 | 1846 - 436 pages
...bestow ; Chords that vibrate sweetest pleasure Thrill the deepest notes of woe. TO BLOSSOMS.— Herrick. FAIR pledges of a fruitful tree, Why do ye fall so...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,... | |
 | John Lauris Blake - 1846 - 292 pages
...India, and the conqueror built a city on the spot where he died, called Bucephalia. LESSON FIFTH. The Blossoms. Fair pledges of a fruitful tree, Why do...fast ? Your date is not so past, But you may stay here yet awhile, To blush and gently smile, And go at last. What, were ye born to be An hour or half's... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1847 - 712 pages
...is, and ever must be, true poetry. To Blossom*. Fair pledges of a fruitful tree, Why do you fall no e Princes bolh of the otte linage and the other, &c....his notices of the fashions of the time : altogeth bom to be An hour or hairs delight, And so to bid good-night 1 *Tis pity nature brought ye forth Merely... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1849 - 708 pages
...ever must be, true poetry. To Blossoms. Fair pledgee of a fruitful tree, Why do you fall so fast t ce* Sony. Written at sea, the first Dutch war, 1665,...night befan an engagement. To all you ladies now at I were ye born to be An hour or halfs delight. And so to bid good-night 1 'Tis pity nature brought... | |
 | William Ewart - 1849 - 94 pages
...both," I cried. 128. — BLOSSOMS. [ROBERT HERRICK.] 1. 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. 2. What ! were ye born to be An hour or half's delight,... | |
 | Robert Kemp Philp - 434 pages
...forget to blow, .And all the world lies still. TO BLOSSOMS. BY HEnRICK. PAIR pledges of a faithful tree, Why do ye fall so fast? Your date is not so past, But you rnay stay yet here a while, To blush and gently smile, Aud go ut last. What ! were ye born to be An... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1850 - 710 pages
...ever must be, true poetry. To Jiloauna. Fair pledges of a fruitful tree, Why do you fall so faut I illow-tree. Meanwhile I labour with eternal drought, And restless wish, and rave ; * limb-, my hut. What ! were ye born to be An hour or hairs delight, And so to bid good-night ! 'Ti> pity nature... | |
 | Abraham Mills - 1851 - 602 pages
...your time, And while ye may, go marry ; For, having lost but once your prime, You may forever tarry. TO BLOSSOMS. Fair pledges of a fruitful tree, Why do ye fall so fast 1 Your date is not so past, But you may stay yet here a while, To blush and gently smile, And go at... | |
 | Mary Russell Mitford - 1852 - 592 pages
...doth slumber7 '' The stars of the night, Will lend thee their light, Like tapers clear without number. TO BLOSSOMS. Fair pledges of a fruitful tree, Why do. ye fall so fast7 Your date is not so past But you may stay yet here awhile, To blush and gently smile, And go... | |
 | Abraham Mills - 1851 - 594 pages
...your time, And while ye may, go marry; For, having lost but once your prime, You may forever tarry. TO BLOSSOMS. Fair pledges of a fruitful tree, Why do ye fall BO fasti Your date is not so past, But you may stay yet here a while, To blush and gently smile, And... | |
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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. What, were ye born to be An hour or half's delight, And so to bid good-night? 
