 | 1803 - 400 pages
...unfavourable idea of the talent of the youth who could write it at the *ge of thirteen : — TO AX EARLY PRIMROSE. Mild offspring of a dark and sullen...nurs'd in whirling storms < And cradled in the winds. Xhee, when young spring first question'd winter's sway, And dar'd the sturdy Hlust'rer to the tight,... | |
 | Women - 1822 - 634 pages
...sigh from her bosom, a tear from her eye. TO AN EARLY PRIMROSE, BY THE LATE HENRY !. I nh I WHITE. MILD offspring of a dark and sullen sire ! Whose modest...delicately fine, Was nurs'd in whirling storms, And cradled by the winds. ~ Thee, when young spring first question'd winter's sway, And dar'd the sturdy blusterer... | |
 | Henry Kirke White - 1811 - 544 pages
...it will no longer hold, No more may heaven her blessings give, I shall not then be fit to live. F. 2 TO AN EARLY PRIMROSE. MILD offspring of a dark and...so delicately fine, Was nurs'd in whirling storms, Aud cradled in the winds. Thee, when young spring first question'd winter's .way, And dar'd the sturdy... | |
 | United States - 1814 - 258 pages
...POETRY. SELECTED. [The following lines were written by HKMRY KIBKE WHITE, at tlie ag« of thirteen.] TO AN EARLY PRIMROSE. MILD offspring of a dark and...sullen sire ! Whose modest form, so delicately fine, Wa» nurs'd in whirling storms And cradled in the wind. Thee, when young Spring first question'd Winter's... | |
 | J A. Stewart - 1814 - 798 pages
...me clothing, food, employ ! Look down, dear parents; look, and see, Your happy, happy orphan boy. f TO AN EARLY PRIMROSE. MILD offspring of a dark and sullen sire, Whose modest form is delicately tine ! Was nurs'd in whirling storms, And cradled in the wind. Thee, when young spring... | |
 | John Johnstone - 1827 - 596 pages
...And thou wilt bless our way; Till worlds shall fade, and faith shall greet The dawn of lasting day. TO AN EARLY PRIMROSE. MILD offspring of a dark and...sullen sire! Whose modest form, so delicately fine, Was nursed in whirling storms, And cradled in the winds. Thee, when young Spring first question'd Winter's... | |
 | Henry Kirke White - English poetry - 1827 - 486 pages
...more may Heaven her blessings give, — I shall not then be fit to live. .. . ,. ., '..:., • • ; i TO AN EARLY PRIMROSE. MILD offspring of a dark and...sire ! Whose modest form, so delicately fine, Was nursed in whirling storms, And cradled in the winds. Thee, .when young Spring first question'd Winter's... | |
 | Henry Kirke White - English literature - 1827 - 242 pages
...decaying odours; for to me Ye have beguiled the hours of infancy, As in the wood-paths of my native — TO AN EARLY PRIMROSE. Mild offspring of a dark and sullen sire ! Whose modest form, so delicately ne, Was nursed in whirling storms, And cradled in the winds; Thee when young Spring first question'd... | |
 | S. Waring - Botany - 1827 - 122 pages
...Leaves wrinkled, toothed. Border of the blossom flat.— Witlusnng. TO AN EARLY PRIMROSE. KI1IKK WHITE. MILD offspring of a dark and sullen sire ! Whose modest form, so delicately fine, Was nursed in whirling storms, And cradled in the winds. Thee, when young Spring first question'd winter's... | |
 | Henry Kirke White - English essays - 1829 - 436 pages
...these it will no longer hold, No more may Heaven her blessings give, I shall not then be fit to live. TO AN EARLY PRIMROSE. MILD offspring of a dark and...sire ! Whose modest form, so delicately fine, Was nursed in whirling storms, And cradled in the winds. Thee, when young Spring first question'd Winter's... | |
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Thee, when young spring first questioned winter's sway. And dared the sturdy blusterer to the fight, Thee on this bank he threw To mark his victory. In this low vale, the promise of the year, Serene, thou openest to the nipping gale, Unnoticed and alone,... 
