 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?  The Second Reader, Or Juvenile Companion - Sida 16efter John Lauris Blake - 1833 - 260 sidorObegränsad förhandsgranskning - Om den här boken
 | 1822 - 688 sidor
...and sweet," that we cannot resist the temptation of transplanting it to a more congenial soil. To li 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 linur or half's... | |
 | Sir Egerton Brydges - 1807 - 912 sidor
...Where no foot hath A path : There will I spend, And end My wearied years In tears. To Blossoms. i. 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. 2. What, were ye born to be An hour or... | |
 | Sir Egerton Brydges - 1807 - 456 sidor
...spend, And end My wearied years In tears. To Blossoms. I. Fair pledges of a fruitful tree, Why do 70 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... | |
 | 1807 - 308 sidor
...LITERARY HOURS, by Dr. Drake, Vol. JII. 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 awile, To blush and gently smile ; And go at last. What, were. ye born to be An hour or halPs... | |
 | Robert Herrick - 1810 - 280 sidor
...keep this vow ; But, having scap'd temptation's shelf, Know virtue taught thee, not thyself. CL. TO BLOSSOMS. FAIR pledges of a fruitful tree, Why do...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... | |
 | 1814 - 556 sidor
...love's eye, Bcmain'd the tear of parting sorrow. TO BLOSSOMS. FAIR pledges of a fruitful 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 lust. What were you born to be A n hour or two's... | |
 | 1814 - 570 sidor
...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. What were you born to be An hour or two's delight ; A nd so to bid good night ; Twas pity nature brought you... | |
 | 1823 - 496 sidor
...uneasy and passionate hatred, of the things of the nobler being. E. TO BLOSSOMS. BY ROBERT HERRICK. Fair pledges of a fruitful tree, Why do ye fall so fast? Your date M not so past, Bat you may stay yet here awhile, To blush und gently smile, And go at lost. What, were... | |
 | Richard Lobb - 1817 - 430 sidor
...never failing source of the most pleasing reflections : Fair pledges of a fruitful tre»i 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. What were you born to be An hour or two's... | |
 | 1818 - 596 sidor
...quiet, The pain without the peace of deatb. TO BLOSSOMS. Fair pledges of a fruitful tree, Why do ye fail 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... | |
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