And precious their tears as that rain from the sky,; Which turns into pearls as it falls in the sea. Oh ! think what the kiss and the smile must be worth, When the sigh and the tear are so perfect in bliss; And own if there be an Elysinm on earth, It... The Poetical Works of Thomas Moore - Side 49af Thomas Moore - 1853Fuld visning - Om denne bog
| Thomas Moore - 1817 - 374 sider
...this. Here maidens are sighing, and fragrant their sigh As the flower of the Amra just op'd by a bee;| And precious their tears as that rain from the sky,{ Which turns into pearls as it falls in the sea. * Teflis is celebrated for its natural warm bath. v. Jlaukel f " The Indian Syrinda or guitar."—Symes.... | |
| Thomas Moore - 1825 - 326 sider
...As the flower of the Amrn |ust op'd by a bee;* And precious their tears as that rain from the sky,t Which turns into pearls as it falls in the sea. Oh!...kiss and the smile must be worth, When the sigh and Ihe tear are so perfect in bliss; And own if there be an Elysium on earth, It is this, it is this.... | |
| Thomas Moore - 1825 - 310 sider
...As the flower of the Amra just op'd by a. bee;* And precious their tears as that rain from the sky,f Which turns into pearls as it falls in the sea. Oh...! think what the kiss and the smile must be worth, * ll Delightful are the flowers of the Arma trees on the mountain tops, while the murmuring bees pursue... | |
| Thomas Moore - 1829 - 470 sider
...precious their tears ns tbat rain from the sky,1 Which turn« into pearls as it falls in the sea. Olí ! think what the kiss and the smile must be worth, When the sigh and the tear are so perfect in bliss; knd own, if thorn be an Elysium on earth, It is this, it i» thn. 1ère sparkles the nectar that, hallow'... | |
| 1834 - 480 sider
...' Here maidens are sighing, and fragrant their sigh As the flowers of the amra just oped by a bee. And precious their tears as that rain from the sky Which turns into pearls as it falls to the sea. Oh! think what the kiss and smile must be worth, When the sigh and the tear are so perfect... | |
| Thomas Moore - 1835 - 440 sider
...As the flower of the Amra just op'd by a bee ;a And precious their tears as that rain from the sky,4 Which turns into pearls as it falls in the sea. Oh...smile must be worth When the sigh and the tear are go perfect in bliss And own, if there be an Elysium on earth, It is this, it is this. Here sparkles... | |
| 1830 - 596 sider
...that I have by no means exhausted my subject. To proceed. Pearls are not, as poets have feigned, " rain from the sky, Which turns into pearls as it falls in the sea," but they are the morbid secretions of an oyster. Several species of bivalved shellfish produce them,... | |
| Thomas Moore - 1841 - 454 sider
...of white marble — ' If there be a paradise upon earth, it is this, it is this.1" — Franklin. $ " Delightful are the flowers of the Amra trees on the...Which turns into pearls as it falls in the sea. Oh I think what the kiss and the smile must be worth When the sigh and the tear are so perfect in bliss,... | |
| 1845 - 614 sider
...Here maidens are sighing, and fragrant their sSgh As the flow'r of the Amra just oped by a bee ;§ llis fulls in the sea. Oh ! think what the kiss and the smile must be wortli When the figh and the tear... | |
| George Johnston - 1850 - 634 sider
...observation, there early originated a fancy that pearls were produced on St. John's eve by drops of " rain from the sky, Which turns into pearls as it falls in the sea," — or from dew-drops congealed and petrified in the oyster's shell. Boethius thus states the theory... | |
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