 ALL that's bright must fade, — The brightest still the fleetest ; All that's sweet was made But to be lost when sweetest Stars that shine and fall ; — The flower that drops in springing ; , These, alas ! are types of all To which our hearts are clinging....  Melodies (Irish melodies, National melodies). - Page 218by Thomas Moore - 1821Full view - About this book
 | William Tait, Christian Isobel Johnstone - Periodicals - 1841 - 836 pages
...to be In utter darkness lying ; Than to be blessed with light, and sea That light for ever flying. All that's bright must fade, The brightest still the...that's sweet was made But to be lost when sweetest. This result would follow, because the public mind is made up regarding the merits of these ; and this... | |
 | Thomas Moore - 1844 - 800 pages
...far to be In utter darkness lying, Than to be blcss'd with light and see That light for ever flying. All that's bright must fade, — The brightest still the fleetest; All that's sweet was made SO WARMLY WE MET. (HCKGtEIAN AIL) So warmly we met and so fondly we parted, That which was the sweeter... | |
 | Sophia Briggs - 1845 - 988 pages
...now she bore not the burden alone; the sting, the poisonous sting of grief was gone. CHAPTER XVIII. " All that's bright must fade, The brightest still the...are types of all To which our hearts are clinging." MOORE. WITHIN an oriel chamber of Walsingham House, surrounded by all that wealth could purchase or... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - Authors, English - 1845 - 558 pages
...Better far to be In utter darkness lying, Than be blest with light, and see That light for ever flying. All that's bright must fade, — The brightest still...that's sweet was made But to be lost when sweetest ! 166 THOMAS MOORE. OFT, IN THE STILLY NIGHT. HAS SORROW THY YOUNG DAYS Огт, in the stilly night,... | |
 | English literature - 1845 - 614 pages
...of all To which our hearts are clinging ha^ ihonfht ii taken from a tonf by lo Prieur, called " La All that's bright must fade — The brightest still the fleetest | All that's sweet was made But to bu lost when sweetest I Who would seek or prize Delights that end in aching ? Who would trust to ties... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - Authors, English - 1846 - 540 pages
...Better far to be In utter darkness lying, Than be blest with light, and see That light for ever flying. All that's bright must fade, — The brightest still...that's sweet was made But to be lost when sweetest ! OFT, IN THE STILLY NIGHT. OFT, in the stilly night, Ere slumber's chain has bound me, Fond memory... | |
 | William Howitt - 1847 - 430 pages
...Book another time. Madame Hodson will assure you that they may " sparkle, but to betray" — or that These, alas ! are types of all To which our hearts are clinging. It is a relief to turn from this artless memento of blighted hopes, to something more practical. No... | |
 | Charles Walton Sanders, Joshua Chase Sanders - Readers - 1848 - 468 pages
...strayed stj'aight toward the struggling stream. 16. The steepy stuggard sits s/umbering silently. 17. All that's bright must fade,— The brightest still...that's sweet was made But to be lost when sweetest 18. He carves with classic chisel the Corinthian capital that crowns th« column. 19.. Now on his couch... | |
 | Thomas Moore - Sacred songs - 1849 - 328 pages
...to be In utter darkness lying, Than to be bless'd with light and see ' That light for ever flying. All that's bright must fade, — The brightest still...that's sweet was made But to be lost -when sweetest ! SO WARMLY WE MET. (HUNGAKIAN AIR.) So warmly we met and so fondly we parted, That which was the sweeter... | |
 | College students' writings, American - 1850 - 424 pages
...religion, hallowed as the birthplace of Divinity. "Stye ©raoes of ftl)ose tDe Coon." " Stars that ehine and fall, The flower that drops in springing, These,...are types of all To which our hearts are clinging." Mooui?, IF there is one place on earth more sacred than another, that place is the grave which affection... | |
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