 | Chambers W. and R., ltd - 1850 - 782 sidor
...such thoughts! Forgive them. Never — never <3id my steps Approach this door but she who dwelt within A daughter's welcome gave me, and I loved her As my...as summer dust Burn to the socket. Many a passenger Had blessed poor Margaret for hcr gentle looks When she upheld the cool refreshment drawn From that... | |
 | 1850 - 824 sidor
...best age, and that age is ripeness. A ripe heart ! now I know what Wordsworth meant, when he said, The good die first. And they whose hearts are dry as summer dust, Burn to the socket ! The town clock is striking midnight. The i-old of the night-wiud is urging its way into door and... | |
 | Charles Lanman - 1850 - 276 sidor
...certain, however, that death had marked it for the grave, and we remembered the poet's words :•— " The good die first, And they, whose hearts are dry as summer dust, Burn to the socket."—WORDSWORTH. This deformed but yet lovely fragment of humanity had been picked up as a foundling,... | |
 | John Aikin - 1850 - 764 sidor
...this door but «he who dwelt within A daughter's welcome gave me, and 1 loved her As my own child. O, sir! the good die first, And they whose hearts are dry as summer dust Born to the socket Man/ a ,tssenger Hath bless'd poor Margaret for her gentle looks, When she upheld... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1851 - 748 sidor
...Forgive them; — never — never did my steps Approach this door, but she who dwelt within A daughters welcome gave me, and I loved her As my own child....as summer dust Burn to the socket. Many a Passenger Hulh blessed poor Margaret for her gentle looks, When she upheld the cool refreshment drawn Prom that... | |
 | JK MARVEL - 1851 - 318 sidor
...through the sereen-, yellow and warm, as a harvest sun. It is in its best age, and that age is ripeness. The good die first, And they whose hearts are dry as summer dust, Burn to the socket! The town clock is striking midnight. The cold of the night-wind is urging its way in at the door and... | |
 | Donald Grant Mitchell - 1851 - 320 sidor
...be sure ! But whoever heard of one ? Wordsworth somewhere in the Excursion, says : — The good cie first, And they whose hearts are dry as summer dust Burn to the socket ! What, in the name of Rydal Mount, is a dry heart ? A dusty one, I can conceive of : a bachelor's... | |
 | Fitz-Greene Halleck - 1851 - 252 sidor
...battle-day ? ON THE DEATH OF JOSEPH RODMAN DRAKE. OF NEW-YORK, SEPT., 1820. " The good die first, Aud 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,... | |
 | 1852 - 784 sidor
...thoughts I , Forgive them;— never— never did my etops Approach this door, but she who dwelt within A daughter's welcome gave me, and I loved her .As my own child. Oh 1 Sir, the good die first, And they whoso hearts arp dry as summer diut Burn to the socket. Many a... | |
 | Donald Grant Mitchell - 1852 - 346 sidor
...through the screen, yellow and warm, as a harvest sun. It is in its best age, and that age is ripeness. "The good die first, And they whose hearts are dry as summer dust Bum to the socket ! " The town clock is striking midnight. The cold of the night-wind is urging its... | |
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Oh, sir, the good die first, And they whose hearts are dry as summer dust Burn to the socket. 
