 To BLOSSOMS FAIR pledges of a fruitful tree, Why do ye fall so fast? Your date is not so past, But you may stay yet here awhile To blush and gently smile, And go at last. What, were ye born to be An hour or half's delight, And so to bid good-night?  The Second Reader, Or Juvenile Companion - Page 10by John Lauris Blake - 1833Full view - About this book
 | William Hone - 1826 - 882 pages
...and shoots which are exposed to that quarter. Oaks and other Urge trees suffer from this blight."* To tomed precipitation when I walk westward, a treacherous slide bro 1 Your date is not so past, But you may stay yet here awhile 'Го blush and gently smile, And go at... | |
 | John Johnstone - 1827 - 596 pages
...specimens to the collector of serious poetry; but that little is worth preserving. TO BLOSSOMS. FAIE pledges of a fruitful tree, Why do ye fall so fast ? Your date is not so past, But you may stay yet here a while, To blush and gently smile, And go at last. What, were ye born to be An hour or half... | |
 | New elegant extracts - 1827 - 404 pages
...If she saw her native store ; If her inward worth were known, She might ever live alone. WATTS. TO BLOSSOMS. FAIR pledges of a fruitful tree, Why do ye fall so fast? Your date is nqt so past, What, were ye born to be An hour or half's delight, And so to bid good night t Twas pity... | |
 | Great Britain - 1830 - 484 pages
...elegant little poem, and so conclude : ' , , TO BLOSSOMS. " Fair pledges of a fruitful tree, Why i lt ye fall so fast ? Your date is not so past, But you may yet stay here awhile To blush and gently smile, And go at lust ! " What ! were ye born to be An hour... | |
 | Thomas Willcocks - 1829 - 334 pages
...The charms and budding virtues now ni> more ! ahower, SENTIMENTAL AND PATHETIU. TO BLOSSOMS. HERRICK. FAIR pledges of a fruitful tree, Why do ye fall so fast ? Your date is not so past, Birt yon may stay here yet awhile, To blush and gently smile, And go at last. What, were ye horn to... | |
 | Moral and sacred poetry - 1829 - 326 pages
...virtues noIv no more ! shower, SENTIMENTAL AND PATHETIC. TO BLOSSOMS. HSRRlCa. FAlR pledges of a froitful tree, Why do ye fall so fast? Your date is not so past, Bnt you may stay here yet awhile, To hlosh and gently smile, And go at last. What, were ye horn to... | |
 | William Hone - Days - 1830 - 878 pages
...are exposed to that quarter. Oaks and other large trees suffer from this blight."* To Blottomt. Fur pledges of a fruitful tree, Why do ye fall so fast? Your date is not so past, But you may stay yet here awhile To blush aaa gently smile, And go at last ! What, were ye born to be An hour or hall's... | |
 | Bela Bates Edwards - Readers - 1832 - 338 pages
...arid a crumb of bread, is not ungrateful to complain ? LESSON XXIII. To Blossoms—ROBERT HERRICK. FAIR pledges of a fruitful tree, Why do ye fall so fast ? Your date is not so past, But you may stay yet here Awhile, To blush and gently smile, And go at last. What! were ye born to be An hour or half's... | |
 | Antislavery movements - 1833 - 370 pages
...many which record the divine assistance granted to the best of men in wars of this description. TO BLOSSOMS. FAIR pledges of a fruitful tree, Why do...so fast? Your date is not so past, But you may stay yet here awhile. To blush, and gently smile, And go at last. What ! were ye born to be An hour or half's... | |
 | William Hone - Days - 1835 - 876 pages
...shoots which are exposed to that quarter. Oaks and other large trees suffer from this blight."* To Blossoms. Fair pledges of a fruitful tree, Why do...fast ? Your date is not so past, But you may stay yet here awhile To blush and gently smile, And go at last! What, were ye bom to be An hour or halfs... | |
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