 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
 | William Harrison Ainsworth - 1853 - 564 pages
...tempest gleams, Will light succeed our bosom's boreal blast! 177 CHANGE. ВY MARGARET CASSON. CHAPTER IV. In the cold moist earth we laid her, when the forest cast the leaf, And we wept that one so lovely s hould have a life so brief; Yet not unmeet it was that one, like that dear friend of ours, So gentle... | |
 | 1853 - 418 pages
...late in the autumn, that she passed away from earth, and I felt that oil who knew her, would lament " that one so lovely, should have a life so brief." ''Yet not unmeet it seemed, that one, Liko that young friend of oure, So gentle, and po beautiful, Should periA with the... | |
 | 1851 - 380 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... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1854 - 350 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...fair meek blossom that grew up , And faded by my side : rv V * ' ' ', In the cold, moist earth we laid her «•*••'','• When the forest cast the leaf,... | |
 | Benjamin B. Bowen - 1854 - 442 pages
...whispered to them by the angels in their dreams. CHAPTER Till. And then I think of those who in their youthful beauty died, The fair meek blossom that grew up and faded by my side j In the cold, moist earth we laid them when the forest cast their leafj And we wept that those so... | |
 | John Frost - 1855 - 462 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...leaf, And we wept that one so lovely should have a lot so brief; Yet not unmeet it was, that one, like that young friend of ours, So gentle and so beautiful,... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1855 - 690 pages
...flowers Whose fragrance late he bore, And sighs to find them in the wood And by the stream no more. c-.ist the leaf, And we wept that one so lovely Should have a life so brief: Yet not unmeet it was... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - 1855 - 318 pages
...searches for the flowers whose fragrance late he bore, And sighs to find them in the wood and by the And then I think of one who in her youthful beauty...side : 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... | |
 | Margaret Casson - 1855 - 256 pages
...Pour peu d'effet. Kn songeant qu'il tout qn'uii oublie, On s-en souvicuL" Aks ! poor Ida ! CHAPTEE IV. **In the cold moist earth we laid her, when the forest...wept that one so lovely should have a life so brief; i Yet not unmeet it was that one, like that dear friend of ours, So gentle and so beautiful, should... | |
 | Benson John Lossing - 1890 - 312 pages
...life), on the 20th of April, 1834, at the age of about sixty-seven years. LUOHETIA MARIA DAVIDSON. *' In the cold moist earth we laid her, when the forest...leaf, And we wept that one so lovely should have a lot so hrief ; Yet not unmeet it was, that one, like that young friend of ours, So gentle and so beautiful,... | |
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