 But so have I seen a rose newly springing from the clefts of its hood, and at first it was fair as the morning and full with the dew of heaven as a lamb's fleece; but when a ruder breath had forced open its virgin modesty and dismantled its too youthful...  The R.I. Schoolmaster - Page 1501861Full view - About this book
 | Jeremy Taylor (bp. of Down and Connor.) - 1703 - 642 pages
...and very ftrange. But fo I have feen a Role newly fpringing from the clefts of its hood, and at firft it was fair as the Morning, and full with the dew of Heaven, asť Lamb's fleece: but when a ruder breath had forced open its virgin modefty, and difmantled its too youthful... | |
 | Jeremy Taylor (bp. of Down and Connor.) - 1719 - 648 pages
...and very ftrange. But fo I have feen a Rofe newly fpringing from the Clefts of its Hood, and at firft it was fair as the Morning, and full with the Dew...Fleece : But when a ruder Breath had forced open its Virgin-modefty, and difmantled its too youthful and unripe Retirements, it began to put on Darknefs,... | |
 | Nathan Drake - English essays - 1805 - 378 pages
...burial, and we shall perceive the distance to be very great and very strange. But so I have seen a rose newly springing from the clefts of its hood, and at...fleece : but when a ruder breath had forced open its virgin-modesty, and dismantled its too youthful and unripe retirements, it began to put on darkness,... | |
 | Nathan Drake - English essays - 1805 - 376 pages
...burial, and we shall perceive the distance to be very great and very strange. But so I have seen a rose newly springing from the clefts of its hood, and at...fleece : but when a ruder breath had forced open its virgin-modesty, and dismantled its too youthful and unripe retirements, it began to put on darkness,... | |
 | Nathan Drake - English essays - 1805 - 370 pages
...burial, and we shall perceive the distance to be very great and very strange. But so I have seen a rose newly springing from the clefts of its hood, and at first it was feir as the morning, and full with the dew of heaven, as a lamb's fleece : but when a ruder breath... | |
 | George Burnett - Authors, English - 1807 - 1152 pages
...burial, and we shall perceive the distance to be very great and very strange. But so have I seen a rose newly springing from the clefts of its hood, and at...put on darkness, and to decline to softness and the MAY. THOMAS MAY, poet and historian, was descended of an ancient family at Mayfield, in Sussex, and... | |
 | George Burnett - 1807 - 556 pages
...burial, and we shall perceive the distance to be very great and very strange. But so have I seen a rose newly springing from the clefts of its hood, and at...forced open its virgin modesty, and dismantled its too yo.ithful and unripe retireaients, it began to pu!. on .-l,i;;, ness, and to decline to softness and... | |
 | Almanacs, English - 1817 - 494 pages
...waning year,' the wild rose, meets the eye — born, just to bloom and die. ' But so I have seen a ROSE newly springing from the clefts of its hood, and at...heaven as a lamb's fleece ; but when a ruder breath had farced open its virgin modesty, and dismantled its too youthful and unripe retirements, it began to... | |
 | William Hazlitt - Dramatists, English - 1821 - 380 pages
...burial, and we shall perceive the distance to be very great and very strange. But so have I seen a rose newly springing from the clefts of its hood, and at...the morning, and full with the .dew of heaven, as the lamb's fleece ; but when a ruder breath had forced open its virgin modesty, and dismantled its... | |
 | William Hazlitt - English drama - 1821 - 374 pages
...burial, and we shall perceive the distance to be very great and very strange. But so have I seen a rose newly springing from the clefts of its hood, and at...as the morning, and full with the dew of heaven, as the lamb's fleece ; but when a ruder breath had forced open its virgin modesty, and dismantled its... | |
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