 Oh ! ever thus, from childhood's hour, I've seen my fondest hopes decay ; I never loved a tree or flower, But 'twas the first to fade away. I never nursed a dear gazelle. To glad me with its soft black eye, But when it came to know me well, And love me,...  Lalla Rookh: An Oriental Romance - Page 160by Thomas Moore - 1817 - 335 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1855 - 494 pages
...I've seen my fondest hopes decay ; I never loved a tree or flower, But 'twas the first to fade away. I never nurs'da dear gazelle, To glad me with its...to know me well, And love me, it was sure to die." How expressive is this of the holiest passion under the cloud of darkest disappointment! In its embodiment... | |
 | Philip Henry Gosse - 1850 - 378 pages
...ladies. Thus Moore, with his usual truth to nature, makes Lalla Rookh say : — " I never nursed a dear gazelle To glad me with its soft black eye, But...know me well, And love me, — it was sure to die." NTJMBERS XXI. IT was at the Arnon that Israel began to possess their land. For though the country east... | |
 | 1835 - 606 pages
...flower, But 'twas the first to fade away. ' I never nurs'da dear gazelle To glad me with its bright black eye, But when it came to know me well, And love me, it was sure to die !" week after the above announcement, I saw his heels standing' out of a large mash-tub. He had chosen... | |
 | 1863 - 896 pages
...first to fade away. I never loved a dear gazelle. To glad me with iu soft black eye, But when it carne to know me well, And love me, it was sure to die ! There is no other time like Sunday evening — a Sunday evening in autumn — and in the country... | |
 | 1851 - 568 pages
...I 're seen my fondest hopes decay ; I never lov'da tiee or flow'r But 'twas the first to fade away. I never nurs'da dear gazelle To glad me with its soft...know me well, And love me, it was sure to die! Now, too — the joy most like divine Of all I ever dreamt or knew, To see thee, hear thee, call thee mine,... | |
 | 1851 - 582 pages
...I've seen my fondest hopes decay ; I never lov'da tree or flow'r But 'twas the first to fade away. I never nurs'da dear gazelle To glad me with its soft...came to know me well, And love me, it was sure to die I Now, too — the joy most like divine Of all I ever dreamt or knew, To see thee, hear thee, call... | |
 | Thomas Moore - 1851 - 918 pages
...decay; "I never loved a tree or flow'r, '• But 'twas the first to f:ide away. " I never nursed a dear gazelle, "To glad me with its soft black eye,...well, " And love me, it was sure to die ! '• Now too— the joy most like divine "Of all I ever dreamt or knew, "To see thee, hear thee, call thee mine,... | |
 | George Coggeshall - 1851 - 250 pages
...never loved a plant or flower But it was first to fade away ; I never nursed a dear gazelle, To soothe me with its soft black eye. But when it came to know me well, And love me — it was sure to die !" I will not indulge farther in my own grief, but again resume' the thread of my narrative. It was... | |
 | Samuel Greatheed, Daniel Parken, Theophilus Williams, Josiah Conder, Thomas Price, Jonathan Edwards Ryland, Edwin Paxton Hood - 1851 - 880 pages
...Shall we say, in the language of Lalla Rookh, — ' I never reared a fair gazelle. To glad me with her soft black eye. But when it came to know me well. And love me, it was sure to die? About two months ago, the lamented dead opened up a communication with us, which promised to ripen... | |
 | Douglas William Jerrold - 1851 - 360 pages
...fate ! As the sweetest of poets sings — " I never rear'da young gazelle To glad me with its soIt black eye, But when it came to know me well, — And love me, it was sure to die ! " Floren. There certainly was a sentiment about that dog ! Miss T. He couldn't move for sentiment.... | |
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