 She is coming, my dove, my dear; She is corning, my life, my fate; The red rose cries, "She is near, she is near"; And the white rose weeps, "She is late"; The larkspur listens, "I hear, I hear"; And the lily whispers, "I wait.  Littell's Living Age - Page 331855Full view - About this book
 | 1889 - 934 pages
...white-stemmed pinewood slept above — When in this valley first I told iny love. rj. TENNYSON — Sonnet. •There has fallen a splendid tear From the passion-flower at the gate. She is coming, my dov , my dear; She is comin<;, my life, my fat-; The red rose cries, " She is near, she is near;" And... | |
 | John Ruskin - 1889 - 640 pages
...like a broken worldling wail'd. And Ihejlying gold of the ruin'd woodlands drove thro' the air." " There has fallen a splendid tear From the passion-flower at the gate. The red rose cries, ' She is near, she is near!' And the white rose weeps, ' She is late.' The larkspur... | |
 | John Greenleaf Whittier - 1890 - 458 pages
...done, In gloss of satin and glimmer of pearls, Queen lily and rose in one; Shine out, little head, sunning over with curls, To the flowers, and be their...dear ; She is coming, my life, my fate ; The red rose ones, "She is near, she is near" ; And the white rose weeps, "She is late"; The larkspur listens, "I... | |
 | Mrs. Grace Townsend - 1890 - 640 pages
...done ; In gloss of satin and glimmer of pearls, Queen lily and rose in one ; Shine out, little head, sunning over with curls, To the flowers, and be their sun. There has fallen a splendid tear From the passion flower at the gate. She is coming, my dove, my dear ; She is coming, my life, my fate ! The... | |
 | Sarah Knowles Bolton - 1890 - 486 pages
...feet In violets blue as your eyes, To the woody hollows in which we meet And the valleys of Paradise. There has fallen a splendid tear From the passion-flower at the gate. She is coining, my dove, my dear; She is coming, my life, my fate; My dust would hear her and beat, Had I... | |
 | 1891 - 1150 pages
...Knowing your promise to me ; The lilies and roses were all awake, They sighed for the dawn and thee. There has fallen a splendid tear From the passion-flower at the gate, She is coming, my love, my dear ; She is coming, my life, my fate ; ' Mark ye (he sings) in modest maiden guise The red... | |
 | John Ruskin - 1891 - 488 pages
...like a broken worldling wail'd, And the flying gold of the ruin'd woodlands drore thro' the air." " There has fallen a splendid tear From the passion-flower at the gate. Tlie red rose cries, ' She is near, she is near ! ' And the white rose weeps, 'She is late.' The larkspur... | |
 | 1892 - 850 pages
...Knowing your promise to me ; The lilies and roses were all awake, They sighed for the dawn and thee. There has fallen a splendid tear From the passion-flower at the gate, She is coming, my love, my dear; She is coming, my life, my fate ; The red rose cries, " She is near, she is near; "... | |
 | 1881 - 586 pages
...pleasure filled her heart to hear her favorite poet so correctly and finely rendered as he went on. " ' There has fallen a splendid tear From the passion-flower...at the gate : She is coming, — my dove, my dear 1 She is coming, — my life, my fate ! The red rose cries, " She is near I she is near I'' And the... | |
 | Stopford Augustus Brooke - 1894 - 504 pages
...blood." The lilies kept awake all night with him. When she is coming at last, the garden speaks for him : There has fallen a splendid tear From the passion-flower at the gate. She is coming, my dove, my dear : j. She is coming, my life, my fate ; The red rose cries — " She is near, she is near ; " And the... | |
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