The Moss Rose

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Leavitt & Allen, 1847

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Seite 178 - In the cold moist earth we laid her When the forests cast the leaf, And we wept that one so lovely Should have a life so brief. Yet not unmeet it was that one Like that young friend of ours, So gentle and so beautiful, Should perish with the flowers
Seite 176 - In the cold moist earth we laid her When the forests cast the leaf, And we wept that one so lovely Should have a life so brief.
Seite 148 - The harp that once in Tara's halls The soul of music shed, Now hangs as mute on Tara's walls, As if that soul were fled
Seite 248 - was her name; Whose mother slept where flow'rs grew on her grave, And she succeeded her in face and fame. " Her beauty princes durst not hope to use, Unless, like poets, for their morning theam; And her minde's beauty they would rather choose, Which did the light in
Seite 92 - my dear Mr. Bullfrog," replied my wife, sweetly, " I thought all the world knew that!" " Horror ! horror !" exclaimed I, sinking back on the seat. Covering my face with both hands, I emitted a deep and death-like groan, as if my tormented soul were rending me asunder. I, the most
Seite 248 - heart, Her nets, the most prepar'd could never shun, For Nature spread them in the scorn of Art. "She never had in busie cities bin; Ne'r warm'd with hopes, nor ere allay'd with fears; Not seeing punishment, could guess no sin; And sin not seeing, ne'r had use of tears. "But here her father's precepts gave her skill, Which with incessant business filled the
Seite 248 - She ne'r saw courts, yet courts could have undone. With untaught looks, and an unpractised heart, Her nets, the most prepar'd could never shun, For Nature spread them in the scorn of Art. "She never had in busie cities bin;
Seite 246 - while natural flowers, even according to the poet, are often " born to blush unseen, And waste their sweetness on the desert air.
Seite 95 - That is all very well, Mr. Bullfrog," said my wife, slyly; " but, in that case, where would have been the five thousand dollars, which are to stock your dry-goods store ?" " Mrs. Bullfrog, upon your honor,
Seite 94 - but, my love, would it not have been more dignified to treat the villain with the silent contempt he merited ?" " That is all very well, Mr. Bullfrog," said my wife, slyly; " but, in that case, where would have been the five thousand dollars, which are to stock your

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