 | Lucy Hooper - Flower language - 1842 - 304 pages
...pledges of a fruitful tree, Why do ye fall so fast? Your date is not so past, But you may stay here yet awhile, To blush and gently smile, And go at last....born to be An hour or half's delight, And so to bid good-night1? 'Twas pity Nature brought ye forth Merely to show your worth, And lose you quite. But... | |
 | Robert Sears - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1844 - 514 pages
...BLOSSOMS. BY ROBERT HERR1CK. HORN IN ].'>!' 1 , FAIR pledges of a fruitful tree, Why do ye fall so fast ? Your date is not so past, But you may stay yet here...blush and gently smile, And go at last. What ! were ve bnm to be An hour or nalP« delight, And so to hid good night ? 'T was pity Nature brought you forth... | |
 | Seasons - 1844 - 276 pages
...following " fond imaginings" " to blossoms:" — Fair pledges of a fruitful tree Why do you fall so fast ? Your date is not so past But you may stay yet here...awhile To blush and gently smile And go at last ! What ! where ye born to be An hour or half's delight? And so to bid good night ? 'Tis pity Nature brought... | |
 | Robert Chambers - American literature - 1844 - 692 pages
...fruitful tree, Why do 3'ou fall so fast Î Your date is not so past, But you may stay yet here a while, if it be not topped, bcaretb any fruit? What vine, if it bom to be An hour or half я delight, And so to bid good-night >. 'Tie pity nature brought ye forth... | |
 | Joseph Payne - 1845 - 490 pages
...music on their ear. Idem. VI. TO RLOSSOMS. FAIR pledges of a fruitful tree Why do you fall so fast ? Your date is not so past, But you may stay yet here...An hour or half's delight, And so to bid good night ? 'Twas pity nature brought ye forth Merely to show your worth, And lose you quite. 1 It must have,... | |
 | John Lauris Blake - History - 1846 - 296 pages
...pledges of a fruitful tree, Why do ye fall so fast? Your date is not so past, But you may stay here yet awhile, To blush and gently smile, And go at last....An hour or half's delight, And so to bid good night ? 'T was pity Nature brought ye forth Merely to show your worth, And lose you quite. But you are lovely... | |
 | 1846 - 436 pages
...deepest notes of woe. TO BLOSSOMS.— Herrick. FAIR pledges of a fruitful tree, Why do ye fall so fast ? Your date is not so past, But you may stay yet here awhile To blush and gently smile, Then go at last. What, were ye born to be An hour or halPs delight, And so to bid good night ? 'T was... | |
 | Robert Chambers - English literature - 1847 - 712 pages
...smile, And go at last. What ! were ye bom to be An hour or hairs delight, And so to bid good-night 1 ght perhaps bo expected from his better education and you quite. But you are lovely leaves, where we May read how soon things have Their end, though ne'er... | |
 | William Chambers, Robert Chambers - Art - 1847 - 850 pages
...may be life in death. — ma. BLOSSOMS. FAIR pledges of a fruitful tree, Why do you fall so fast ? Your date is not so past, But you may stay yet here a while, To blush and gently smile, And go at last. What ! were ye born to be An hour or half's delight,... | |
 | Robert Chambers - Authors, English - 1847 - 712 pages
...and ever must be, true poetry. To Bloaomt. Fair pledges of a fruitful tree, Why do you fall so fast ! and Lincoln a while, To blush and gently smile, And go at last. What ! were ye born to be An hour or hälfe delight,... | |
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To BLOSSOMS FAIR pledges of a fruitful tree, Why do ye fall so fast? Your date is not so past, But you may stay yet here awhile To blush and gently smile, And go at last. 
