 | 1803 - 400 pages
...unfavourable idea of the talent of the youth who could write it at the *ge of thirteen : — TO AX EARLY PRIMROSE. Mild offspring of a dark and sullen...nurs'd in whirling storms < And cradled in the winds. Xhee, when young spring first question'd winter's sway, And dar'd the sturdy Hlust'rer to the tight,... | |
 | Women - 1822 - 634 pages
...sigh from her bosom, a tear from her eye. TO AN EARLY PRIMROSE, BY THE LATE HENRY !. I nh I WHITE. MILD offspring of a dark and sullen sire ! Whose modest...delicately fine, Was nurs'd in whirling storms, And cradled by the winds. ~ Thee, when young spring first question'd winter's sway, And dar'd the sturdy blusterer... | |
 | Henry Kirke White - 1807 - 318 pages
...these, it will no longer hold, No more may Heaven her blessings give ; I shall not then be fit to live. TO AN EARLY PRIMROSE. MILD offspring of a dark and...cradled in the winds. Thee, when young spring first question'd winter's sway, And dar'd the sturdy blusterer to the fight, Thee on this bauk he threw To... | |
 | Henry Kirke White - 1807 - 320 pages
...it will no longer hold, No more may Heaven her blessings give ; I shall not then be fit to live. E2 TO AN EARLY PRIMROSE. MILD offspring of a dark and...cradled in the winds. Thee, when young spring first question'd winter's sway, And dar'd the sturdy blusterer to the fight, Thee on this bank he threw To... | |
 | Poetical selections - 1811 - 324 pages
...light Brighten up the delug'd plains, And the bell fron^ yonder height, TO AN EARLY PRIMROSE. WHITE. MILD offspring of a dark and sullen sire ! Whose modest...cradled in the winds. Thee, when young Spring first question'd Winter's sway, And dar'd the sturdy blusterer to the fight, Thee on this bank he threw To... | |
 | Henry Kirke White - 1811 - 544 pages
...it will no longer hold, No more may heaven her blessings give, I shall not then be fit to live. F. 2 TO AN EARLY PRIMROSE. MILD offspring of a dark and...so delicately fine, Was nurs'd in whirling storms, Aud cradled in the winds. Thee, when young spring first question'd winter's .way, And dar'd the sturdy... | |
 | Henry Kirke White - Poets, English - 1813 - 730 pages
...these it will uo longer hold, No more may heaven her blessings give, I shall oot then be fit to live. TO AN EARLY PRIMROSE. MILD offspring of a dark and...cradled in the winds. Thee, when young Spring first question'd Winter's sway, And dar'd the sturdy blusterer to the fight, Thee on this bank he threw To... | |
 | Henry Kirke White - 1813 - 336 pages
....I•: '• • rs . .• 51 1 . • • • * HI * O ' 1 ' rf i ' ' : . . I . • 3TV«/>. !•:'. TO AN EARLY PRIMROSE,' , MILD offspring of a dark...sullen sire ! Whose modest form, so delicately fine, . :;, 1 ; i. !',' Was nurs'd in whirling storms,•• .i: .; So 6....... A And cradled in the winds*.... | |
 | United States - 1814 - 258 pages
...POETRY. SELECTED. [The following lines were written by HKMRY KIBKE WHITE, at tlie ag« of thirteen.] TO AN EARLY PRIMROSE. MILD offspring of a dark and...sullen sire ! Whose modest form, so delicately fine, Wa» nurs'd in whirling storms And cradled in the wind. Thee, when young Spring first question'd Winter's... | |
 | J A. Stewart - 1814 - 798 pages
...me clothing, food, employ ! Look down, dear parents; look, and see, Your happy, happy orphan boy. f TO AN EARLY PRIMROSE. MILD offspring of a dark and sullen sire, Whose modest form is delicately tine ! Was nurs'd in whirling storms, And cradled in the wind. Thee, when young spring... | |
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Winter's sway, And dared the sturdy blusterer to the fight, Thee on this bank he threw To mark his victory. In this low vale, the promise of the year, Serene, thou openest to the nipping gale, Unnoticed and... 
