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" tis and ever was my wish and way To let all flowers live freely, and all die, Whene'er their Genius bids their souls depart, Among their kindred in their native place. I never pluck the rose ; the violet's head Hath shaken with my breath upon its bank... "
The Saunterer - Page 32
by Charles Goodrich Whiting - 1886 - 301 pages
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Leigh Hunt's London Journal, Volumes 1-2

Leigh Hunt - 1834 - 680 pages
...Whene'er their genius bids their souls depart. Among their kindred in their native place. I never pluckt the rose ; the violet's head Hath shaken with my breath upon its bank And not reproached me; the ever-sacred cup Of the pure lily hath between my hands Felt safe, unsoil'd, nor lost one grain of gold....
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The Quarterly review, Volume 58

1837 - 612 pages
...almost sure to interest — and accordingly these lines will be read with pleasure: — ' And 'tis and ever was my wish and way To let all flowers live...Hath shaken with my breath upon its bank, And not reproacht me ; the ever sacred cup Of the pure lily hath between my hands Felt safe, unsoiled, nor...
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The Quarterly Review, Volume 58

William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray IV, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) - 1837 - 606 pages
...all die, Whene'er their genius bids their souls depart, Among their kindred in their native place. / never pluck the rose ; the violet's head Hath shaken with my breath upon its bank, And not reproacht me ; the ever sacred cup Of the pure lily hath between my hands Felt safe, unsoiled, nor...
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The Book of Gems: Wordsworth to Bayly

Samuel Carter Hall - 1838 - 348 pages
...would let drop without them her best stores. They bring me tales of youth and tones of love, And 'tis and ever was my wish and way To let all flowers live...head Hath shaken with my breath upon its bank And not reproacht me ; the ever sacred cup Of the pure lily hath between my hands Felt safe, unsoil'd, nor...
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The Book of Gems: Wordsworth to Bayly

Samuel Carter Hall - 1838 - 336 pages
...and ever was my wish and way To let all flowers live freely, and all die, Whene'er their genius hids their souls depart, Among their kindred in their native...violet's head Hath shaken with my breath upon its hank And not reproacht me . the ever sacred cup Of the pure lily hath hetween my hands Felt safe, unsoil'd,...
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American Monthly Knickerbocker, Volume 24

Charles Fenno Hoffman, Lewis Gaylord Clark, Timothy Flint, Kinahan Cornwallis, John Holmes Agnew - 1844 - 626 pages
...another wife. LOVE OF FLOWERS. AN »TRACT. FLOWERS bring me tales of youth and tones of love ; And 'tis and ever was my wish and way To let all flowers live...violet's head Hath shaken with my breath upon its hank And not reproach'd me ; the ever-sacred cup Of the pure lily hath between my hands 4-26 LOVE'S...
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Flowers; their moral, language, and poetry, ed. by H.G. Adams

Henry Gardiner Adams - 1844 - 274 pages
...JOHN GRAHAM. Another writer, who has drunk deeply from the well of inspiration, says — " And 'tis, and ever was my wish and way To let all flowers live...never pluck the rose ; the violet's head Hath shaken witb my breath upon its bank And not reproached me ; the ever sacred cup Of ttie pure lily hath between...
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American Monthly Knickerbocker, Volume 24

Charles Fenno Hoffman, Lewis Gaylord Clark, Timothy Flint, Kinahan Cornwallis, John Holmes Agnew - 1844 - 610 pages
...wife. PLM LOVE OF FLOWBK • . AN XXTRiCT. FLOWERS bring me tales of youth and tones of love; And 'tis and ever was my wish and way To let all flowers live...kindred in their native place. I never pluck the rose j the violet's head Hath shaken with my breath upon its bank And not reproach 'd me ; the ever-sacred...
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The Poets and Poetry of England, in the Nineteenth Century

Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1845 - 558 pages
...and ever was my wish and way To let all flowers live freely, and all die. Whene'er their genius bid their souls depart, Among their kindred in their native...head Hath shaken with my breath upon its bank And not reproach'd me ; the ever sacred cup Of the pure lily hath between my hands Felt safe, unsoil'd, nor...
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Religio Medici, together with A Letter to a Friend on the Death of his ...

Sir Thomas Browne - 1845 - 420 pages
...my wifh and way To let all flowers live freely, and all die, Whene'er their Genius bids their fouls depart, Among their kindred in their native place. I never pluck the rofe ; the violet's head Hath fhaken with my breath upon its bank, And not reproach'd me ; the ever...
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