 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
 | College students' writings, Irish (English) - 1873 - 466 pages
...roses soon wither'd that hung oer the wave, But some blossoms were gather'd, while freshly they shone, And a dew was distill'd from their flowers, that gave...breathes of it many a year; Thus bright to my soul, as 't was then to my eyes, Is that bower on the banks of the calm Bendemeer ! MOORE. SStar. WAR, if thou... | |
 | Joseph Wilis - 1874 - 80 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." ENTERING my study rather late one morning, I saw a bit of paper on the floor, creased, torn, time-worn.... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1878 - 274 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. Tints memory draws from delight, ere it dies, An essence that breathes of it many a year ; Thus bright... | |
 | English literature - 1879 - 512 pages
...o'er the wave, lint some blossoms were gaiher'd while freshly they shone, And a dew was dUlill'd Irom their flowers, that gave All the fragrance of summer,...to my eyes, Is that bower on the banks of the calm liemlemeer 1" These verses arc perfect ; and even more complete and exquisite than the Birds' Song... | |
 | Thomas Moore, John Francis Waller - Irish poetry - 1879 - 572 pages
...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...gone. Thus memory draws from delight, ere it dies, Ar essence that breathes of it many a year; Thus bright to ray soul, as 'twas then to my eyes, Is that... | |
 | James Burke - 1879 - 276 pages
...hung o'er the wave, But some blossoms were gather'd while freshly they shone, And a dew was distilled from their flowers, that gave All the fragrance of summer, when summer was gone. Thus mem'ry draws from delight ere it dies, An essence that breathes of it many a year ; Thus bright to... | |
 | Children's literature - 1879 - 782 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,... | |
 | 1879 - 516 pages
...the wave, IJut some blossoms were gather'd while freshly they slionc, And a dew was distill'd |rom their flowers, that gave All the fragrance of summer, when summer was gone. Tims memory draws from delight, ere it dies, An essence that breathes ot it many a year ; Thus bright... | |
 | Frank Sanford Clifford - Perfumes industry - 1880 - 382 pages
...hung o'er the wave, But somu blossoms were gathered while freslUy they shone, And a dew was distilled from their flowers that gave All the fragrance of summer when summer was gone." Thus the sweet, but evanescent aroma, which would otherwise be scattered to the winds of heaven, assumes... | |
 | American poetry - 1881 - 520 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...breathes of it many a year ; Thus bright to my soul, as 't was then to my eyes, Is that bower on the banks of the calm Bendemeer ! THOMAS MOORE. Evening brings... | |
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