 | American poetry - 1855 - 458 pages
...Thrill the deepest notes of woe. TO BLOSSOMS. — Herridc. FAIR pledges of a fruitful tree, Why do ye fall so fast ? Your date is not so past, But you may stay yet here a while To blush and gently smile, Then go at last. What ! were ye born to be An hour or halfs delight,... | |
 | Anna Cabot Lowell - American poetry - 1855 - 452 pages
...Thrill the deepest notes of woe. TO BLOSSOMS. — Herrick. FAIR pledges of a fruitful tree, Why do ye fall so fast ? Your date is not so past, But you may stay yet here a while To blush and gently smile, Then go at last. What ! were ye born to be An hour or half's delight,... | |
 | Benjamin Hall Kennedy - 1856 - 384 pages
...and bravery ! Thy songs were made for the pure and free ; They shall never sound in slavery." 799. Fair pledges of a fruitful tree, Why do you fall so...awhile To blush, and gently smile, And go at last. An hour or half's delight, And so to bid good night ? 'T was pity nature brought ye forth Merely to... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - English literature - 1856 - 800 pages
...with grief are, and with tears brought forth." TO BLOSSOMS. Fair pledges of a fruitful tree, Why do ye fall so fast? Your date is not so past, But you may...blush and gently smile, And go at last. What, were ye born to be An hour or half's delight, And so to bid good-night ? Tis pity nature brought ye forth... | |
 | 1856 - 796 pages
...judgeth righteously I (To be continued ) TO BLOSSOMS. Fair pledges of a fruitful tree. Why do ye fall to fast? Your date is not so past, But you may stay yet...blush and gently smile, And go at last What ! were ye born to be An hour or half's delight, And so to hid good night ? 'Twas pity Nature brought you forth... | |
 | Henry Van Dyke - American poetry - 1905 - 354 pages
...let 's go a-Maying. ^° 1648. Robert Herrick. TO BLOSSOMS FAIR pledges of a fruitful tree, Why do ye fall so fast? Your date is not so past But you may...awhile, To blush and gently smile; And go at last. 6 What ! were ye born to be An hour or halfs delight, And so to bid good-night? 'T was pity Nature... | |
 | Robert Herrick - English poetry - 1906 - 362 pages
...and the Civick Crown. 155 TO BLOSSOMS I. Faire pledges of a fruitfull Tree, Why do yee fall so fast f Your date is not so past ; But you may stay yet here a while, To blush and gently smile ; And go at last. a. What, were yee borne to be An houre or half... | |
 | William Stanley Braithwaite - English poetry - 1907 - 892 pages
...mortal for thy love." W. Shakespeare 26. To Blossoms Tj*AIR pledges of a fruitful tree, -*• Why do ye fall so fast ? Your date is not so past But you may...blush and gently smile, And go at last. What! were ye born to be An hour or half's delight, And so to bid good night ? Twas pity Nature brought you forth... | |
 | Robert Pickett Scott - English poetry - 1907 - 458 pages
...Still-born in London town ! Perceval Gibbon. To Blossoms AIR pledges of a fruitful tree, Why do ye fall so fast? Your date is not so past, But you may...blush and gently smile, And go at last. What, were ye born to be An hour or half's delight, And so to bid good-night? 'T was pity Nature brought ye forth... | |
 | Robert Herrick - 1907 - 322 pages
...imply Thy love had one knot, mine a triple tie. TO BLOSSOMS FAIR pledges of a fruitful tree, Why do ye fall so fast? Your date is not so past But you may stay yet here a while, To blush and gently smile ; And go at last. What ! were ye born to be An hour or halfs delight,... | |
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To BLOSSOMS FAIR pledges of a fruitful tree. Why do ye fall so fast? Your date is not so past, But you may stay yet here awhile To blush and gently smile, And go at last. 
