 | Thomas Humphry Ward - 1894 - 862 pages
...unmatched Must fall the earliest prey ; Though by no hand untimely snatch'd, The leaves must drop away : And yet it were a greater grief To watch it withering, leaf by leaf, Than sec it pluck'd to-day ; Since earthly eye but ill can bear To trace the change to foul from fair. I... | |
 | Samuel Silas Curry - 1895 - 330 pages
...drop away. And yet it were a greater grief to watch it withering, leaf by leaf, than see it pluck' d to-day; since earthly eye but ill can bear to trace...have borne to see thy beauties fade ; the night that follow' d such a morn had worn a deeper shade : thy day without a cloud hath past, and thou wert lovely... | |
 | Samuel Silas Curry - 1895 - 316 pages
...unmatch'd must fall the earliest prey; though by no hand untimely snatch' d, the leaves must drop away. And yet it were a greater grief to watch it withering, leaf by leaf, than see it pluck' d to-day; since earthly eye but ill can bear to trace the change to foul from fan-. I know not... | |
 | Charles Mackay - 1896 - 680 pages
...unmatched Must fall the earliest prey ; Though by no hand untimely snatched, The leaves must drop away : And yet it were a greater grief To watch it withering, leaf by leaf, Than see it plucked to-day ; Since earthly eye but ill :an bear To trace the change to foul from fair. I know not... | |
 | Charles Mackay - 1897 - 666 pages
...drop away : And yet it were a greater grief To watch it withenng, leaf by leaf, Than see it plucked to-day ; Since earthly eye but ill can bear To trace...have borne To see thy beauties fade ; The night that followed such a mom Had worn a deeper shade : Thy day without a cloud hath passed, And thou wert lovely... | |
 | Elsey Lois Bristol - 1897 - 248 pages
...h lüce the night, and quickly. " (3) "7/hen my soul wings her flight to the regions of night." (7) "I know not if I could have borne To see thy beauties fade; The night that followed such a morn 2 Had worn a deeper shade. " (8) "What can his vaulted gallery now disclose? A... | |
 | Henry Troth Coates - 1901 - 1080 pages
...unmaleh'd Must fall the earliest prey ; Though by no hand untimely snatch'd, The leaves must drop away: shine, dart 1 Tito many a sunless heart, For a smile...ne'er enjoy ? What are the blessings of the sight, follow 'd such a morn Had worn a deeper shade : Thy day without a cloud hath past, And thou wert lovely... | |
 | Francis Turner Palgrave - 1901 - 286 pages
...unmatch'd Must fall the earliest prey ; Though by no hand untimely snatch'd, The leaves must drop away. 40 And yet it were a greater grief To watch it withering,...ill can bear To trace the change to foul from fair. 45 I know not if I could have borne To see thy beauties fade ; The night that follow'd such a morn... | |
 | 1901 - 544 pages
...canst not alter now. The love where Death has set his seal Nor age can chill, nor rival steal . . . Since earthly eye but ill can bear To trace the change to foul from fair. Auf dieselbe Persönlichkeit möchte ich die stelle aus dem tagebuch p. 314 (ohne anmerkung) beziehen,... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1905 - 1098 pages
...unmatch'd Must fall the earliest prey; Though by no hand untimely snatch'd, The leaves must drop away: 40 n leafs Than see it pluck'd to-day; Since earthly eye but ill can bear To trace the change to foul from... | |
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... silence of that dreamless sleep I envy now too much to weep ; Nor need I to repine That all those charms have pass'd away ; I might have watch'd through long decay. 
