 But pluck'd and strain'd through ruder hands, Her sweets no longer with her dwells: But scent and beauty both are gone, And leaves fall from her, one by one. Such fate ere long will thee betide When thou hast handled been awhile, With sere flowers to...  Flirtation: A Novel - Page 249by Lady Charlotte Campbell Bury - 1836 - 402 pagesFull view - About this book
 | George Ellis - English poetry - 1790 - 346 pages
...ruder hands, Its fweet no longer with it dwells. But fcent and beauty both are gone, And leaves drop from it one by one. Such fate, ere long, will thee betide, When thou haft handled been a while; With fear-flow'rs to be thrown afide, And I fhall figh, while fome will... | |
 | Edmund Burke - History - 1792 - 694 pages
...ruder hands, Its fweet no longer with it dwells. But fcent and beauty both are gone, And leaves drop from it one by one. Such fate, ere long, will thee betide, When them haft handled been awhile ; With fear-flow'rs to be thrown ande, And I (hall figh, while fome will... | |
 | English poets - 1801 - 488 pages
...Her sweet no longer with her dwells ; But scent and beauty both are gone, And leaves fall from her, one by one. Such fate, ere long, will thee betide, When thou hast handled been a while ! Like sere-flowers to be thrown aside, .'-J!Snd I shall sigh, while some will smile, . iTo... | |
 | History - 1802 - 650 pages
...ruder hands, Its fweet no longer with it dwells, But fcent and beauty both are gone, And leaves drop from it one by one. Such fate, ere long, will thee betide, When thou hail handled been awhile ; With fear-flow'rs to be thrown afide, And I (hall figh, while iome will... | |
 | George Ellis - English poetry - 1803 - 476 pages
...Her sweets no longer with her dwells; But scent and beauty both are gone, And leaves fall from her, one by one. Such fate, ere long, will thee betide, When thou hast handled been a while ! Lake sere-flowers * to be thrown aside, And I shall sigh, while some will smile, * To see... | |
 | G. W. Fitzwilliam - English poetry - 1806 - 216 pages
...Her scent no longer with her dwells ; But scent and beauty both are gone, And leaves fall from her, one by one. Such fate, ere long, will thee betide, When thou hast handled been awhile ! Like sere flowers to be thrown aside, And I shall sigh, while some will smile, To see thy love to... | |
 | Robert Burns - Dialect literature, Scottish - 1808 - 496 pages
...Her sweet no longer with her dwells ; But scent and beauty both are gone, And leaves fall from her, one by one. Such fate, ere long, will thee betide, When thou hast handled been awhile ! Like sere-flowers to be thrown aside, And £ shall sigh, while some will smile, To see thy love to... | |
 | British poets - English poetry - 1809 - 512 pages
...ruder hands, Its sweet no longer with it dwells. But scent and beauty both are gone, And leaves drop from it one by one. Such fate, ere long, will thee betide, When thou hast handled been a while ; With sear-flow'rs to be thrown aside, And I shall sigh, while some will smile. To see thy... | |
 | Robert Burns - English literature - 1809 - 326 pages
...this tune, called " The Wooing of the Maiden." — These entertainments are now much worn out in this Such fate, ere long, will thee betide, When thou hast handled been awhile ! ' Like sere-flowers to be thrown aside, And I shall sigh, while some will .smile, To see .thy love... | |
 | Robert Hartley Cromek - Ballads, Scots - 1810 - 286 pages
...Her sweet no longer with her dwells ; But scent and beauty both are gone, And leaves fall from her, one by one. Such fate, ere long, will thee betide, When thou hast handled been awhile I Like sere flowers to be thrown aside, And I shall sigh, while some will smile, To tee thy love to... | |
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