 Like lightning in the summer night Their mirth shall be, so quick and free; And oh! the flash of their delight I shall not see, I may not see.  The Pathfinder - Page 91907Full view - About this book
 | James Anthony Froude, John Tulloch - Authors - 1853 - 770 pages
...Republic one and indivisible, in the parish of St. Thomas Aquinas. May she rest in peace ! APRÈS MOI. OH ! earlier shall the rose-buds blow In after years...chimes— in kinder times ; And merrier shall the maidens sing, And I not there — and I not there ! Like lightning in the summer night Their mirth... | |
 | William Johnson Cory - 1858 - 128 pages
...young, and they get old ; Poor things, they deem him over-bold : What wonder, if they stare and scold ? OH earlier shall the rosebuds blow, In after years,...when we lie low, Far fewer tears, far softer tears. n. Oh true shall boyish laughter ring, Like tinkling chimes, in kinder times ; And merrier shall the... | |
 | Hubert Ashton Holden - 1864 - 692 pages
...wife nor maid, when the spawns on stones do lie, to wash their hemp, and spoil the fry. J. FLETCHER earlier shall the rosebuds blow in after years, those...when we lie low, far fewer tears, far softer tears. . into Greek Tragic Anapastic Verse 463 Oh true shall boyish laughter ring, like tinkling chimes, in... | |
 | Authors, English - 1891 - 842 pages
...Mrs. Gaskell had written that book or not, but they would not have lived with a vitality so intense. Oh ! earlier shall the rosebuds blow, In after years,...we lie low, Far fewer tears — far softer tears. ii. Oh true shall boyish laughter ring, Like tinkling chimes, in kinder times, And merrier shall the... | |
 | Mandell Creighton - Education - 1902 - 278 pages
...which we hope will be happier than our own, the days when Sweeter shall the roses blow In those far years, those happier years ; And children weep when we lie low Far fewer tears, far softer tears. This is our desire, that by our labour in our day and generation the tears of the children when we... | |
 | Mandell Creighton - Education - 1902 - 276 pages
...which we hope will be happier than our own, the days when Sweeter shall the roses blow In those far years, those happier years ; And children weep when we lie low Far fewer tears, far softer tears. This is our desire, that by our labour in our day and generation the tears of the children when we... | |
 | Mandell Creighton - Sermons - 1903 - 312 pages
...day and generation to hasten the coming of the time when Sweeter shall the roses blow In those far years, those happier years, And children weep, when we lie low, Far fewer tears, far softer tears. To all of us comes the trumpet-call from the past, " Our hope for you is steadfast ". Let us humbly... | |
 | Louise Creighton - 1904 - 560 pages
...opinions.1 When asked by one of the daily papers for a motto for the New Year, he sent these lines : Oh, earlier shall the rosebuds blow In after years,...tinkling chimes in kinder times, And merrier shall the maidens sing, And I not there, and I not there.2 To his niece Ella • Fulham Palace: January n, 1900.... | |
 | William George Waters - English literature - 1906 - 342 pages
...who liv'd and lov'd A thousand years ago. Matthew Arnold. A Song *o *o -C* *o (From lonica) f~\H., earlier shall the rosebuds blow, ^"^ In after years, those happier years, And childen weep, when we lie low, , , . Far fewer tears, far softer tears. 187 Like lightning in the summer... | |
 | Robert Maynard Leonard - English poetry - 1909 - 636 pages
...soul and body part, As innocent as now thou art. R. CORBET. 236. OH, EARLIER SHALL THE ROSEBUDS BLOW OH, earlier shall the rosebuds blow, In after years,...laughter ring, Like tinkling chimes, in kinder times ! Like lightning in the summer night Their mirth shall be, so quick and free; And oh ! the flash of... | |
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