 And it seemed, 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 drowned, And swinging it rudely, too rudely, alas ! I snapped it...  Poems - Page 225by William Cowper - 1806Full view - About this book
 | Words - 1866 - 368 pages
...weighed down its beautiful head. The cup was all filled, and the leaves were all wet, And it seemed to a fanciful view, To weep for the buds it had left...it, unfit as it was, For a nosegay, so dripping and drown'd, And swinging it rudely, too rudely, alas ! I snapped it — it fell to the ground. And such,... | |
 | English poetry - 1866 - 194 pages
...Jft»it» »«t ii rf. AaC z mxoiKtL. <v t. iauy'.iu > «-» 1* ««R^ 5w -;u»: tiut» r w»t <>A w ri •*•-••*I hastily seized it, unfit as it was...I snapped it : it fell to the ground. And such, I exclaimed, is the pitiless part Some act by the delicate mind, Regardless of wringing and breaking... | |
 | Hubert Ashton Holden - 1866 - 726 pages
...weigh'd down its beautiful head. 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...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,... | |
 | William Cowper - English poetry - 1866 - 720 pages
...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 snapped it, it fell to the ground. And such I exclaimed is the pitiless part Some act by the delicate mind, Regardless of wringing and breaking a... | |
 | Kate Gordon (of Fyvie.) - 1866 - 258 pages
...weigh'd down its beautiful head. 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 nourishing bush where it grew. I hastily seized it, unfit as it was, For a nosegay, so dripping and... | |
 | John Erskine Clarke - 1870 - 608 pages
...weighed down its beautiful head. The cup was all filled, and the leavos were all wet, And it seemed to a fanciful view, To weep for the buds it had left with regret, On tne flourishing bueh where it grew. I hastily seized it, unfit as it was For a nosegay, so dripping... | |
 | Augustus Layres - English language - 1867 - 260 pages
...weighed down its beautiful head. The cup was all filled, and the leaves were all wet, And it seemed, to a fanciful view, To weep for the buds it had left...! I snapped it ; it fell to the ground. And such, 1 exclaimed, is the pitiless part Some act by the delicate mind, Regardless of wringing and breaking... | |
 | Augustus Layres - English language - 1867 - 256 pages
...cup was all filled, and the leaves were all wet, And it seemed, to a fanciful view, To weep for (he buds it had left with regret, On the flourishing bush...! I snapped it ; it fell to the ground. And such, 1 exclaimed, is the pitiless part Some act by the delicate mind, Regardless of wringing and breaking... | |
 | English poetry - English poetry - 1867 - 336 pages
...beautiful head. The cup was all fill'd, and the leaves were all wet, 6 And it seem'd, to a fanciful vkw, To weep for the buds it had left with regret On the flourishing bush where it grew. 1 hastily seized it, unfit as it was For a nosegay, so dripping and drown'd, 10 And swinging it rudely,... | |
 | Edward Clarke Lowe - 1868 - 186 pages
...weighed down its beautiful head. The cup was all filled, and the leaves were all wet, And it seemed, to a fanciful view, To weep for the buds it had left...! I snapped it: it fell to the ground. And such, I exclaimed, is the pitiless part Some act by the delicate mind, Regardless of wringing and breaking... | |
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