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" Oh, ever thus, from childhood's hour, I've seen my fondest hopes decay ; I never loved a tree or flower But 'twas the first to fade away ; I never nursed a dear gazelle, To glad me with its soft black eye, But when it came to know me well, And love me,... "
American Monthly Knickerbocker - Page 507
1840
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The Cyclopedia of Practical Quotations: English, Latin, and Modern Foreign ...

Mottoes - 1896 - 1224 pages
...brought back my night. «. MILTON — On His Deceased Wife. Oh ! ever thus, from childhood's hour, I've agnalls Company 'twas the first to fade away. I never nursed a dear gazelle, To glad me with its soft black eye, But...
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A Thousand and One Gems of English Poetry

Charles Mackay - English poetry - 1896 - 680 pages
...not last— Twas bright, 'twas heavenly, but 'tis past I Oh ! ever (hits, from childhood's hour, I've seen my fondest hopes decay ; I never loved a tree or flower, But 'twas the first to fade away. I never nursed a dear gazelle, To glad me with its soft black eye, But...
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Poetical Quotations from Chaucer to Tennyson: With Copious ..., Volume 1873

Samuel Austin Allibone - Quotations, English - 1896 - 794 pages
...youth, how fleeting ! MOORE: Joys of Youth How Flteting. Oh, ever thus, from childhood's hour, I've seen my fondest hopes decay ; I never loved a tree or flower, But 'twas the first to fade away. I never nursed a dear gazelle To glad me with its soft black eye, But...
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Dictionary of Quotations: (English)

Philip Hugh Dalbiac - Quotations, English - 1897 - 526 pages
...earth!" RUDYARD KIPLING. The Ballad of East and West. " Oh ! ever thus, from childhood's hour, I've seen my fondest hopes decay ; I never loved a tree or flower, But 'twas the first to fade away. " I never loved a dear gazelle, To glad me with its soft black eye, But...
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A thousand and one gems of English poetry, selected and arranged by C. Mackay

Charles Mackay - 1897 - 666 pages
...last — 'Twas bright, 'twas heavenly, but 'tis past ! Oh ! ever Ihua, from childhood's hour, I've seen my fondest hopes decay ; I never loved a tree or flower, But 'twas the first to fade away. I never nursed a dear gazelle, To glad me with its soft black eye, But...
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Animal Simples, Approved for Modern Uses of Cure

William Thomas Fernie - Animal extracts - 1899 - 600 pages
...basia, raecum Luderet, ad ccrtam mittitur illanecem ! " " Oh ! over thus from childhood's hour I've seen my fondest hopes decay ; I never loved a tree or flower, But 'twas th 3 first to fade away ! " 1 never loved a dear gazelle To glad me with its soft dark eye, But...
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British Poets of the Revolution Age: (Burns, Byron, Moore, Scott, Shelley ...

William Clarke Robinson - English poetry - 1900 - 220 pages
...heavenly, but 'tis past, My dream of love must end in tears. Oh, ever thus from childhood's hour, I've seen my fondest hopes decay; I never loved a tree or flower, But 'twas the first to fade away ; I never nursed a dear gazelle, To glad me with its soft black eye, But...
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International Library of Masterpieces, Literature, Art and Rare ..., Volume 22

Harry Thurston Peck - Literature - 1901 - 396 pages
...could not last — 'T was bright, 't was heavenly, but 'tifl parti Oh ! ever thus f roin childhood's hour I 've seen my fondest hopes decay ; I never loved...tree or flower, But 't was the first to fade away. I never nurst a dear gazelle To glad me with its soft black eye But when it came to know me well And...
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Bermondsey: Its Historic Memories and Associations

Edward T. Clarke - Bermondsey (London, England) - 1901 - 330 pages
...apart for my special culture. But I had fancied failures. "' Oh, ever thus from childhood's hour I've seen my fondest hopes decay ; I never loved a tree or flower, But 'twas the first to fade away.' " Still, what I attributed to Fate was, in most cases, traceable to...
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Familiar Quotations: A Collection of Passages, Phrases, and Proverbs Traced ...

Quotations - 1903 - 1186 pages
.../«j. But the trail of the serpent is over them all. ibid. Oh, ever thus, from childhood's hour, 1 've seen my fondest hopes decay ; I never loved a tree or flower But 't was the first to fade away. I never nurs'da dear gazelle, To glad me with its soft black eye, But when it came to know me well...
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