Oh ! ever thus, from childhood's hour, I've seen my fondest hopes decay ; I never loved a tree or flower, But 'twas the first to fade away. I never nursed a dear gazelle, To glad me with its soft black eye, But when it came to know me well, And love me,... Lalla Rookh: An Oriental Romance - Side 188af Thomas Moore - 1817 - 405 siderFuld visning - Om denne bog
| Richardson (Major, John) - 1847 - 240 sider
...it would have been so — but, as I have elsewhere quoted, " I never lov'da dear gazelle, To soothe me with its soft, black eye, But when it came to know me well, And love me, it was sure to die." One month after Lord Metcalfe's departure, my force was reduced, while others which had been raised... | |
| Robert Farmer (of Ealing.) - 1847 - 136 sider
...flower, But 'twas the first to fade away ; I never loved a dear gazelle, To glad me with its soft blacU eye, But when it came to know me well, And love me, it was sure to die." MOORE. THEY say that she loves me, — I would it were true, But the glances her eye gave were silent... | |
| Richardson (Major, John) - 1847 - 244 sider
...as I hav« elsewhere quoted, " I never lov'da dear gazelle, To soothe me with its soft, black eyer But when it came to know me well, And love me, it was sure to die." One month after Lord Metcalfe's departure, my force was reduced, while others which had been raised... | |
| Harriet Elizabeth Mozley - 1848 - 374 sider
...sufficient, and complete the events of the party already detailed. CHAPTER XXXIV. I never nursed a dear gazelle, To glad me with its soft black eye,...came to know me well, And love me, it was sure to die ! Moore. FANNY'S affairs have been too long neglected ; and the reader must now be requested to recall... | |
| Thomas Moore - 1849 - 822 sider
...thus, from childhood's hour, 14 I've seen my fondest hopes decay ; " I never lov'da tree or flow'r, " But 'twas the first to fade away. " I never nurs'da...To glad me with its soft black eye, " But when it caine to know me well, " And love me, it was sure to die ! " Now too — the joy most like divine "... | |
| 1855 - 494 sider
...'tis past ! Oh ! ever thus, from childhood's hour, I've seen my fondest hopes decay ; I never loved a tree or flower, But 'twas the first to fade away....to know me well, And love me, it was sure to die." How expressive is this of the holiest passion under the cloud of darkest disappointment! In its embodiment... | |
| Philip Henry Gosse - 1850 - 378 sider
...ladies. Thus Moore, with his usual truth to nature, makes Lalla Rookh say : — " I never nursed a dear gazelle To glad me with its soft black eye, But...know me well, And love me, — it was sure to die." NTJMBERS XXI. IT was at the Arnon that Israel began to possess their land. For though the country east... | |
| 1835 - 606 sider
...flower, But 'twas the first to fade away. ' I never nurs'da dear gazelle To glad me with its bright black eye, But when it came to know me well, And love me, it was sure to die !" week after the above announcement, I saw his heels standing' out of a large mash-tub. He had chosen... | |
| 1863 - 896 sider
...first to fade away. I never loved a dear gazelle. To glad me with iu soft black eye, But when it carne to know me well, And love me, it was sure to die ! There is no other time like Sunday evening — a Sunday evening in autumn — and in the country... | |
| 1851 - 582 sider
...ever thus, from childhood's hour, I've seen my fondest hopes decay ; I never lov'da tree or flow'r But 'twas the first to fade away. I never nurs'da...came to know me well, And love me, it was sure to die I Now, too — the joy most like divine Of all I ever dreamt or knew, To see thee, hear thee, call... | |
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