 | H. Biglow, Orville Luther Holley - 1817 - 502 pagine
...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 - 1817 - 414 pagine
...! '« I knew, I knew it could not last — ff 'Twas bright, 'twas heavenly, but 'tis past ! " Oh i 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... | |
 | 1817 - 710 pagine
...More beautiful than light elsewhere !" A No 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 'i was the first to fade away ; I never mirs'da dear gazelle. To glad me... | |
 | 1829 - 1092 pagine
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 | 1817 - 526 pagine
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 | 1830 - 604 pagine
...hours. And here is another letter from one of the tomh's victims. I can, indeed, say with the poet— ' I never loved a tree or flower, But 'twas the first to fade away.' What a delicate hand-writing ! its elegance only equalled hy that of the language. How pure was the... | |
 | 1818 - 590 pagine
...'• Oh ! ever thus, from childhood's hour, " I've seen my fondest hopes decay ; 11 I never lov'da tree or flower, " But 'twas the first to fade away. " I never nurs'da dear gazelle, " To glad me with its soft black eye> " But when it came to know me well, " And... | |
 | John Neal - 1822 - 330 pagine
...forgotten, and he could have said, as a woman has since been made to say: ' I never loved a tree nor flower But 'twas the first to fade away; I never nursed a dear gazelle, To glad me with its full, dark eye, But when it came to know me well, And love me — it too* sure to die.' • But he... | |
 | John Neal - 1823 - 716 pagine
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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. 
