 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 160af Thomas Moore - 1817 - 335 siderFuld visning - Om denne bog
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1846 - 540 sider
...fondest hopes decay ; I never loved a tree or flower, But 't was the first to fade away. I never nursed a dear gazelle, To glad me with its soft black eye,...know me well, And love me, it was sure to die ! Now too — the joy most like divine, Of all I ever dreamt or knew, To see thee, hear thee, call thee mine... | |
 | Charles Dickens - 1846 - 828 sider
...fondest hopes decay, I never loved a tree or flower but 't was the first to fade away. 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 marry a market-gardener." Overpowered by these reflections, Mr. Swiveller stopped short at the clients'... | |
 | Confessions - 1846 - 418 sider
...beautiful lines of the bard " I nerer nursed a dear gazelle, To glad me with its soft black eye, Bat when it came to know me well, And love me — it was sore to die ! Thou too"— " But no, no ! that misery will surely be spared me." I never shall forget... | |
 | Josiah Moody Fletcher - 1847 - 148 sider
...fondest hopes decay j I never loved a tree or flower, But 't was the first to fade away. I never nursed a dear gazelle, To glad me with its soft black eye,...to know me well, And love me, it was sure to die." T. MOOKE. THE GOLDEN GIFT. The Rainbow. The eYening was glorious and light through the trees Play'd... | |
 | Charles Dickens - 1847 - 436 sider
...hopes decay, I never loved a tree or flower, but 'twas the first to fade away. I never reared a young gazelle to glad me with its soft black eye, but when...came to know me well, and love me, it was sure to marry a market-gardener." Overpowered by these reflections, Mr. Swiveller stopped short at the client's... | |
 | 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
...seen my fondest hopes decay ; " I never lov'da tree or flow'r, " But 'twas the first to fade away. " I never nurs'da dear gazelle, " 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 "... | |
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