 Unhappy White ! while life was in its spring,* And thy young muse just waved her joyous wing, The spoiler came ; and all thy promise fair Has sought the grave, to sleep for ever there. Oh ! what a noble heart was here undone, When Science...  Author, Playwright and Composer - Page 831907Full view - About this book
 | John Hall Hindmarsh - 1845 - 464 pages
...may perish by their wickedness. LINES ON THE DEATH OF HENRY KIRKE WHYTE. BVRON. UNHAPPY Whyte ! when life was in its spring, And thy young Muse just waved...ever there. Oh ! what a noble heart was here undone, When Science 'self destroyed her favourite son ! Yes ! she too much indulged thy fond pursuit, She... | |
 | Modern poetical speaker, Fanny Bury PALLISER - 1845 - 540 pages
...love, Swift certain poison through our veins had sent. " TRENCH. ON THE DEATH OF HENRY KIRKE WHITE. UNHAPPY White ! ' while life was in its spring, And thy young muse just wav'd her joyous wing, The spoiler swept that soaring lyre away, Which else had sounded an immortal... | |
 | United States - 1846 - 526 pages
...Monarch." We commence with Byron: "Unhappy White ! while life was in its spring, Anil thy young muse jast waved her joyous wing, The spoiler came, and all thy...ever there. Oh, what a noble heart was here undone, When science's self destroyed her favorite son ! Yes, she too much indulged thy fond pursuit : She... | |
 | United States - 1846 - 516 pages
...with Byron: ' 'Unhappy White ! while life was in its spring. And thy young mnse jnst waved her joyons wing, The spoiler came, and all thy promise fair,...sought the grave to sleep for ever there. Oh, what a nob'e heart was here undone, When science's self destroyed her favorite son ! Yes, she too much indulged... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1847 - 880 pages
...thee, Gifford ! be thy promise claim'd, Make bad men better, or at least ashamed. Dnhippy White11 I ing ; — boundless, endless, and sublime — The image of Eternity — ten thousand copies were sold in one month. — [Hector Macneil died in 1818.] 9 [Lord Byron here alludes... | |
 | Methodist Episcopal Church - 1847 - 454 pages
...WHITE. HENRY KIRKE WHITE. BY VIVÏN70. " Unhappy White ! while life was in its spring, And thy Ïoung muse just waved her joyous wing, The spoiler came, and all thy promise fair lias sought the grave, to sleep for ever there. O, what a noble heart was here undone,' When Science... | |
 | India - 1848 - 622 pages
...the well-known lines beginning — Unhappy White ! while life was in its spring, And thy young mnse just waved her joyous wing The spoiler came, and all...fair Has sought the grave to sleep for ever there, f It was not on one occasion only, that the noble bard did honour to White's memory. He has another... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1848 - 428 pages
...consummate crime ? Arouse thee, Gifford ! be thy promise claimed, Make bad men better, or at least ashamed. Unhappy White ! while life was in its spring, And...young muse just waved her joyous wing, The spoiler swept that soaring lyre away, Which else had sounded an immortal lay. Oh ! what a noble heart was here... | |
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