 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 swinging it rudely, too rudely, alas ! I snapp'd it,...  Essays on Song-writing: With a Collection of Such English Songs as are Most ... - Pagina 253door John Aikin, Robert Harding Evans - 1810 - 352 pagina’sVolledige weergave - Over dit boek
 | James Anderson - 1792 - 396 pagina’s
...as it was For a nosegay, so drooping and drown'd, And wringing it rudely, too rudely, alas ! I snapt it, it fell to the ground. And such, I exclaim'd, is the pitylefs part Some act by the delicate mind, Regardlefs of wringing and breaking a heart Already to... | |
 | William Cowper - 1806 - 478 pagina’s
...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 the... | |
 | William Cowper - 1808 - 354 pagina’s
...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...wringing and breaking a heart Already to sorrow resign'd. L This elegant rose, had I shaken it less, Might have bloom'd with it's owner a while ; And the tear,... | |
 | 1808 - 506 pagina’s
...unfit as it was, For a nosegay, so dripping and drown'd. And swinging it rudely, too rudely, ala* ! I snapp'd it, it fell to the ground. And such, I exclaim'd,...of wringing and breaking a heart Already to sorrow resign'U. This elegant rose, had I shaken it less, Might have bloom'd with its owner awhile, And the... | |
 | William Enfield - 1808 - 434 pagina’s
...nosegay, so dripping and drown'd, And swinging it rudely, too rudely, alas ! J snapp'd it — it tell to the ground. And such, I exclaim'd, is the pitiless...and breaking a heart . Already to sorrow resign'd. T his elegant rose, had I shaken it less, Might have bloom'd with its owner awhile ; And the tear that... | |
 | William Cowper - 1808 - 360 pagina’s
...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 exclaim'd, is the pitiless part Some act by the delicate mir.d, Regardless of wringing and breaking a heart Already to sorrow resign'd. This elegant rose, had... | |
 | John Aikin - 1810 - 330 pagina’s
...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 exclaim'd, " is...bloom'd with its owner awhile; And the tear that is wiped with a little address May be follow'd, perhaps, by a smile." _ ;. V • • : :V THE MANSION... | |
 | William Cowper - 1810 - 390 pagina’s
...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 exclaim'd,...This elegant rose, had I shaken it less, Might have bloom 'd with it's owner a while; And the tear, that is wip'd with a little address, May be follow'd... | |
 | William Cowper - 1810 - 422 pagina’s
...swinging it rudely, too rudely, alas ! I snapp'd it, it fell to the ground. And such, I cxclaim'd, is the pitiless part Some act by the delicate mind,...This elegant rose, had I shaken it less, Might have bloom 'd with it's owner a while; And the tear, that is wip'd with a little address, May be follow'd... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1810 - 262 pagina’s
...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,...part Some act by the delicate mind, Regardless of ringing and breaking a heart, . * Already to sorrow resign'd. This elegant rose, had I shaken it less,... | |
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