 In the cold moist earth we laid her, when the forests cast the leaf, And we wept that one so lovely should have a life so brief : Yet not unmeet it was that one, like that young friend of ours, So gentle and so beautiful, should perish with the flowers.  McGuffey's Fourth Eclectic Reader - Page 118by William Holmes McGuffey - 1879 - 256 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1832 - 424 pages
...flowers whose fragrance late he bore, And sighs to find them in the wood and by the stream no more. ' And then I think of one who in her youthful beauty...earth we laid her when the forest cast the leaf, And wept that one so lovely should have a life so brief; Yet not unmeet it was, that one, like that young... | |
 | 1832 - 542 pages
...flowers whose fragrance late he bore, And sighs to find them in the wood and by the stream n0 more. And then I think of one who in her youthful beauty died, The fair, meek-blossom that grew and faded by my side : In the cold moist earth we laid her, when the forest... | |
 | 1833 - 508 pages
...autumnal scenery. We cannot forbear quoting the last stanza, often as it has appeared before the public. And then I think of one, who in her youthful beauty...wept, that one so lovely should have a life so brief; Vet not unmeet it was, that one, like that young friend of oun, So gentle and so beautiful, should... | |
 | 1833 - 522 pages
...autumnal scenery. We cannot forbear quoting the last stanza, often ns it has appeared before the public. And then I think of one, who in her youthful beauty...laid her, when the forest cast the leaf, And we wept, lhat one so lovely should have a life so brief; Yet not unmeet it was, that one, like that young friend... | |
 | 1834 - 438 pages
...bore, And sighs to find them in the wood and by the stream no more. And then I think of one who iu tier youthful beauty died, The fair, meek blossom that...have a life so brief; Yet not unmeet it was, that míe, like that young frii-nd of 'ours So gentle and so beautiful, should ferah w'ith the towers.—... | |
 | 1835 - 430 pages
...for the flowers whose fragrance late And sighs to find them in the wood and by the stream no more. And then I think of one who in her youthful beauty...faded by my side. In the cold moist earth we laid her, whenlhe forest cost the leaf, And we wept that one so lovely should have a lot so brief! Yet not unmeet... | |
 | 1835 - 430 pages
...blossom that gww upend fad til by my side. In the cold moist earth we Ian! lier, wh.-n the foiral c.at[ the leaf. And we wept that one so lovely should have a lot so brief! Vet not unmeet it was that one, like that young friend of ours, So gentle and so beautiful,... | |
 | Sarah Josepha Buell Hale - 1836 - 434 pages
...Mowers, whose fragrance late he bore, And sighs to find them in the wood, and by the streams no more. And then I think of one who in her youthful beauty...unmeet it was that one, like that young friend of our's, So gentle and so beautiful, should perish with the flowers. BRYANT. INDEX OF FLOWERS. Acacia,... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - 1836 - 286 pages
...for the flowers whose fragrance late he bore, And sighs to find them in the wood and by the stream no And then I think of one who in her youthful beauty...should have a life so brief: Yet not unmeet it was (hat one, like that young friend of ours, So gentle and so beautiful, should perish with the flowers.... | |
 | Sarah Josepha Buell Hale - 1838 - 282 pages
...find them in the wood, and by the streams no more. And then I think of one who in her youthful hcauty died, The fair meek blossom that grew up, and faded...cold moist earth we laid her, when the forest cast tho leaf, And we wept that one so lovely should have a lifo so brief: Yet not unmeet it was that ono,... | |
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