 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
 | William Cowper - 1839 - 554 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 aet by the delicate mind, Regardless of wringing and breaking a heart Already to sorrow resign'd. This... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1840 - 270 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, Spnie act by the delicate mind, Regardless qf wringing and breaking a heart, Already to sorrow resign'd.... | |
 | William Cowper - 1841 - 362 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,...bloom'd with its owner awhile ; And the tear, that is wiped with a little address, May be follow'd, perhaps, by a smile. THE DOVES. • REASONING at every... | |
 | William Cowper - 1841 - 260 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,...shaken it less, Might have bloom'd with its owner a while ; And the tear that is wip'd with a little address, May be fbllow'd perhaps by a smile. THE... | |
 | 1841 - 478 pagina’s
...without feeling the truth of the touching moral contained in the last two, — " 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 bloom'd with its owner awhile ; And... | |
 | William Cowper - 1854 - 488 pagina’s
...dripping and drown'd, And swinging it rudely, too rudely, alas I I snapp'd it, it fell to the ground. 4 And such, I exclaim'd, is the pitiless part Some act...wringing and breaking a heart Already to sorrow resign'd. 5 This elegant rose, had I shaken it less, Might have bloom'd with its owner awhile ; And the tear,... | |
 | William Cowper, Henry Stebbing - 1854 - 850 pagina’s
...swingiug it rudely, too rudely, alas 1 I snapp'd.it— it fell to the ground. And such, I exclaim 'd.' is the pitiless part Some act by the delicate mind,...of wringing and breaking a heart Already to sorrow resign 'd I This elegant rose, had I shaken it less Might have bloom 'd with its owner awhile; And... | |
 | William Cowper - 1855 - 798 pagina’s
...unfit as it was For a nosegay, so dripping and drown 'd, And swinging it rudely, too rudely, alaa ! . I snapp'd it — it fell to the ground. And such,...This elegant rose, had I shaken it less, Might have bloom' J with its owner a while ; And the tear that is wip'd with a little address, May be folio w'd... | |
 | William Cowper - 1855 - 582 pagina’s
...it was For a nosegay, so dripping and drown'd, And swinging it rudely, too rudely, alas I I snapp id it, it fell to the ground. And such, I exclaim'd,...resign'd. This elegant rose, had I shaken it less, THE DOVES. REASONING at every step he treads, Man yet mistakes his way ; While meaner things, whom... | |
 | William Cowper - 1856 - 512 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,...shaken it less, Might have bloom'd with its owner a while; And the tear, that is wip'd with a little address, May be follow'd perhaps by a smile. THE... | |
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