 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
 | William Jones (theologian.) - Bible - 1879 - 516 pages
...flower that dieth 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." But spiritual beauty is a pure good, and it never perishes. "Truth, love, and holiness are Divine,... | |
 | Charles John Plumptre - Elocution - 1881 - 524 pages
...vision, Leave not a rack behind. 7. Beauty is but a vain, a fleeting good, A shining gloss that fadeth suddenly ; A flower that dies when almost in the bud, A brittle glass that breaketh presently ; A doubtful good, a gloss, a glass, a flower, Lost, faded, broken, dead, within an hour. 8. Proclaim it,... | |
 | Henry George Bohn - Quotations, English - 1881 - 738 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. Sh Pass. Pilgr. 10. Beauty itself doth of itself persuade The eyes of men without an orator. Sh. Bape... | |
 | Duchess - Dime novels - 1881 - 348 pages
...A flower that dieth 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." Mere beauty of form and feature will fade indeed, but Mona's beauty lies not altogether in nose or... | |
 | mrs. Alexander Fraser - 1882 - 304 pages
...suddenly, A flower that dieth when first gives 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 Quita, from her distant perch, marked it all, and turned away her face to the window impatiently.... | |
 | Lucy Crane - Aesthetics - 1882 - 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." Now, when in our times a man or woman possesses great natural advantages, a certain self-consciousness... | |
 | William Shakespeare - English drama - 1883 - 596 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 - 1883 - 972 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... | |
 | Craufurd Tait Ramage - Quotations, Latin - 1884 - 694 pages
...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 hour." SECRECY. If you would wish another to keep your secret, first keep it yourself. THE HUMBLE. Fortune... | |
 | Truths - 1885 - 572 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,... | |
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