, To whom the better elements, and kindly stars have given, A form so fair, that like the air 'tis less of earth than heaven. Eduard C. Pinckney . As the bird in tropic bowers Ever waves its sportive wing, 'Mid the bright and... | |
 | American poetry - 1848 - 276 pages
...paragon; To whom the better elements and kindly stars have given A form so fair, that, like the air, 't is less of earth than heaven. Her every tone is music's...words; The coinage of her heart are they, and from he; lips each flows As one may see the burdened bee forth issue from the rose. Affections are as thoughts... | |
 | Caroline Matilda Kirkland, John Seely Hart - Periodicals - 1850 - 438 pages
...paragon; To whom the better elements And kindly stare have given A form so fair, that, like the air, 'Tie less of earth than heaven. Her every tone is music's...they, And from her lips each flows As one may see the burdened bee Forth issue from the rose. Affections are as thoughts to her, The measures of her hours;... | |
 | American poetry - 1850 - 264 pages
...; To whom the better elements and kindly stars have given A form so fair, that, like the air, 't is less of earth than heaven. Her every tone is music's...they, and from her lips each flows As one may see the burdened bee forth issue from the rose. Affections are as thoughts to her, the measure of her hours... | |
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I fill this cup to one made up Of loveliness alone, A woman, of her gentle sex The seeming paragon ; To whom the better elements And kindly stars have given A form so fair, that, like the air, Tis less of earth than heaven. 
