 Of her bright face one glance will trace A picture on the brain, And of her voice in echoing hearts A sound must long remain; But memory, such as mine of her, So very much endears, When death is nigh my latest sigh Will not be life's, but hers.  Mercedes of Castile: Or, The Voyage to Cathay - Page 259by James Fenimore Cooper - 1840 - 538 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1852 - 588 pages
...singing birds, Or that soil chain of spoken flowers, And airy gems — thy words. A HEALTH. I TitL this cup to one made up Of loveliness alone, A woman,...stars have given A form so fair, that, like the air, 'Tis less of earth than heaven. Her every tone is music's own, Like those of morning birds, And something... | |
 | Sarah Josepha Buell Hale - 1852 - 318 pages
...haste. SENTIMENT. Of loveliness alone; A woman of her gentle sex I send this flower to one made up The seeming paragon; To whom the better elements And...that, like the air, T is less of earth than heaven. Affections are as thoughts to her, The measure of her hours; Her feelings have the fragrancy, The freshness... | |
 | James Fenimore Cooper - 1852 - 498 pages
...CASTILE; OR, THE VOYAGE TO CATHAY. BY!' J. FENIMORE COOPER. I fill this cup to one made up of luvelme.- ; alone, A woman, of her gentle sex the seeming paragon...better elements and kindly stars have given A form BO fair, that, like the air, 'U'B less of earth than heaven. Pinkney. IN TWO VOLUMES. VOL. L NEW EDITION.... | |
 | Carroll & Hutchinson (New York). - 1853 - 204 pages
...Boxes for segars, tea, tobacco, pins, whist, &c. with colored glass, and very richly gilt. I FILL tliis cup to one made up of loveliness alone, A woman, of...stars have given A form so fair, that, like the air, 'tis less of earth than heaven. Her every tone is music's own, like those of morning birds, And something... | |
 | Edgar Allan Poe, Nathaniel Parker Willis - 1853 - 522 pages
...her, So very much endears, When death is nigh my latest sigh Will not be life's, but hers. I fill'd this cup to one made up Of loveliness alone, A woman, of her gentle sex The seeming paragon — Her health ! and would on earth there stood, Some more of such a frame, That life might be all... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1853 - 334 pages
...her, So very much endears, When death is nigh my latest sigh Will not be life's, but hers. I fill'd this cup to one made up Of loveliness alone, A woman, of her gentle sex The seeming paragon — Her health ! and would on earth there stood. Some more of such a frame, That life might be all... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1854 - 322 pages
...her, So very much endears, When death is nigh my latest sigh Will not be life's, but hers. I fill'd this cup to one made up Of loveliness alone, A woman, of her gentle sex The seeming paragon — Her health ! and would on earth there stood, Some more of such a frame, That life might be all... | |
 | John Frost - 1855 - 462 pages
...mine of her so very much endears, When death is nigh, my latest sigh will not be life's, but hers. I fill this cup to one made up of loveliness alone, A woman, of her gentle sex the seeming paragon — Her health ! and would on earth there stood some more of such a frame, That life might be all poetry,... | |
 | Sarah Josepha Buell Hale - 1855 - 612 pages
...weIl. Byron. All my offering must be Truth, and spotless eonstaney. Mits London. I send this flower to one made up Of loveliness alone ; A woman of her gentle sex The seeming paragon ; O would that on the earth there mov'd Others of sueh a frame, That life might be all poetry, And... | |
 | Evert Augustus Duyckinck, George Long Duyckinck - 1856 - 816 pages
...hollow life of mine, To which, a gone enchantment, thou No more wilt be the wine,—Mary. A HEALTH. I fill this cup to one made up of loveliness alone,...stars have given A form so fair, that, like the air, 'tis less of earth than heaven. birds, And something more than meloly dwells ever in Her every tone... | |
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