 And it seemed, to a fanciful view, To weep for the buds it had left with regret On the flourishing bush where it grew. I hastily seized it, unfit as it was For a nosegay, so dripping and drowned, And swinging it rudely, too rudely, alas ! I snapped it...  Belles-lettres - Page 38by Augustus Layres - 1867Full view - About this book
 | William Cowper - English poetry - 1800 - 438 pages
...cup was ail fill'd, and the leaves were all wet, And it seem'd to a fanciful view, To weep for the buds it had left with regret, On the flourishing bush where it grew. % I hastily seiz'd it, unfit as it was, For a nosegay, so dripping and drown'd, And swinging it rudely, too rudely,... | |
 | William Cowper - English poetry - 1806 - 478 pages
...cup was all filled, and the leaves were all wet, And it seemed to a fanciful view, To weep for the buds it had left with regret, On the flourishing bush...alas ! I snapped it, it fell to the ground. And such, I exclaimed, is the pitiless part Some act by the delicate mind, Regardless of wringing and breaking... | |
 | William Cowper - 1806 - 316 pages
...And it seemed to a fanciful view, To weep for the buds it had left with regret, On the flouriihinij bush where it grew. I hastily seized it, unfit as It was, For a nosegay, so dripping and drowned, _,, And swinging it rudely, too rudely, alas! I snapped it, it fell to the ground. And such, I exclaimed,... | |
 | Select collection - 1806 - 322 pages
...cup was all fill'd, and the leaves were all wet ; And it seem'd, to a fanciful view, To weep for the buds it had left, with regret, On the flourishing bush where it grew. I hastily seiz'd it, unfit as it was, For a nosegay, so drooping and drown'd ; And wringing it rudely, too rudely,... | |
 | Poetry - 1808 - 506 pages
...cup was all fill'd, and the leaves"were all wet, And it seem'd, to a fanciful view, To weep for the buds it had left with regret, On the flourishing bush where it grew. I hastily seiz'd it, unfit as it was, For a nosegay, so dripping and drown'd. And swinging it rudely, too rudely,... | |
 | William Cowper - English poetry - 1808 - 360 pages
...cup was all fill'd, and the leaves were all wet, And it scera'd to a fanciful view, To weep for the buds it had left with regret, On the flourishing bush where it grew. I hastily seiz'd it, unfit as it was For a nosegay, so dripping and drown'd, And swinging it rudely, too rudely,... | |
 | William Enfield - Elocution - 1808 - 434 pages
...cup was all fill'd, arid the leaves were all wet, And it seem'd, to a fanciful view, To weep for the buds it had left with regret, On the flourishing bush where it grew. I hastily seiz'd it, unfit as it was For a nosegay, so dripping and drown'd, And swinging it rudely, too rudely,... | |
 | John Aikin - Ballads, English - 1810 - 330 pages
...leaves were all wet, And it seem'd, to a fanciful view, To weep for the buds it had left with regref On the flourishing bush where it grew. I hastily seized...it, unfit as it was For a nosegay, so dripping and drown'd, And swinging it rudely, too rudely, alas! I snapp'd it—it fell to the ground. " And such,"... | |
 | John Aikin, Robert Harding Evans - Ballads, English - 1810 - 508 pages
...cups were all fill'd, and the leaves were all wet, And it seem'd, to a fanciful view, To weep for the buds it had left with regret On the flourishing bush where it grew. I hastily seiz'd it, unfit as is was For a nosegay, so dripping and drown'd, And swinging it rudely, too rudely... | |
 | William Cowper - 1810 - 390 pages
...cup was all fill'd, and the leaves were all wet, And it seem'd to a fanciful view, To weep for the buds it had left with regret, On the flourishing bush where it grew. I hastily seix'd it, unfit as it was For a nosegay, so dripping and drown'd, And swinging it rudely, too rudely,... | |
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