 | William Cowper - 1896 - 147 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 1 5 Already to sorrow resigned ! • Note to Ed. of 1803. Mr. Cowper afterwards altered this last stanza... | |
 | 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... | |
 | Charles Bullock - 1900 - 264 pagina’s
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 | William Cowper - 1900
...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
...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 - 672 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... | |
 | 1907 - 580 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... | |
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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,... 
