 | John Bell - English drama - 1791 - 292 pages
...[Takes Mon. by the hand. Acast. Forbear the prologue' And let me know the substance of thy tale. Cha. You took her up, a little tender flower, Just sprouted...the sun always shines. There long she flourish'd, 340 Grew sweet to sense, and lovely to the eye, 'Till at the last a cruel spoiler came, Cropt this... | |
 | John Bell - English drama - 1797 - 468 pages
...— [TahesMon. bythehand. Acast. Forbear the prologue And let me know the substance of thy tale. Cha. You took her up, a little tender flower, Just sprouted...the sun always shines. There long she flourish'd, 340 Grew sweet to sense, and lovely to the eye, 'Till at the last a cruel spoiler came, 'ropt this... | |
 | Thomas Otway - English drama - 1797 - 466 pages
...[Tahes Mon. by the hand Acast. Forbear the prologue And let me know the substance of thy tale. Cha. You took her up, a little tender flower, Just sprouted...the sun always shines. There long she flourish'd, 340 Grew sweet to sense, and lovely to the eye, 'Till at the last a cruel spoiler came, ' Cropt this... | |
 | John Bell - English drama - 1797 - 466 pages
...[Takes Mon. by the/land. Acast. Forbear the prologue And let me know the substance of thy tale. Cha. You took her up, a little tender flower, Just sprouted...the sun always shines. There long she flourish'd, 3 Grew sweet to sense, and lovely to the eye, 'Till at the last a cruel spoiler came, Cropt this fair... | |
 | Philadelphia (Pa.) - 1810 - 702 pages
...sister: " You took her up a little tender flower Just sprouted on a bank, which the next frost Had nipt; and with a careful loving hand, Transplanted her into...flourish'd, Grew sweet to sense, and lovely to the eye, Until at last a cruel spoiler came, Cropt this fair rose, and rifled all its sweetness, Then cast it... | |
 | English drama - 1804 - 510 pages
...You took her up, a little tender (lower, Just sprouted on a bank, which the next frost Had nipped ; and, with a careful loving hand, Transplanted her...garden, Where the sun always shines. There long she ffourished, Grew sweet to sense, and lovely to the eye ; Til¡ at the last a cruel spoiler came, Cropt... | |
 | British drama - 1804 - 954 pages
...You took her up, a little tender Hower, Just sprouted on a bank, which the next frost Had nipped ; and, with a careful loving hand, Transplanted her...garden, Where the sun always shines. There long she flourished, Grew sweet to sense, and lovely to the eye ; Till at the last a cruel spoiler came, Cropt... | |
 | British drama - 1804 - 946 pages
...You took her up, a little tender Hower, Just sprouted on a bank, which the next frost Had nipped ; and, with a careful loving hand, Transplanted her...garden, Where the sun always shines. There long she flourished, Grew sweet to sense, and lovely to the eye ; 'Till at the last a cruel spoiler came, Cropt... | |
 | English drama - 1804 - 268 pages
...Transplanted her into yonr own fair garden, Where the snn always shines. There long she flonrished, Grew sweet to sense, and lovely to the eye, Till at the last a crnel spoiler came, Cropt this fair rose, and rifled all its sweetnefs, Then cast it like a loathsome... | |
 | Isaac Disraeli - English literature - 1807 - 606 pages
...employs the same image when speaking of Monimia he says, — '• You took her up a little tender flower, and with a careful loving hand Transplanted her into...your own fair garden, Where the sun always shines." The origin of the following imagery is undoubtedly Grecian ; but it is still embellished and modified... | |
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Had nipp'd; and with a careful loving hand, Transplanted her into your own fair garden, Where the sun always shines. 
