 | C. Gough - 1853 - 428 sidor
...at least in the spirit of the Lady in Lalla Rookh : — " I never taught a bright Gazelle To watch me with its dark black eye, But when it came to know me well, And love me, it was sure to die !" His wife, from being at first useful to him, had become agreeable, and at last dear ; and as he... | |
 | Douglas Jerrold - 1853 - 362 sidor
...fate ! As the sweetest of poets sings — <( I never rear'da young gazelle To glad me with its soft black eye, But when it came to know me well, — And love me, it was sure to die ! " Floren. There certainly was a sentiment about that dog ! Miss T. He couldn't move for sentiment.... | |
 | George Coggeshall - 1853 - 314 sidor
...it was first to fade away ; I never nursed a dear gazelle, To soothe me with its soft black eye, Bnt when it came to know me well, And love me — it was sure to die ! " I will not indulge further in my own grief, but again resume the thread of my narrative. It was... | |
 | Thomas Moore - 1854 - 316 sidor
...flower, " But 'twas the first to fade away. " I never nurs'da dear gazelle, " To glad me with its soft black eye, " But when it came to know me well, " And love me, it was sure to die ! "Now too — the joy most like divine " Of all I ever dreamt or knew, " To see thee, hear thee, call... | |
 | Edward MacDermott - 1854 - 236 sidor
...to mind the fond complaint of ILiuda : — " I never nursed a dear gazelle, To glad me with its soft black eye, But when it came to know me well, And love me, it was sure to die !" Pass from Africa into Europe, and imagine yourself in the dense forests of Germany, and there are... | |
 | Francis Channing Woodworth - 1854 - 346 sidor
...'twas the first to fade away; I never nursed a dear gazelle, To glad me with its soft, blue eye, I But when it came to know me well, And love me, it was sure to die." I said I hoped I had never had a fault-finding spirit, when I thought of these lines. It would be very... | |
 | Thomas Hood - 1855 - 590 sidor
...language, at least in the spirit of the Lady in Lalla Rookh— " I never taught a bright Gazellu To watch me with its dark black eye, But when it came to know me well, And love me, it was sure to die!" His wife, from being at first useful to him, had become agreeable, a&d at last dear; and as he contemplated... | |
 | George Gilfillan - 1855 - 480 sidor
...Shall we say, in the language of Lalla Rookh, 11 1 never rear'da fair gazelle, To glad me with her soft black eye, But when it came to know me well, And love me, it was sure to die?" About two months ago, the lamented dead opened up a communication with us, which promised to ripen... | |
 | George Gilfillan - 1855 - 492 sidor
...of Lalla Rookh, " I never rear'da fair gazelle, To glad me with her soft blaek eye, But when it eame to know me well, And love me, it was sure to die?" About two months ago, the lamented dead opened up a eommunieation with us, whieh promised to ripen... | |
 | Sarah Josepha Buell Hale - 1855 - 612 sidor
...first to fade away. I never nurs'da dear gazelle, To glad me with its soft blaek eye, But when it eame to know me well, And love me, it was sure to die. Moore's Loua Rookh. That minute from my soul the light Of heaven and love both pass'd away ; And I... | |
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Oh ! ever thus, from childhood's hour, I've seen my fondest hopes decay ; I never loved a tree or flower, But 'twas the first to fade away. I never nursed a dear gazelle. To glad me with its soft black eye, But when it came to know me well, And love me,... 
