 ... to a fanciful view, To weep for the buds it had left with regret, On the flourishing bush where it grew. I hastily seized it, unfit as it was For a nosegay, so dripping and drown'd, And swinging it rudely, too rudely, alas ! I snapp'd it, it fell...  Tales of My Neighborhood - Page 138by Gerald Griffin - 1836Full view - About this book
 | William Cowper - 1800 - 438 pages
...swinging it rudely, too rudely, alas! I snapp'd it, it fell to the ground. And such, I exclaim'd, is the pitiless part Some act by the delicate mind, Regardless...wringing and breaking a heart Already to sorrow resign'd. This elegant Rose, had I shaken it less, Might have bloom'd with its owner awhile, And the tear that... | |
 | William Cowper - 1806 - 478 pages
...swinging it rudely, too rudely, alas ! I snapped it, it fell to the ground. And such, I exclaimed, is the pitiless part Some act by the delicate mind, Regardless...of wringing and breaking a heart Already to sorrow resigned. This elegant rose, had I shaken it less, Might have bloomed with its owner a while, And the... | |
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...rudely, alas ! It snapt, and it fell to the ground. Ah ! such, I exclaim'd, is the pitiless part Some aft by the delicate mind, Regardless of wringing and breaking a heart, Already to sorrow resign'd. This elegant rose, had I shaken it less, Might have bloom'd with its owner awhile ; And the tear that... | |
 | William Cowper - 1808 - 354 pages
...swinging it rudely, too rudely, alas ! I snapp'd it, it fell to the ground. And such-, I exclaim'd, is the pitiless part Some act by the delicate mind, Regardless...wringing and breaking a heart Already to sorrow resign'd. L This elegant rose, had I shaken it less, Might have bloom'd with it's owner a while ; And the tear,... | |
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...it rudely, too rudely, alas ! J snapp'd it — it tell to the ground. And such, I exclaim'd, is the pitiless part Some act by the delicate mind, Regardless...and breaking a heart . Already to sorrow resign'd. T his elegant rose, had I shaken it less, Might have bloom'd with its owner awhile ; And the tear that... | |
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...swinging it rudely, too rudely, ala* ! I snapp'd it, it fell to the ground. And such, I exclaim'd, is the pitiless part Some act by the delicate mind, Regardless...of wringing and breaking a heart Already to sorrow resign'U. This elegant rose, had I shaken it less, Might have bloom'd with its owner awhile, And the... | |
 | William Cowper - 1810 - 390 pages
...swinging it rudely, too rudely, alas! I snapp'd it, it fell to the ground. And such, I exclaim'd, is the pitiless part Some act by the delicate mind. Regardless...wringing and breaking a heart Already to sorrow resign'd. This elegant rose, had I shaken it less, Might have bloom 'd with it's owner a while; And the tear,... | |
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...swinging it rudely, too rudely alas.J "I snapp'd it, it fell to the ground. And such I exclaim'd, is the pitiless part, Some act by the delicate mind, Regardless...breaking a heart • / Already to sorrow resign'd. This elegant rose, had I shaken it less, Might have bloom'd with its owner awhile, And the tear that... | |
 | John Aikin - 1810 - 414 pages
...swinging it rudely, too rudely alas ! I snapp'd it, it fell to the ground. And such I exclaim'd, is the pitiless part, Some act by the delicate mind, Regardless...of wringing, and breaking a heart Already to sorrow resign 'd. This elegant rose, had I shaken it less, Might have bloom'd with its owner awhile, SALLY... | |
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...seiz'J it, unfit as it was For a nosegay, so dripping and drown'd ; » ' And such, I exclaim'd, is the pitiless part, Some act by the delicate mind, Regardless...and breaking a heart, Already to sorrow resign'd. This elegant rose, had I shaken it less, Might have bloom'd with its owner awhile: And the tear that... | |
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