 And twinkle in the smoky light the waters of the rill, The south wind searches for the flowers whose fragrance late he bore, And sighs to find them in the wood and by the stream no more. And then I think of one who in her youthful beauty died, The fair...  The Talisman for ... - Seite 195herausgegeben von - 1827Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1855 - 690 Seiten
...blossom that grew up And faded by my side; In the cold, moist earth we laid her, When the forest c-.ist the leaf, And we wept that one so lovely Should have a life so brief: Yet not unmeet it was thnt one, Like that young friend of ours, So gentle and so beautiful.... | |
 | mrs. J Cooke Westbrook - 1856 - 160 Seiten
...ON TOMB- STONE — THE "WHITE ROSE" — BURIAL — FUNERAL SERMON — " A REMINISCENCE " REMARKS. " In the cold moist earth we laid her, when the forest...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,... | |
 | Evert Augustus Duyckinck, George Long Duyckinck - 1856 - 838 Seiten
...blossom that grew up and faded by my side : In the cold moist earth we laid her, when the forests cost 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,... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln - 1907 - 410 Seiten
...intellectual, though not highly educated. I did honestly and truly love the girl, and think often of her now. And then I think of one who in Her youthful beauty...we laid her, When the forest cast the leaf, And we wcpt that one so locely Should hace a life so brief: Yet not unmeet it was that one, Like that young... | |
 | Donald Grant Mitchell - 1907 - 362 Seiten
...blossom that grew up and faded by my side ; 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,... | |
 | Julian Hawthorne - 1908 - 430 Seiten
...in the wood, And the yellow sun-flower by the brook in autumn beauty stood, Till fell the frost from the clear cold heaven, as falls the plague on men,...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,... | |
 | Edwin Winfield Bowen - 1908 - 418 Seiten
...meek blossom that grew up and faded by my side. 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,... | |
 | Anna Callender Brackett - 1909 - 374 Seiten
...stream no more. ** The melancholy days have come, the saddest of the year." The Death of the Flowers, In the cold, moist earth we laid her, when the forest...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,... | |
 | Delphian Society - 1911 - 578 Seiten
...in the wood, And the yellow sun-flower by the brook in autumn beauty stood, Till fell the frost from the clear cold heaven, as falls the plague on men,...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,... | |
 | A. E. Sharp - 1911 - 264 Seiten
...king sat on the rocky brow Which looks o'er sea-born Salamis. 33. Hither shall I never come again. 34. In the cold, moist earth we laid her, when the forest cast the leaf. 35. At last he rose, and twitched his mantle blue. 36. I wiped away the weeds and foam, I fetched my... | |
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