 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
 | Robert Aitkin Bertram - 1877 - 766 pages
...charms to betray, And nought remains but heaven. E4ther C. Beaker. 1089. EVANESCENT. Clinging to the , Only to man Thou hast made known Thy ways, And put the pen alone into His hand, And made him Who would seek or prize Delights that end in aching? Who would trust to ties That every hour are breaking... | |
 | Quotations, English - 1877 - 362 pages
...Brief. — 'Tis better to be RRIEF than tedious. SHAICESPERE, Richard III. Bright All that's RRIGHT must fade, — The brightest still the fleetest ;...that's sweet was made But to be lost when sweetest ! — MOORE, AU that's Bright. Brightest- — BRIGHTEST and best of the sous of the morning ! Dawn... | |
 | Arthur Macarthur (Presbyterian minister.) - 1878 - 232 pages
...lustre of things visible, shall in course of time lose all that made them pleasant to look upon, as " All that's bright must fade— The brightest still...that's sweet was made But to be lost when sweetest." And oh! how soon we come to know that. But Christ is the fadeless tree of life, whose leaves, ever... | |
 | Thomas Moore, John Francis Waller - Irish poetry - 1879 - 572 pages
...far to be In utter darkness lying, Than to be blessed 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 ! THE GAZELLE. DOST thou not hear the silver bell, Through yonder lime-trees ringing ? 'Tis my lady's... | |
 | Andrew James Symington - Literary Criticism - 1880 - 284 pages
...far 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! OFT, IN THE STILLY NIGHT. SCOTCH AIR. Oft, in the stilly night, Ere Slumber's chain has bound me, Fond... | |
 | John Bartlett - Quotations - 1881 - 892 pages
...all that I wish thee, great, glorious, and free, First flower of the earth, and first gem of the sea. All that's bright must fade,— The brightest still...that's sweet was made But to be lost when sweetest! National Air1. All that's bright must fade. Those evening bells! those evening bells! How many a tale... | |
 | Henry George Bohn - Quotations, English - 1881 - 738 pages
...my page ! A worm is in the bud of youth. And at the root of age. Coioper, on the Bilh of Mortality, All that's bright must fade— The brightest still...that's sweet was made But to be lost when sweetest. T. Moore, Nat. Airs. Boses bloom, and then they wither, Cheeks are bright, then fade and die ; Shapes... | |
 | Thomas Moore - 1881 - 900 pages
...flower that drops in springing;— These, alas ! are types of all To which our hearts are clinging. All that's bright must fade, — The brightest still the fleetest ; All that's sweet \vas made But to be lost when sweetest ! Who would seek or prize Delights that end in aching? Who would... | |
 | Jehiel Keeler Hoyt - Quotations, English - 1882 - 914 pages
...LOCKE — Human Understanding. Bk. II. Ch.I. Lips must fade ixnd roses wither. ¿. LOWELL— The Token. and thorny way to Heaven, Whilst, like a puff'd and...libertine, Himself the primrose path of dalliance treads с Moo BE- Saliunal Airs . In the sweetest bud The eating canker dwells. d. Tim Gentlemen of Verona.... | |
 | John Robertson (LL.D., of Upton Park sch.) - 1882 - 182 pages
...the pilgrims, and these hills grateful to their sight. I cannot say whether he will visit us or not. All that's bright must fade, the brightest still the...that's sweet was made but to be lost when sweetest. I do not suppose that we Britons want genins more than the rest of our neighbours. Out of debt, out... | |
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