| William Cowper - 1898 - 334 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, Regardless of wringing and breaking a heart J5 Already to sorrow resigned ! " This elegant rose, had I shaken it less, Might have bloomed with... | |
| William Cowper - 1900 - 346 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, Regardless of wringing and breaking a heart 15 Already to sorrow resigned ! " This elegant rose, had I shaken it less, Might have bloomed with... | |
| Edward Arber - 1901 - 524 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 the owner awhile ! And the... | |
| Edward Arber - 1901 - 362 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 the owner awhile! And... | |
| William Cowper - 1905 - 716 pagina’s
...it had left with regret, On the flourishing bush where it grew. 8 I hastily seiz'd it, unfit as it was, For a nosegay, so dripping and drown'd, And swinging...wringing and breaking a heart Already to sorrow resign'd. 16 This elegant rose, had I shaken it less, Might have bloom'd with its owner awhile, And the tear... | |
| John Matthews Manly - 1907 - 654 pagina’s
...swinging it rudely, too rudely, alas 1 I 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 a heart 15 Already to sorrow resigned ! " This elegant rose, had I shaken it less, Might have bloomed with... | |
| William Stanley Braithwaite - 1909 - 1334 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 awhile; And... | |
| 1922 - 392 pagina’s
...bud 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..."is the pitiless part Some act by the delicate mind, 196 Regardless of wringing and breaking a heart Already to sorrow resign'd. "This elegant rose, had... | |
| William Cullen Bryant - 1925 - 424 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 awhile ; And the... | |
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