| 1803 - 400 pages
...unfavourable idea of the talent of the youth who could write it at the *ge of thirteen : — TO AX EARLY PRIMROSE. Mild offspring of a dark and sullen...nurs'd in whirling storms < And cradled in the winds. Xhee, when young spring first question'd winter's sway, And dar'd the sturdy Hlust'rer to the tight,... | |
| 1822 - 634 pages
...sigh from her bosom, a tear from her eye. TO AN EARLY PRIMROSE, BY THE LATE HENRY !. I nh I WHITE. MILD offspring of a dark and sullen sire ! Whose modest...delicately fine, Was nurs'd in whirling storms, And cradled by the winds. ~ Thee, when young spring first question'd winter's sway, And dar'd the sturdy blusterer... | |
| Henry Kirke White - 1811 - 544 pages
...it will no longer hold, No more may heaven her blessings give, I shall not then be fit to live. F. 2 TO AN EARLY PRIMROSE. MILD offspring of a dark and...so delicately fine, Was nurs'd in whirling storms, Aud cradled in the winds. Thee, when young spring first question'd winter's .way, And dar'd the sturdy... | |
| 1814 - 258 pages
...POETRY. SELECTED. [The following lines were written by HKMRY KIBKE WHITE, at tlie ag« of thirteen.] TO AN EARLY PRIMROSE. MILD offspring of a dark and...sullen sire ! Whose modest form, so delicately fine, Wa» nurs'd in whirling storms And cradled in the wind. Thee, when young Spring first question'd Winter's... | |
| J A. Stewart - 1814 - 798 pages
...me clothing, food, employ ! Look down, dear parents; look, and see, Your happy, happy orphan boy. f TO AN EARLY PRIMROSE. MILD offspring of a dark and sullen sire, Whose modest form is delicately tine ! Was nurs'd in whirling storms, And cradled in the wind. Thee, when young spring... | |
| John Johnstone - 1827 - 596 pages
...And thou wilt bless our way; Till worlds shall fade, and faith shall greet The dawn of lasting day. TO AN EARLY PRIMROSE. MILD offspring of a dark and...sullen sire! Whose modest form, so delicately fine, Was nursed in whirling storms, And cradled in the winds. Thee, when young Spring first question'd Winter's... | |
| Henry Kirke White - 1827 - 486 pages
...more may Heaven her blessings give, — I shall not then be fit to live. .. . ,. ., '..:., • • ; i TO AN EARLY PRIMROSE. MILD offspring of a dark and...sire ! Whose modest form, so delicately fine, Was nursed in whirling storms, And cradled in the winds. Thee, .when young Spring first question'd Winter's... | |
| Henry Kirke White - 1827 - 242 pages
...decaying odours; for to me Ye have beguiled the hours of infancy, As in the wood-paths of my native — TO AN EARLY PRIMROSE. Mild offspring of a dark and sullen sire ! Whose modest form, so delicately ne, Was nursed in whirling storms, And cradled in the winds; Thee when young Spring first question'd... | |
| S. Waring - 1827 - 122 pages
...Leaves wrinkled, toothed. Border of the blossom flat.— Witlusnng. TO AN EARLY PRIMROSE. KI1IKK WHITE. MILD offspring of a dark and sullen sire ! Whose modest form, so delicately fine, Was nursed in whirling storms, And cradled in the winds. Thee, when young Spring first question'd winter's... | |
| Henry Kirke White - 1829 - 436 pages
...these it will no longer hold, No more may Heaven her blessings give, I shall not then be fit to live. TO AN EARLY PRIMROSE. MILD offspring of a dark and...sire ! Whose modest form, so delicately fine, Was nursed in whirling storms, And cradled in the winds. Thee, when young Spring first question'd Winter's... | |
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