My life is like the autumn leaf That trembles in the moon's pale ray: Its hold is frail — its date is brief, Restless — and soon to pass away! Yet, ere that leaf shall fall and fade, The parent tree will mourn its shade, The winds bewail the leafless... The Nic-Nac; or, oracle of knowledge - Side 2781824Fuld visning - Om denne bog
| 1819 - 552 sider
...die: But on that rose's humble bed The sweetest dews of night are shed, As if she wept such waste to see — But none shall weep a tear for me. My life...the moon's pale ray, Its hold is frail, its date is briefRestless, and soon to pass away: Yet ere that leaf shall fall and fade, The parent tree shall... | |
| Samuel Woodworth - 1820 - 658 sider
...o'er ; , But still that sparkling, Stygian wave, Shall pour its murmur round their grave. Life, Julia, is like the autumn leaf That trembles in the moon's pale ray : Its hold is frail — its date is briefRestless — and soon to pass away : But ere that leaf shall fall and fade, The parent tree shall... | |
| Patrick O'Kelly - 1824 - 132 sider
...if she wept, such waste to see: . « • My lue Is like the autumn leaf, That trembles in the noon's pale ray; Its hold is frail, — its date is brief,...and soon to pass away ! Yet, e're that leaf shall fall and fade, The parenMree shall mourn its shade! The winds bewail the leafless tree; But who shall... | |
| 1824 - 436 sider
...sweetest dews of night are »bed, As if she wept such waste to see ; But none shall WEEP л тили for me. My life is like the AUTUMN leaf That trembles in the union's pale ray, Its hold is frail, its date is brief, Restless and soon to pass away. Yet ere that... | |
| 1825 - 544 sider
...die: Yet on the rose's humble bed, The sweetest dews of night are shed, As if she wept the waste to see: But none shall weep a tear for me. My life is...its date is brief, Restless, and soon to pass away! Tet ere that leaf shall fall and fade, The parent tree shall mourn its shade, The winds bewail the... | |
| 1825 - 548 sider
...die: Yet on the rose's humble bed, . The sweetest dews of night are shed, As if she wept the wasVe to see: But none shall weep a tear for me. My life is...moon's pale ray, Its hold is frail, its date is brief, Hestless, and soon to pass away! Yet ere that leaf shall fall and fade, The parent tree shall mourn... | |
| William Hone - 1868 - 846 sider
...die. Yet on that rose's humble bed The sweetest dews of night are shed, As if she wept such waste to see ; But none shall weep a tear for me. My life is like the autumn leaf That trembles in the moon'» pale ray, Its hold is frail, its date is brief, Restless, and soon to pass away. Yet, ere that... | |
| 1828 - 306 sider
...sweetest dews of night are shed, As if she wept such waste to see, But none shall weep a tear for inc. My life is like the autumn leaf, That trembles in...Restless, and soon to pass away ; Yet ere that leaf shall fall and fade, The parent tree shall mourn its shade, The winds bewail the leafless tree, But none... | |
| Samuel Kettell - 1829 - 446 sider
...shed, As though she wept such waste to see, — But none shall drop a tear for me ! SAMUEL B. PARRIS. My life is like the autumn leaf That trembles in the...is brief, Restless — and soon to pass away ! Yet, when that leaf shall fall and fade, The parent tree will mourn its shade, The wind bewail the leafless... | |
| Samuel Kettell - 1829 - 432 sider
...scatter'd on the ground—to die! Yet on that rose's humble bed s The softest dews of night are shed, My life is like the autumn leaf That trembles in the moon's pale ray, Its hold is frail—its date is brief, Restless—and soon to pass away ! Yet, when that leaf shall fall and fade,... | |
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