 | esq Henry Jenkins - 1864
...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 drown'd, And swinging...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
...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 - 448 pagina’s
...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 - 416 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... | |
 | Hubert Ashton Holden - 1866
...buds it had left with regret, 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 swinging...alas! I snapp'd it, it fell to the ground. And such, I exclaimed, is the pitiless part some aft by the delicate mind, regardless of wringing and breaking... | |
 | John Erskine Clarke - 1870
...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 wliilc: And... | |
 | English Poetry - 1866 - 155 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... | |
 | Words - 1866
...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 snapped it — it fell to the ground. And such, I exclaimed, is the pitiless part Some act by the delicate... | |
 | William Cowper - 1866 - 630 pagina’s
...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 snapped it, it fell to the ground. And such I exclaimed is the pitiless part Some act by the delicate... | |
 | Kate Gordon (of Fyvie.) - 1866
...bush where it grew. I hastily seized it, unfit as it was, For a nosegay, so dripping and drown VI. And swinging it rudely, too rudely, alas ! I snapp'd it ! it fell to the ground. This elegant rose, had I shaken it less, Might have blooin'd with its owner awhile ; And the tear that... | |
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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,... 
