 No ; — life is a waste of wearisome hours, Which seldom the rose of enjoyment adorns ; And the heart that is soonest awake to the flowers. Is always the first to be touch'd by the thorns.  The Quarterly Review - Page 378edited by - 1812Full view - About this book
 | 1813 - 554 pages
...enjoyment adorns! And the heart that is soonest awake to the llmvers, Is always the first to be touched by the thorns! • But send round the bowl and be...never meet worse in our pilgrimage here, Than the tear of enjoyment can guild with a smile, And the smile that compassion can turn to a tear! i The thread... | |
 | Sir Egerton Brydges - 1813 - 350 pages
...exist to rapturous impressions alone. As a late poet expresses it, " The heart, that is soonest alive to the flowers, Is always the first to be touch'd by the thorns." I have often wished that in certain society, and in certain situations, it were possible to fall into... | |
 | Thomas Moore - 1821 - 276 pages
...my brow:— No, life is a waste of wearisome hours, Which seldom the rose of enjoyment adorns; And the heart that is soonest awake to the flowers Is...Than the tear that enjoyment can gild with a smile, The thread of our life would be dark Heaven knows! If it were not with friendship and love intertwined... | |
 | English literature - 1843 - 588 pages
...excellent humour was he — the warmest in feeling, and of a spirit devoted to all sorts of merriment ; But the heart that is soonest awake to the flowers, Is always the first to be touched by the thorns ; and there were moments when my boyish heart was melting to sorrow as he spake,... | |
 | Thomas Moore - Ballads, Irish - 1821 - 294 pages
...brighten my brow. No, life is a waste of wearisome hours, Which seldom the rose of enjoyment adorns ; And the heart, that is soonest awake to the flowers, Is always the first to be touched by the thorns ! But send round the bowl, and be happy awhile ; May we never meet worse, in... | |
 | Thomas Moore - Irish poetry (in English) - 1822 - 198 pages
...brow : — No, life is a waste of wearisome hours, Which seldom the rose of enjoyment adorns ; And the heart that is soonest awake to the flowers ! Is always the first to be touched by the thorns! But send round the bowl, and be happy awhile; May we never meet worse in our... | |
 | Thomas Moore - 1823 - 464 pages
...<, ,, x ^ No — life is a waste of wearisome hours, Which seldom the rose of enjoyment adorns; And the heart that is soonest awake to the flowers, Is...And the smile that compassion can turn to a tear. ^ X *••»', The thread of our life would be dark, Heaven knows ! If it were not with friendship... | |
 | Thomas Moore - 1823 - 314 pages
...my brow. No — life is a waste of wearisome hours, Which seldom the rose of enjoyment adorns ; And the heart that is soonest awake to the flowers, Is always the first to be touch 'd by the thorns ! But send round the bowl, and be happy awhile ; May we never meet worse in... | |
 | Thomas Moore - Folk songs, Irish - 1825 - 374 pages
...Gramachree. The harp that once, through Tara's halls, The soul of music shed, MOORE'S IRISH MELODIES. And the heart that is soonest awake to the flowers, Is...awhile ; May we never meet worse in our pilgrimage here Thau the tear that enjoyment can gild with a smile, And the smile that compassion can turn to a tear... | |
 | Thomas Moore - Irish literature - 1825 - 310 pages
...brighten my brow. No, life is a waste of wearisome hours, Which seldon the rose of enjoyment adorns ; And the heart that is soonest awake to the flowers, Is...the thorns ! But send round the bowl, and be happy a while ; May we never meet worse in our Pilgrimage here, Than the tear that enjoyment can gild with... | |
| |
