 And a dew was distill'd from their flowers, that gave All the fragrance of summer, when summer was gone. Thus memory draws from delight, ere it dies, An essence that breathes of it many a year...  The Works of Thomas Moore, Esq - Page 83by Thomas Moore - 1825 - 6 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Thomas Moore - 1881 - 900 pages
...roses soon wither'd that hung o'er the wave. But some blossoms were gather'd, while freshly they shone And a dew was distill'd from their flowers, that gave...dies, An essence that breathes of it many a year; Phus bright to my soul, as 'twas then to my eyns, Is that bower on the banks of the calm Bendemeer... | |
 | Juliana Horatia Ewing - Adventure stories - 1881 - 370 pages
...hung o'er the wave, But some blossoms were gathered while freshly they shone, And a dew was distilled from their flowers, that gave All the fragrance of summer when summer was gone." If making pot-pourri after my mother's old family recipe had been the chief duty of able-bodied seamen,... | |
 | Literary and Philosophical Society of Liverpool - Humanities - 1883 - 372 pages
...hung o'er the wave, But some blossoms were gathered, while freshly they shone, And a dew was distilled from their flowers, that gave All the fragrance of summer, when summer was gone. Thus, at the moment the perfume escapes from the flower, man seizes it, masters it, and uses it to increase... | |
 | David Charles Bell - 1885 - 344 pages
...o'er the wave, But some blossoms were gathered, while freshly they shone ; And a dew was distilled from their flowers, that gave All the fragrance of...to my eyes, Is that bower on the banks of the calm Beudeuic^: . 38.—TO A BEE.— Southey. Thou wast out betimes, thou busy, busy Bee1 ! — As abroad... | |
 | Eleanor Vere Boyle - Poetry - 1885 - 322 pages
...Bendemeer ? No, the Roses soon wither'd that hung o'er the wave, But some blossoms were gather'd, while And a dew was distill'd from their flowers, that gave...it dies, An essence that breathes of it many a year ; Thusbrighttomysoul, as'twasthentomyeyes, Is that bower on the banks of the calm Bendemeer. Thomas... | |
 | Minnesota Horticultural Society - 1886 - 998 pages
...hung o'er the wave, But some blossoms were gathered while freshly they shone, And a dew was distilled from their flowers that gave All the fragrance of...year, Thus bright to my soul, as 'twas then to my eyes These few instances mar suffice to show the salutary effects of "Nature's silent. teachers," and now... | |
 | English wit and humor - 1886 - 300 pages
...wave, But some beans had been gathered, the la.st that hung on And a soup was distilled in a kettle, that gave All the fragrance of summer when summer...delight, ere it dies, An essence that breathes of it awfully hard ; And thus good to my taste as 'twas then to my eyes, Is that bower of bean-vines in Benjamin's... | |
 | Literary and Philosophical Society of Liverpool - 1888 - 372 pages
...hung o'er the wave, But some blossoms were gathered, while freshly they shone, And a dew was distilled from their flowers, that gave All the fragrance of summer, when summer was gone. Thus, at the moment the perfume escapes from the flower, man seizes it, masters it, and uses it to increase... | |
 | Benjamin Hall Kennedy, James Riddell, George William Clark - English poetry - 1890 - 522 pages
...o'er the wave ; but some blossoms were gathered, while freshly they shone, and a dew was distilled from their flowers, that gave all the fragrance of...Summer was gone, thus memory draws from delight, ere it die?, an essence that breathes of it many a year ; thus bright to my soul, as 'twas then to my eyes,... | |
 | 1892 - 732 pages
...Persia that first when ' Some blossoms were gathered, while freshly they shone, A dew was distilled from their flowers, that gave All the fragrance of summer, when summer was gone.' The story goes that the mother of the Shah Nour-Djihan in honour of her son in the year 1612, held... | |
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