Beauty is but a vain and doubtful good, A shining gloss, that fadeth suddenly ; A flower that dies, when first it 'gins to bud ; A brittle glass, that's broken presently : A doubtful good, a gloss, a glass, a flower, Lost, faded, broken, dead within an... Conversation; or, Shades of difference - Page 34by Heron - 1821Full view - About this book
| Cyclopaedia - 1853 - 772 pages
...flower that dies, when first it 'gins to bud; A brittle glass, that's broken presently; A doubtful good, a gloss, a glass, a flower, Lost, faded, broken, dead within an hour. And as goods lost are seld or never found, As faded gloss no rubbing will refresh, As flowers dead... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1853 - 608 pages
...flower that dies when first it 'gins to bud ; A brittle glass, that 's broken presently ; A doubtful good, a gloss, a glass, a flower, Lost, faded, broken, dead within an hour. And as good lost, is seld or never found, As faded gloss no rubbing will refresh, As flowers dead,... | |
| William Shakespeare, John Payne Collier - 1853 - 484 pages
...flower that dies, when first it 'gins to bud ; A brittle glass, that 's broken presently : A doubtful good, a gloss, a glass, a flower, Lost, faded, broken, dead within an hour. And as goods lost are seld or never found, As faded gloss no rubbing will refresh ; As flowers dead... | |
| Tryon Edwards - Quotations, English - 1853 - 442 pages
...suddenly, A flower that dies when it begins to bud, A little glass that's broken presently : A doubtful good, a gloss, a glass, a flower, Lost, faded, broken, dead within an hour. Shakspeare. Beauty, That transitory flower : even while it lasts Falls on the roving sense when held... | |
| Methodist Episcopal Church - 1855 - 852 pages
...flower that dies, when first It 'gins to bud ; A brittle glass, that's broken presently; A doubtful good, a gloss, a glass, a flower, Lost, faded, broken, dead within an hour. And u good lost, la seld or never found, -Aa fndin? jrloss no rubbing will refresh, As flowers dead,... | |
| John Timbs - Aphorisms and apothegms - 1856 - 374 pages
...flower that dies, when first it 'gins to bud ; A brittle glass, that's broken presently : A doubtful good, a gloss, a glass, a flower, Lost, faded, broken, dead within an hour. And as goods lost are seld or never found, As faded gloss no rubbing will refresh, As flowers dead... | |
| Aphorisms and apothegms - 1856 - 372 pages
...flower that dies, when first it 'gins to bud ; A brittle glass, that's broken presently: A doubtful good, a gloss, a glass, a flower, Lost, faded, broken, dead within an hour. And as goods lost are seld or never found, As faded gloss no rubbing will refresh, As flowers dead... | |
| Aphorisms and apothegms - 1856 - 570 pages
...flower that dies, when first it 'gins to bud ; A brittle glass, that's broken presently ; A doubtful Good, a Gloss, a Glass, a flower, Lost, faded, broken, dead within an hour. And as Good lost, is seld or never found, As fading Gloss no rubbing will refresh, As flowers dead,... | |
| Lutheran Church - 1857 - 398 pages
...A flower that dies when first it begins to bud, A brittle glaps that's broken presently. A doubtful good, a gloss, a glass, a flower, Lost, faded, broken, dead, within an hour," and their aspirations may then be directed towards the unfading beauties and glories of the upper world.... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1857 - 336 pages
...flower that dies, when first it "gins to bud ; A brittle glass, that 's broken presently : A doubtful good, a gloss, a glass, a flower. Lost, faded, broken, dead within an hour. And as goods lost are seld or never found ; As faded gloss no rubbing will refresh ; As flowers dead... | |
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