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" But Time did beckon to the flowers, and they By noon most cunningly did steal away, And wither'd in my hand. My hand was next to them, and then my heart ; I took, without more thinking, in good part Time's gentle admonition ; Who did so sweetly death's... "
Specimens of the Early English Poets: To which is Prefixed an Historical ... - Page 126
by George Ellis - 1803 - 458 pages
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Heroes of Literature: English Poets. A Book for Young Readers

John Dennis - 1883 - 430 pages
...band. But time did beckon to the flowers, and they By noon most cunningly did steal away, And withered in my hand. " My hand was next to them, and then my...flowers ! sweetly your time ye spent ; Fit while ye lived for smell or ornament, And after death for cures. I follow straight without complaints or grief,...
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Heroes of Literature: English Poets. A Book for Young Readers

John Dennis - 1883 - 426 pages
...band. But time did beckon to the flowers, and they By noon most cunningly did steal away, And withered in my hand. " My hand was next to them, and then my...flowers ! sweetly your time ye spent : Fit while ye lived for smell or ornament, And after death for cures. I follow straight without complaints or grief,...
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The Temple and Other English Poems

George Herbert - 1883 - 262 pages
...band. But time did beckon to the flowers, and they By noon most cunningly did steal away, And withered in my hand. My hand was next to them, and then my...to smell my fatal day, Yet sugaring the suspicion. SUBMISSION, 89 Farewell, dear flowers, sweetly your time ye spent, Fit, while ye lived, for smell or...
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The Temple. Sacred Poems and Private Ejaculations

George Herbert - 1884 - 272 pages
...band. But time did beckon to the flowers, and they By noon most cunningly did steal away, And wither'd in my hand. My hand was next to them, and then my...flowers, sweetly your time ye spent, Fit, while ye lived, for smell or ornament, And after death for cures. I follow straight without complaints or grief,...
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Sursum Corda: Hymns of Comfort

Mary Wilder Tileston - 1884 - 340 pages
...band. But time did beckon to the flowers, and they By noon most cunningly did steal away, And withered in my hand. My hand was next to them, and then my...more thinking, in good part Time's gentle admonition ; O 7 Who did so sweetly death's sad taste convey, Making my mind to smell my fatal clay, Yet sugaring...
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Prue and I. Author's ed

George William Curtis - 1884 - 252 pages
...band. But time did beckon to the flowers, and they My noon most cunningly did steal away, And withered in my hand. " ' My hand was next to them, and then...thinking, in good part, Time's gentle admonition; Which did so sweetly death's sad taste convey, Making my mind to smell my fatal day, Yet sugaring the...
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The poetical works of George Herbert; and The synagogue, by C. Harvey, with ...

George Herbert - 1885 - 408 pages
...band. But time did beckon to the flowers, and they By noon most cunningly did steal away, And wither'd in my hand. My hand was next to them, and then my...flowers, sweetly your time ye spent, Fit, while ye lived, for smell or ornament, And after death for cures. I follow straight without complaints or grief....
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A Library of Religious Poetry: A Collection of the Best Poems of All Ages ...

Philip Schaff, Arthur Gilman - 1885 - 1148 pages
...band. But time did beckon to the flowers, and they By noon most cunningly did steal away, And withered in my hand. My hand was next to them, and then my...flowers, sweetly your time ye spent, Fit, while ye lived, for smell or ornament ; And, after death, for cures. I follow straight without complaints or...
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The Poems of George Herbert: To which are Added Selections from His Prose ...

George Herbert - 1885 - 370 pages
...LIFE. But Time did beckon to the flowers, and they By noon most cunningly did steal away, And withered in my hand. My hand was next to them, and then my...flowers ; sweetly your time ye spent, Fit, while ye lived, for smell or ornament, And after death for cures. I follow straight, without complaints or grief...
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Poems of Religious Sorrow, Comfort, Counsel and Aspiration

1886 - 406 pages
...admonition, "Who did so sweetly death's sad taste convey, Making my mind to smell my fatal day, Yet sug'ring the suspicion. Farewell, dear flowers! sweetly your time ye spent, Fit while ye lived for smell or ornament, And after death for cures : I follow straight, without complaints or grief,...
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