 | James Otto Lewis - Indians of North America - 1839 - 98 pages
...he descends into the dark and narrow vale. A Celebrated Miami Chief . BREWETT. « I knew, — I knew it could not last, — 'Twas bright, 'twas heavenly,...childhood's hour, I've seen my fondest hopes decay : 1 never lov'da tree or flower, But 'twas the first to fade away ! I never nursed a dear gazelle,... | |
 | James Fenimore Cooper - 1840 - 502 pages
...voyage to the Indies was finally at an end. CHAPTER VIII. "Oh! ever thus, from childhood'* hour I 've seen my fondest hopes decay; I never loved a tree or flower, But 'twas the first to fade away." Latta Rookh. THE season had now advanced to the first days of February, and, in that low latitude,... | |
 | American periodicals - 1840 - 566 pages
...Rhenish at a feast, was nevertheless dragooned into the service : ' Thus ever from my natal hour I "ve seen my fondest hopes decay ; I never loved a tree or flower, But 't was the first to fade away.' The way in which this dolorous quotation was sobbed forth by Arabella,... | |
 | American periodicals - 1840 - 576 pages
...flask of Rhenish at a feast, was nevertheless dragoone service : ' Thus ever from my natal hour I 'vo seen my fondest hopes decay ; I never loved a tree or flower, But "t was the first to fade away.' The way in which this dolorous quotation was sobbed forth by would... | |
 | Herbert Kynaston - English poetry - 1841 - 194 pages
...se subjicit arbos, Laetior, illecebris conspicienda tuis. VII. "'TWAS EVER THUS," &c. [Moon..] 'TWAS ever thus : from childhood's hour, I've seen my fondest...flower, But 'twas the first to fade away. I never kept a young gazelle To glad me with its soft dark eye, But, when it came to know me well, And love... | |
 | Cam river - 1841 - 318 pages
...out the eyes of the owl before ; I tore the bat's wing — what would you have more? THUS EVER. 0н ! ever thus, from childhood's hour, I've seen my fondest...flower, But 'twas the first to fade away. I never nursed a dear gazelle, To glad me with its soft black eye, But when it came to know me well, And love... | |
 | Harriet Mozley - 1841 - 374 pages
...see him, for I would not look up, I was reading that beautiful passage for the first time— ' 'Twas ever thus from childhood's hour, I've seen my fondest...tree or flower, But 'twas the first to fade away.' So it is with him ; but how much worse than with Isabella ! Yet I do not blame him so much ; I know... | |
 | Charles Dickens - 1841 - 734 pages
...his pockets, and walked up and down the office with measured steps. "always. 'T was ever thus—from childhood's hour I've seen my fondest hopes decay,...or flower but 'twas the first to fade away. I never nursed a dear gazelle, to glad me with its soft black eye, but when it came to know me well, and love... | |
 | Charles Dickens - 1841 - 402 pages
...with measured steps. .'It has always been the same with me,'- said Mr. Swiveller, '' always. 'T was ever thus— from childhood's hour I've seen my fondest...decay, I never loved a tree or flower but 'twas the flrst to fade away. I never nursed a dear gazelle, to glad me with its soft black eye, but when it... | |
 | Blackwood's Lady's Magazine VOL.X 1841 - 1841 - 500 pages
...conceal the tear such recollections bring; while he felt he might almost, with Moore's Hindu, exclaim, Oh! ever thus from childhood's hour, I've seen my fondest hopes decay ; I never lov'da tree or flower, But 'twas the first to fade away. Such was the man who believed his honour stained... | |
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Oh, ever thus, from childhood's hour, I've seen my fondest hopes decay ; I never loved a tree or flower But 'twas the first to fade away ; I never nursed a dear gazelle, To glad me with its soft black eye, But when it came to know me well, And love me,... 
