 | English poetry - 1814 - 310 pages
...never once dream'd of my vine; May I lose both my pipe and my crook, If I knew of a kid that was mine. I prized every hour that went by, Beyond all that...before •, But now they are past, and I sigh ; And I grieve that I prized them no more. IV. But why do I languish in vain ? Why wander thus pensively... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1821 - 406 pages
...it has no acquaintance with love or nature : I prized every hour that went by, Beyond all that had pleased me before ; But now they are past, and I sigh, And I grieve that I prized them no more. When forced the fair nymph to forego, What anguish I felt in my... | |
 | 1831 - 426 pages
...once dream 'd of my vine ; May I lose both my pipe and my crook, IF I knew of a kid that was mine. I prized every hour that went by Beyond all that pleased...me before ; But now they are past, and I sigh. And I grieve that I prized them no more. But why do I languish in vain ? Why wander thus pensively here... | |
 | 1849 - 782 pages
...by one of the sweetest of pastoral poets : " I prized every hour that went by. Beyond all that hud pleased me before ; But now they are past, and I sigh, And 1 grieve that 1 prized them no more." Henry was pleased when the festivities were fairly over, and... | |
 | Elizabeth Washington Wirt - Flower language - 1837 - 264 pages
...And to leave her we love and admire Skenstone. l prized every hour that went by, Beyond all that had pleased me before ; But now they are past, and I sigh ; And I grieve that I prized them no more Li. • All flowers will droop in absence of the sun That waked... | |
 | lady Dorothea Knighton - 1838 - 480 pages
...or nature.' I allude to where it begins, 'I prized every hour that went by •> Beyond all that had pleased me before ; But now they are past, and I sigh, And I grieve that I prized them no more." I quote from memory ; but I believe it is correct. " The violets... | |
 | Lady Charlotte Campbell Bury - Court life - 1839 - 252 pages
...ever, and thinks one could have made more of them ! L , her son, would not allow any one to see her 1 1 prized every hour that went by Beyond all that pleased...a long letter I have written! but you I know, will laugh at this expose of my feelings. Do not mention what I have written. Some people would think my... | |
 | Louisa Caroline Tuthill - English language - 1839 - 482 pages
...my crook, If I knew of a kid that was mine ! I prized every hour that went by, Beyond all that had pleased me before ; But now they are past, and I sigh ; And I grieve that I prized them no more. But why do I languish in vain ; Why wander thus pensively here... | |
 | Robert Chambers - Authors, English - 1844 - 738 pages
...has no acquaintance with love or nature : — I prized every hour that went by, Beyond all that had . I grieve that I prized them no more. When forced the fair nymph'to forego, What anguish I felt in ray... | |
 | Abraham Mills - English literature - 1851 - 616 pages
...has no acquaintance with love and nature:— I prized every hour that went by, Beyond all that had pleased me before; But now they are past, and I sigh, And I grieve that I prized them no more. When forced the fair nymph to forego, What anguish I felt in my... | |
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Phyllis vouchsafed me a look, I never once dreamt of my vine ; May I lose both my pipe and my crook, If I knew of a kid that was mine. I prized every hour that went by, Beyond all that had pleased me before ; But now they are past, and I sigh, And I grieve... 
