 The cup was all fill'd, and the leaves were all wet. 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 seiz'd it, unfit as it was For a nosegay, so dripping and drown'd, And...  The Bee, Or Literary Intelligencer - Page 70edited by - 1792Full view - About this book
 | William Cowper - English poetry - 1800 - 438 pages
...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 seiz'd it, 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.... | |
 | Select collection - 1806 - 322 pages
...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 seiz'd it, unfit as it was,...drown'd ; And wringing it rudely, too rudely, alas ! It snapt, and it fell to the ground. Ah ! such, I exclaim'd, is the pitiless part Some aft by the... | |
 | William Enfield - Elocution - 1808 - 434 pages
...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 seiz'd it, unfit as it was For a nosegay, so dripping and drown'd, And swinging it rudely, too rudely, alas ! J snapp'd it — it tell to the ground.... | |
 | William Cowper - English poetry - 1808 - 354 pages
...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 seiz'd it, 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.... | |
 | Charles Snart - Poetry - 1808 - 506 pages
...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 seiz'd it, unfit as it was, For a nosegay, so dripping and drown'd. And swinging it rudely, too rudely, ala* ! I snapp'd it, it fell to the ground.... | |
 | Lindley Murray - Readers - 1810 - 262 pages
...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 seiz'd it, 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.... | |
 | William Cowper - 1812 - 396 pages
...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 seiz'd it, 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.... | |
 | Ballads, English - 1819 - 394 pages
...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 seiz'd it, unfit as it was For a nosegay, so dripping and drown 'd ; And swinging it rudely, too rudely, alas ! I snap'd it ; it fell to the ground.... | |
 | Lindley Murray - Readers - 1813 - 276 pages
...seem'd to a faneiful view, To weep for th bu,,su lmd ,eft whh On the flourishing bush where it srew I hastily seiz'd it, unfit as it was For a nosegay, so dripping and drown'd And swmging it rudely, too rudely, alas I J suapp d it ; it fell to the ground.... | |
 | Mrs. Barbauld (Anna Letitia) - English literature - 1816 - 414 pages
...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 seiz'd it, 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.... | |
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