 Rose, thou art the sweetest flower That ever drank the amber shower; Rose, thou art the fondest child Of dimpled Spring, the wood-nymph wild. Even the Gods, who walk the sky, Are amorous of thy scented sigh.  Odes of Anacreon - Page 162by Anacreon - 1800 - 255 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Philadelphia (Pa.) - 1821 - 542 pages
...to smile and drink. Rose ! thou art the sweetest flower That ever drank the amber shower ; R'ise ! thou art the fondest child Of dimpled Spring, the wood-nymph wild ! Even the Gods, who walk the sky, . . AreamcTousof thy scented sigh, Cupid too, in Paphian shades. His hair with rosy fillet braids,... | |
 | Henry Phillips - Ornamental trees - 1823 - 354 pages
...rose-bud and the rose." JAMI. " Rose ! thou art the sweetest flower That ever drank the amber shower ; Rose ! thou art the fondest child Of dimpled spring,...Pa'phian shades, His hair with rosy fillet braids." MOOKE'S Anacreon, Ode 44 . " The rose abashed, with a comely blush Unveils her virgin cheeks, and to... | |
 | Thomas Moore - 1823 - 378 pages
...were born to smile and drink. Rose ! thou art the sweetest flower That ever drank the amber shower ; Rose ! thou art the fondest child Of dimpled Spring,...who walk the sky, Are amorous of thy scented sigh. * This spirited poem is an eulogy on the rose ; and again, in the fifty-fifth ode, we shall find our... | |
 | Thomas Moore - 1823 - 376 pages
...were born to smile and drink. Rose ! thou art the sweetest flower That ever drank the amber shower ; Rose ! thou art the fondest child Of dimpled Spring, the wood-nymph wild I Even the Gods, who walk the sky, Are amorous of thy scented sigh. *This spirited poem is an eulogy... | |
 | Henry Phillips - Ornamental trees - 1823 - 352 pages
...rose-bud and the rose." JAMI. " Rose ! thou art the sweetest flower That ever drank the amber shower ; Rose ! thou art the fondest child Of dimpled spring, the wood-nymph wild f Even the gods, who walk the sky, Are amorous of thy scented sigh ; — Cupid too, in Paphian shades,... | |
 | Henry Phillips - Emblems - 1825 - 414 pages
...loveliness." Fitzjohn. " Rose ! thou art the sweetest Hower That ever drank the amber shower ; * # * * Even the gods, who walk the sky, Are amorous of thy scented sigh." Moore's Anacreon. This queen of flowers is considered the pride of Flora, and the emblem of beauty... | |
 | Anacreon, John Broderick Roche - 1827 - 330 pages
...29.— Mr. Moore says : — " Rose ! thon art the sweetest flower, That ever drank the amber shower: Rose ! thou art the fondest child Of dimpled Spring, the wood-nymph wild !" Barnes says, that Mf*Wa here is elegantly used for Alumnus; and that Pindar, who readily imitates... | |
 | Thomas Moore - 1829 - 456 pages
...were born to smile and drink. Rose! thou art the sweetest flower That ever drank the amber shower; Rose ! thou art the fondest child Of dimpled Spring,...the wood-nymph wild ! Even the gods, who walk the skyt Are amorous of thy scented sigh. Cupid too, in Paphian shades, His hair with rosy fillet braids,... | |
 | Botany - 1830 - 612 pages
...Flower*:— " Hotel thou art the sweetest flower That ever drank the amber shower ; • * * • » Even the gods, who walk the sky, Are amorous of thy scented sigh." Tb* Fenian Hafez maintains this supremacy among the Oriental gifts of Flora :— " When the joung Rose... | |
 | Thomas Moore - 1832 - 366 pages
...were born to smile and drink. Rose ! thou art the sweetest flower That ever drank the amber shower; Rose ! thou art the fondest child Of dimpled Spring,...who walk the sky, Are amorous of thy scented sigh. *This spirited poem is an eulogy on the rose; and again, in the fifty-fifth ode, we shall find our... | |
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