 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray IV, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) - English literature - 1842 - 578 pages
...still, as that before, Till tired he sleeps, and life's dull play is . o'er.' — POPE. ' THUS FVER. ' Oh 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... | |
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 | Zack R. Bowen - Literary Criticism - 1974 - 394 pages
...lyrics of "I Never Nursed . . ." tell of one whose hopes, plans, and loves never come to happiness: Oh! ever thus, from childhood's hour, I've seen my fondest hopes decay; I never lov'da tree or flow'r, But 'twas the first to fade away. I never nurs'da dear gazelle, To glad me with... | |
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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,... 
