 | 1847 - 586 pagine
...consolation, that through the same cause thou art also insensible to much of its bitterness, for, " The heart that is soonest awake to the flowers, Is always the first to be touched by the thorns." Away we go, the breeze freshening, and the diamonds dancing at our bows, to... | |
 | 1847 - 354 pagine
...sorrow ; and so it is with all people who feel strongly ; for, as Moore says in one of his melodies, " The heart that is soonest awake to the flowers, Is always the first to he touched by the thorns." The plump lady, however, found that she had made some mistake ; and not... | |
 | Frances Sargent Osgood - 1848 - 308 pagine
...gone! Miss LANDON. Life is a waste of wearisome hours, Which seldom the rose of enjoyment adorns; And the heart that is soonest awake to the flowers, Is always the first to be touched by the thorns. MOOKE. LOVE. MYRTLE. See, rooted in the earth, her kindly bed, The unendangered... | |
 | Emily Percival - 1848 - 346 pagine
...sorrow; and so it is with all people who feel strongly ; for, as Moore says in one of his melodies, " The heart that is soonest awake to the flowers, Is always the first to he touched by the thorns." The plump lady, however, found that she had made some mistake ; and not... | |
 | Robert Douglas - 1848 - 350 pagine
...excellent humor was he—the warmest in feeling, and of a spirit devoted to all sorts of merriment;— But the heart that is soonest awake to the flowers Is always the firet to be touched by the thorns; and there were moments when my boyish heart was melting to sorrow... | |
 | Thomas Moore - 1849 - 208 pagine
...brow. No : — life is a waste of wearisome hours, Which seldom the rose of enjoyment adorns ; And the heart that is soonest awake to the flowers Is...our pilgrimage here, Than the tear that enjoyment may gild with a smile, And the smile that compassion can turn to a tear ! The thread of our life would... | |
 | 1894 - 668 pagine
...lifelong martyrs to byper-sestheticism, physical as well as intellectual : and, us Moore puts it,— The heart that is soonest awake to the flowers, Is always the first to be touch'd by the thorns. Sufficient weight, perhaps, has not been given to the hereditary taint of insanity which is known to... | |
 | Sarah Josepha Buell Hale - 1849 - 310 pagine
...Mrs. Hale. 4. 0 ! life is a waste of wearisome hours, Which seldom the rose of enjoyment adorns ; And the heart that is soonest awake to the flowers, Is always the first to be touched by the thorns. » Moore. 5. A blossom full of promise is life's joy, That never comes to fruit.... | |
 | Alfred Jackson, Effingham Wilson - 1849 - 222 pagine
...consolation, that through the same cause thou art also insensible to much of its bitterness ; for " The heart that is soonest awake to the flowers, Is always the first to be touched by the thorns." Away we go, the breeze freshening, and the diamonds dancing at our bows to... | |
 | Mrs. Lincoln Phelps - 1850 - 476 pagine
...prospects. Tulip-tree. (lAriodendrum.) Rural life favourable to health and virtue. Verbena. y Sensibility. The heart that is soonest awake to the flowers, Is always the first to be touch'd by the thorns. Vivlet, blue. Faithfulness. I shall never forget. Modest virtue. W Wall-flower. (Cheirantkus.') Misfortune... | |
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No ; — life is a waste of wearisome hours, Which seldom the rose of enjoyment adorns ; And the heart that is soonest awake to the flowers. Is always the first to be touch'd by the thorns. 
