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 - Page 284by William Cowper - 1810Full view - About this book
| Lyman Cobb - Readers - 1834 - 238 pages
...swinging it rudely, too rudely, alas 1 I snapped it, it fell to the ground. 4. And such, I exclaimed, is the pitiless part, Some act by the delicate mind,...of wringing and breaking a heart, Already to sorrow resigned. 5. This elegant rose, had I shaken it less, Might nave bloomed with its owner awhile : And... | |
| Ballads, English - 1834 - 480 pages
...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 the owner awhile, And the... | |
| Ballads, English - 1835 - 378 pages
...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...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 followed... | |
| William Cowper, William Hayley - 1835 - 354 pages
...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...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 follow'd perhaps... | |
| William Cowper - 1835 - 480 pages
...flourishing bush where it grew. I hastily seized it, unfit as it was For a nosegay, so dripping and drovvn'd, And swinging it rudely, too rudely, alas ! I snapp'd...This elegant rose, had I shaken it less, Might have bloom'd with its owner a while, And the tear that is wiped with a little address, May be follow'd perhaps... | |
| England - 1835 - 794 pages
...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...mind, Regardless of wringing and breaking a heart Aiready to sorrow resign'd. This elegant rose had I shaken it less, Might have bloom'd with its owner... | |
| William Cowper, Henry Stebbing - 1856 - 430 pages
...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...of wringing and breaking a heart Already to sorrow resign'dl This elegant rose, had I shaken it lesa Might have bloom'd with its owner awhile; And the... | |
| Collection - 1856 - 120 pages
...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...mind, Regardless of wringing and breaking a heart This elegant rose, had I shaken it less, Might have bloom' d with its owner awhile ; And the tear that... | |
| English poetry - 1857 - 334 pages
...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. 127 This elegant rose, had I shaken it less, Might have bloomed with its owner awhile ; And... | |
| Conduct of life - 1857 - 904 pages
...weep with regret, for the buds it had left. 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 shaking it rudely — too rudely, alas, I snapt it — it fell to the ground. " And such," I exclaimed,... | |
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