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. I hastily seized it, unfit as it was For a nosegay, so dripping and drown'd, And... Poems - Side 284av William Cowper - 1810Uten tilgangsbegrensning - Om denne boken
| John Guy (Schoolmaster.) - 1858 - 248 sider
...To weep for the buds it had left with regret On the flourishing bush were it grew. I hastily seiz'd it, unfit as it was, For a nosegay, so dripping and drown'd, And such, I exclaim'd, is the pitiless part Some act by the delicate mind; Regardless of wringing and breaking... | |
| 1860 - 784 sider
...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...This elegant rose, had I shaken it less, Might have bloom'd with its owner awhile, And the tear that is wip'd with a little address May be followed perhaps... | |
| William Cowper - 1860 - 506 sider
...swinging it rudely, too rudely, alas ! I snapped it, it fell to the ground. And such, I exclaimed, is the pitiless part Some act by the delicate mind,...of wringing and breaking a heart Already to sorrow resigned. This elegant rose, had I shaken it less, Might have bloomed with its owner awhile ; And the... | |
| William Cowper - 1863 - 540 sider
...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...wringing and breaking a heart Already to sorrow resign'd. * Mrs Unwin and Lady Austen. 2E This elegant rose, had I shaken it less, Might have bloom'd with its... | |
| James Stuart Laurie - 1863 - 264 sider
...snapp'd it—it fell to the ground ! For a nosegay, so dripping and drown'd; And such, I exclaimed, is the pitiless part Some act by the delicate mind;...resign'd. This elegant rose, had I shaken it less, And the tear that is wiped with a little address, May be followed perhaps by a smile. Might have bloom'd... | |
| William Cowper - 1864 - 622 sider
...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...This elegant rose, had I shaken it less, Might have bloom'd with its owner awhile ; And the tear that is wiped with a little address. May be follow'd perhaps... | |
| esq Henry Jenkins - 1864 - 800 sider
...To weep for the buds it had left with regret On the nourishing bush where it grew. I hastily seiz'd it, unfit as it was For a nosegay, so dripping and...I snapp'd 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... | |
| Book - 1864 - 396 sider
...swinging it rudely, too rudely, alas ! I snapped it — it fell to the ground. And such, I exclaimed, is the pitiless part Some act by the delicate mind,...of wringing and breaking a heart Already to sorrow resigned. This elegant rose, had I shaken it less, Might have bloomed with its owner a while ; And... | |
| William Cowper - 1864 - 454 sider
...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...drown'd, ' And swinging it rudely, too rudely, alas ! I snapp d it, it fell to the ground. And such, I exclnim'd, is the pitiless part Some act by the delicate... | |
| David Grant - 1865 - 428 sider
...swinging it rudely, too rudely, alas! I snapped it — it fell to the ground. And such, I exclaimed, is the pitiless part Some act by the delicate mind,...of wringing and breaking a heart Already to sorrow resigned. This elegant rose, had I shaken it less, Might have bloomed with its owner a while ; And... | |
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