 | Kenelm Henry Digby - 1826 - 330 sidor
..."the good die first," but others too may God distinguish in his mercy by removing suddenly, while " they, whose hearts are dry as summer dust, Burn to the socket °." It is not for man, however, to indulge in such contemplations. Let it be granted that Raphael,... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1827 - 452 sidor
...within A daughter's welcome gave me, and I loved her As my own child. Oh, Sir ! the good die first, And they whose hearts are dry as summer dust Burn to the socket. Many a Passenger Hath bless'd poor Margaret for her gentle looks, When she upheld the cool refreshment drawn From that forsaken... | |
 | Alfred Lyall - 1827 - 450 sidor
...did not stay long enough for disappointment and degradation and decay — " The good die first ; " And they whose hearts are dry as summer dust, " Burn to the socket." So says a great living poet ; and however ungenH 2 eminently calculated to excite the imagination.... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1828 - 372 sidor
...first, And they whose hearts arc dry as summer dust Burn to the socket. Many a Passenger llath bless'd poor Margaret for her gentle looks, When she upheld...refreshment drawn From that forsaken Spring; and no one came J Itut he was welcome; no one went away ! Itut that it sccm'd she loved him. She is dead, The light... | |
 | 1830 - 462 sidor
...no apprehension. ORIGINAL POETRY. THOUGHTS ON THE DEATH OF A FRIEND. Ah ! sir, the good die first. And they whose hearts are dry as summer dust Burn to the socket! WORDSWORTH* THERE came no vision girt with glorious pomp ; No seraph stood reveal'd ; nor heavenly... | |
 | 1852
...How goothly sings tho Swan of Avon! sweetest when the dirge is sympathetic — " The good die first, And they whose hearts are dry as summer' dust Burn to the socket." There is a disease known to our insular catalogue of maladies called a " galloping consumption." Being... | |
 | Bela Bates Edwards - 1832 - 338 sidor
...The hut itself abandoned to decay, And she forgotten in the quiet grave ! O sir! the good die first, And they whose hearts are dry as summer dust, Burn to the socket. To her hut no one came But he was welcome ; no one went away But that it seemed she loved him.— 3... | |
 | 1836 - 532 sidor
...beautifully expressed truths. We will take a few at random. VOL. VII. No. 21. 96 O Sir ! the good die first, And they whose hearts are dry as summer dust Burn to the socket. But know we not that he, who intermits The appointed task and duties of the day, Untunes full oft the... | |
 | Joseph Rodman Drake - 1835 - 226 sidor
...the battle-day? ON THE DEATH OP JOSEPH RODMAN DRAKE, OF NEW-YORK, SEPT. 1820. " The good die first, And they, whose hearts are dry as summer dust, Burn to the socket." WORDSWORTH. GREEN be the turf above thee, Friend of my better days ! None knew thee but to love thee,... | |
 | Fitz-Greene Halleck - 1836 - 112 sidor
...the battle-day? ON THE DEATH OF JOSEPH RODMAN DRAKE, OF NEW-YORK, SEPT. 1820. " The good die first, And they, whose hearts are dry as summer dust, Burn to the socket." GREEN be the turf above thee, Friend of my better days ! WORDSWORTH. None knew thee but to love thee,... | |
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Oh, sir, the good die first, And they whose hearts are dry as summer dust Burn to the socket. 
