 Twas pity Nature brought ye forth Merely to show your worth, And lose you quite. But you are lovely leaves, where we May read how soon things have Their end, though ne'er so brave ; And after they have shown their pride Like you, awhile, they glide Into...  The Ant, publ. during 1826 and 1827 - Page 203by Ant The - 1827Full view - About this book
 | 1805 - 948 pages
...And go at last. • What, were ye born to be An hour or half s delight ; And so to bid good-night ? 'Twas pity Nature brought ye forth Merely to show your worth, And lose you quite. ' But you are lovely leaves, where wt May read how «oon things have Their end, though ne'er so brave;... | |
 | Nathan Drake - English literature - 1804 - 572 pages
...past ; j :i--. 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 ? 'Twas pity Nature brought ye forth Merely to shew your worth, And lose you quite. But... | |
 | Robert Herrick - English poetry - 1810 - 280 pages
...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 ? 'Twas pity nature brought ye forth Merely to shew your worth, And lose you quite. But you are lovely leaves, where we May read how soon things have... | |
 | English literature - 1818 - 596 pages
...blush, and gently smile, And go at last. What, were ye born to be An hour or half s deliirht, And MI to bid good night ? •Twas pity Nature .brought ye forth, Merely to shew your worth, And lose you quite. But you arc, lovely leaves, where we May read how soon things... | |
 | Henry Southern, Sir Nicholas Harris Nicolas - Bibliography - 1822 - 392 pages
...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? 'Tis pity nature brought ye forth Merely to shew your worth, And lose you quite. But you are lovely... | |
 | Books - 1822 - 384 pages
...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 ? 'Tis pity nature brought ye forth Merely to shew your worth, And lose ypu quite. But you are lovely... | |
 | 1847 - 648 pages
...smile, And go at last. What! were ye born to be An hour or half s delight, And so to bid good-night? 'Twas pity nature brought ye forth Merely to show your worth, And lose you quite. But you are lovely leaves, where we May read how soon things have Their end, though ne'er so brave... | |
 | Susan Ferrier - 1824 - 412 pages
...date is not so past, But you may stay here yet a while, To blush and gently smile ; And go at last. What were ye born to be. An hour or half's delight,...forth, Merely to show your worth, And lose you quite. But you are lovely leaves, where we May read how soon things have Their end, though ne'er so brave;... | |
 | William Hone - Almanacs, English - 1826 - 892 pages
...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 ? Tis pity Nature brought ye forth Merely to show your worth, And lose yoa quite ! But your lovely... | |
 | William Hone - 1826 - 882 pages
...date is not so past, But you may stay yet here awhile 'Го blush and gently smile, And go at last! face it down, as if nothing had happened — when the roguish Tis pity Nature brought ye forth Merely to show your worth, And lose you quite ! But your lovely leaves,... | |
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