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" No ; — life is a waste of wearisome hours, Which seldom the rose of enjoyment adorns ; And the heart that is soonest awake to the flowers, Is always the first to be touched by the thorns. "
Melodies (Irish melodies, National melodies). - Page 14
by Thomas Moore - 1821
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The Quarterly Review, Volume 7

William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray (IV), Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) - English literature - 1812 - 506 pages
...spirits are always as light, And as free from a pang, as they seem to you now; Nor expect that the heart-beaming smile of to-night Will return with to-morrow, to brighten my brow ; — vii. NO. xiv. cc No, No, life is a waste of wearisome hours, Which seldom the rose of enjoyment...
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The Quarterly Review, Volume 7

William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray (IV), Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) - English literature - 1812 - 510 pages
...spirits are always as light, And as free from a pang, as they seem to you now; Nor expect that the heart-beaming smile of to-night Will return with to-morrow, to brighten my brow ; — VOL. VII. NO, XIV. CC No, No, life is a waste of wearisome hours, Which seldom the rose of enjoyment...
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The Analectic Magazine, to which is Added, an Appendix of Official ..., Volume 1

1813 - 554 pages
...And as free from a pans, as they seem to you now; Nor expect that the heart-beaming smile of to night Will return with to-morrow to brighten my brow; —...adorns! And the heart that is soonest awake to the llmvers, Is always the first to be touched by the thorns! • But send round the bowl and be happy...
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Irish Melodies

Thomas Moore - Ballads, Irish - 1821 - 294 pages
...spirits are always as light, And as free from a pang, as they seem to you now ; Nor expect that the heart-beaming smile of to-night Will return with to-morrow...soonest awake to the flowers, Is always the first to be touched by the thorns ! But send round the bowl, and be happy awhile ; May we never meet worse, in...
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The New Monthly Magazine and Humorist

English literature - 1843 - 588 pages
...excellent humour was he — the warmest in feeling, and of a spirit devoted to all sorts of merriment ; But the heart that is soonest awake to the flowers, Is always the first to be touched by the thorns ; and there were moments when my boyish heart was melting to sorrow as he spake,...
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Irish melodies, complete; to which are added National melodies

Thomas Moore - Irish poetry (in English) - 1822 - 198 pages
...as light > And as free fronr a pang as they seem to you now; Nor expect that the heart-beaming sm9e of tonight Will return with to-morrow to brighten...soonest awake to the flowers ! Is always the first to be touched by the thorns! But send round the bowl, and be happy awhile; May we never meet worse in our...
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The works of Thomas Moore, comprehending all his melodies, ballads ..., Volume 4

Thomas Moore - 1823 - 314 pages
...spirits are always as light, And as free from a pang, as they seem to you now ; Nor expect that the heart-beaming smile of to-night Will return with to-morrow...soonest awake to the flowers, Is always the first to be touch 'd by the thorns ! But send round the bowl, and be happy awhile ; May we never meet worse in...
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The Works of Thomas Moore: Irish melodies. National airs

Thomas Moore - 1823 - 464 pages
...light, /•.-."• •• s And as free from a pang, as they seem to you now ; No'r expect that the heart-beaming smile of to-night Will return with to-morrow to brighten my brow. t n" '• .-s />.>,/ <, ,, x ^ No — life is a waste of wearisome hours, Which seldom the rose of...
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Some Account of the Life of the Late Gilbert Earle, Esq

Barry St. Leger - Irish fiction (in English) - 1824 - 266 pages
...spirits are always as light And as free from a pang1 as they seem to you now ; Nor expect that the heart-beaming smile of to-night Will return with to-morrow to brighten my brow !" No ! it is that morrow, — (or rather that reaction which the poet * has here meant the morrow to typify)...
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The Works of Thomas Moore, Esq, Volume 3

Thomas Moore - Irish literature - 1825 - 310 pages
...you now; Nor expect that the heart-beaming smile of tonight, * Sojis TODS, near the temple of Ammon, Will return with to-morrow to brighten my brow. No, life is a waste of wearisome hours, Which seldon the rose of enjoyment adorns ; And the heart that is soonest awake to the flowers, Is always...
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