 And it seemed, to a fanciful view, To weep for the buds it had left with regret On the flourishing bush where it grew. I hastily seized it, unfit as it was For a nosegay, so dripping and drowned, And swinging it rudely, too rudely, alas ! I snapped it...  Poems - Side 225av William Cowper - 1806Uten tilgangsbegrensning - Om denne boken
 | William Cowper - 1835 - 406 sider
...weigh'd down its beautiful head. The cup was all fill'd, and the leaves were all wet, And it seem'd, to a fanciful view, To weep for the buds it had left,...it, unfit as it was For a nosegay, so dripping and drown'd, And swinging it rudely, too rudely, alas ! I snapp'd it, it fell to the ground. And such,... | |
 | William Cowper - 1836 - 526 sider
...weigb'd down its beautiful head. The cup was all fill'd, and the leaves were all wet, And it seem'd to a fanciful view To weep for the buds it had left with regret On the flourishing bush where it grew. * Mrs. Unwin. t Lady Austen. I hastily seized it, unfit as it was, For a nosegay, so dripping and drown'd... | |
 | Mrs. Charles Meredith - 1836 - 400 sider
...forth this touching lament. * The cup was nil filled, and the leaves were all wet. And it seemed, to a fanciful view. To weep for the buds it had left with regret, On the nourishing bush where it grew. CowriK. Alas ! it is a weary thing To have such great renown ; Ten thousand... | |
 | William Cowper - 1836 - 710 sider
...'d down its beautiful head. The cup was all fill'd, and the leaves were all wet, And it seem'd, to a fanciful view, To weep for the buds it had left, with regret, On the nourishing bush where it grew. I hastily seized it, unfit as it was For a nosegay, so dripping and... | |
 | William Cowper - 1835 - 360 sider
...weighed down its beautiful head. The cup was all fill'd, and the leaves were all wet, And it seem'd to a fanciful view To weep for the buds it had left with regret On the nourishing hush where it grew. * Mrs. Unwin, t Lady Austen. I hastily seized it, unfit as it was, For... | |
 | William Cowper - 1837 - 534 sider
...weigh'd down its beautiful head. The cup was all fill'd, and the leaves were all wet, And it seem'd to a fanciful view, To weep for the buds it had left...regret, On the flourishing bush where it grew. I hastily seiz'd it, unfit as it was For a nosegay, so dripping and drown'd, And swinging it rudely, too rudely,... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1837 - 276 sider
...showe. VV hich Mary to Anna convey'd ; The plentiful moisture encumber'd the flower, And it seem'd to a fanciful view, To weep for the buds it had left with regret, And weigh'd down iis beautiful head. The cup was all fill'd, and the leaves were all wet, On the flourishing... | |
 | 1838 - 388 sider
...'d down its beautiful head. The cup was all fill'd, and the leaves were all wet, And it seein'd to a fanciful view, To weep for the buds it had left...it, unfit as it was For a nosegay, so dripping and drown 'd, And swinging it rudely, too rudely, alas ! I snapp'd it, it fell to the ground. And such,... | |
 | William Cowper - 1856 - 512 sider
...rose had been wash'd, just wash'd in a show'r, And weigh'd down its beautiful head. And it seem'd to a fanciful view, To weep for the buds it had left with regrt t, The cup was all fill'd, and the leaves were all wet, On the flourishing bush where it grew.... | |
 | English poetry - 1857 - 334 sider
...weighed down its beautiful head. The cup was all filled, and the leaves were all wet, And it seemed, to a fanciful view, To weep for the buds it had left...I snapped it : it fell to the ground. And such, I exclaimed, is the pitiless part Some act by the delicate mind, Regardless of wringing and breaking... | |
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