 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 - Page 225by William Cowper - 1806Full view - About this book
 | Chambers W. and R., ltd - 1872 - 132 pages
...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...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... | |
 | Jarrold and sons, ltd - 1872 - 276 pages
...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 - 1872 - 290 pages
...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... | |
 | English poetry - 1873 - 390 pages
...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 - English poetry - 1874 - 346 pages
...weighed down its beautiful head. The cup was all filled, and the leaves were all wet, 5 And it seemed to a fanciful view, To weep for the buds it had left...as it was For a nosegay, so dripping and drowned, 10 And swinging it rudely, too rudely, alas ! I snapped it, it fell to the ground. ' And such,' I exclaimed,... | |
 | William Cowper - 1874 - 340 pages
...weighed down its beautiful head. The cup was all filled, and the leaves were all wet, 5 And it seemed to a fanciful view, To weep for the buds it had left...as it was For a nosegay, so dripping and drowned, 10 And swinging it rudely, too rudely, alas! I snapped it, it fell to the ground. ' And such,' I exclaimed,... | |
 | William Cowper - 1874 - 330 pages
...weighed down its beautiful head. The cup was all filled, and the leaves were all wet, 5 And it seemed to a fanciful view, To weep for the buds it had left...as it was For a nosegay, so dripping and drowned, 10 And swinging it rudely, too rudely, alas ! I snapped it, it fell to the ground. ' And such,' I exclaimed,... | |
 | Joseph Payne - 1874 - 390 pages
...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 with regret On the flourishing bush where it grew. 1 Cashiered — discarded, turned off. DD I hastily seized it, unfit as it was For a nosegay, so dripping... | |
 | Léon Boucher - 1874 - 454 pages
...weigh' 1 down its beautiful head. The cup was all fill'd, and the leaves were ail wet, Ant it seem'd, to a fanciful view, To weep for the buds it had left...with regret' On the flourishing bush where it grew. II n'était pas jusqu'aux ^inconvénients de la vie de campagne dont il ne sût prendre gaiement son... | |
 | 1875 - 918 pages
...we jar the most sensitive nerves of grief. " I hastily seized it, unfit as it was, Fora nosegay all dripping; and drowned, And swinging it rudely, too...rudely, alas, I snapped it — it fell to the ground. > " ' Just such,' I exclaimed, ' is the pitiless part Some act bj the dclicata mind. " — Covjpet... | |
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