...to increase the mournfulness of the effect' (417) and tells them, pastiching Thomas Moore, '"'Twas ever thus — from childhood's hour I've seen my fondest...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...

...die." Misremembered from 'The Fire-Worshippers' in Lalla Rookh (1817) by Thomas Moore (1779-1852): 'Oh! ever thus, from childhood's hour, / I've seen...fondest hopes decay; / I never loved a tree or flower, / But't was the first to fade away. /I never nurs'da dear gazelle, / ... But when ... love me, it was...

...abroad? Well, I have borne other troubles so I suppose I can live through this. 'Twas ever thus since childhood's hour I've seen my fondest hopes decay,...or flower But 'twas the first to fade away. I never tamed a Soulful one To glad me with his bright blue eye, But when he came to know me well He coldly,...

...angel who led him into the light, and look upon the Saviour whom he loved. Perks Again I know, I know it could not last; "T'was bright, 'twas heavenly,...childhood's hour I've seen my fondest hopes decay. I never nursed a tree or flower But 'twas the first to fade away; I never nursed a dear gazelle To glad me...

...passage from Dickens read, "It has always been the same with me," said Mr. Swiveller, "always. Twas ever thus — from childhood's hour I've seen my fondest...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...

...Oleanders have been killed by the frost — They were the pride of the Parterre — I may truly say "I never loved a tree or flower but twas the first to fade away."6 — Now I shall not write to you again until I get a letter from you bad delinquent as you...