 | Elizabeth Kent - Floriculture - 1825 - 516 pages
...that's young, And shuns to have her graces spy'd, ' That hadst thou sprung In deserts where no men abide Thou must have uncommended died. Small is the worth...time they share That are so wondrous sweet and fair." WALLEB. " Looke as a sweet rose fairely budding forth Bewrayes her beauties to th' enamoured morne,... | |
 | John Aikin - English poetry - 1826 - 840 pages
...light retir'd : Bid her come forth, Suffer herself to be desir'd, ' And not blush so to be admir'd. Then die ! that she The common fate of all things...in thee : How small a part of time they share, That arc so wondrous sweet and fair ! TO PHYLLIS. PHYLLIS ! why should we delay Pleasures shorter than the... | |
 | Ancient ballads - 1827 - 270 pages
...the light retir'd; Bid her come forth, Suffer herself to be desir'd, And not blush so to be admir'd. Then die! that she The common fate of all things rare...time they share, That are so wondrous sweet and fair. The author of this beautiful lyric was EDMUND WALLER, born l605, died l687. His poetical pieces are... | |
 | Thomas Lyle - Ballads, English - 1827 - 272 pages
...that's young, And shuns to have her graces spied, That hadst thou sprung In deserts, where no men abide, Thou must have uncommended died. Small is the worth Of beauty from the light retir'd; Bid her come forth, Suffer herself to be desir'd, And not blush so to be admir'd. Then die!... | |
 | John Johnstone (of Edinburgh.) - English poetry - 1828 - 600 pages
...young, And shuns to have her graces spied, That, hadst thou sprung In deserts, where no men abide, Thou must have uncommended died. Small is the worth Of beauty from the light retir'd : Bid her come forth, Suffer herself to be desir'd, And not blush so to be admired. Then die,... | |
 | Henry Kirke White - English essays - 1829 - 434 pages
...that's young, And shuns to have her graces spied, That hadst thoii sprung In deserts where no men abide, Thou must have uncommended died. Small is the worth...so wondrous sweet and fair. [Yet, though thou fade, Prom thy dead leaves let fragrance rise ; And teach the Maid That Goodness Time's rude hand defies... | |
 | Thomas Curtis - Aeronautics - 1829 - 832 pages
...the morn ; all Heaven, And happy constellations, on that hour Shed their selectest influence. Hilton. Small is the worth Of beauty from the light retired...come forth. Suffer herself to be desired, And not bluth so to be admired. IFoßer. From етегу bhak that kindles in thy cheeks. Ten thousand little... | |
 | University of Cambridge - Classical education - 1830 - 636 pages
...young, And shuns to have her graces spied» That hadst thou sprung In deserts, where no men abide, Thou must have uncommended died. Small is the worth...time they share, That are so wondrous sweet and fair. VII. General Paper. 1 . Give an account of the foundation of the principal cities of Greece, and of... | |
 | Henry Kirke White - 1830 - 334 pages
...that's young, And shuns to have her graces spied, That hadst thou sprung In deserts, where no men abide, Thou must have uncommended died. Small is the worth...not blush so to be admired. Then die, that she The cornmon fate of all things rare May read in. thee ; How small a part of time they share, That are so... | |
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Go, lovely Rose ! Tell her that wastes her time and me, That now she knows, When I resemble her to thee, How sweet and fair she seems to be. Tell her that's young, And shuns to have her graces spied, That had'st thou sprung In deserts where no men abide,... 
