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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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English Authors: A Handbook of English Literature from Chaucer to Living Writers

Mildred Lewis Rutherford - English literature - 1906 - 806 pages
...not last,— 'Twas bright, 'twas heavenly. but 'tis past: O, 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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The Poets and the Poetry of the Nineteenth Century, Volume 2

English poetry - 1905 - 622 pages
...last — 'Twas bright, 'twas heavenly, but 'tis past ! 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 nurs'da dear gazelle, To glad me with its soft black eye, But...
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The Real America in Romance: With Reading Courses, Being a ..., Volume 4

John Roy Musick - United States - 1908 - 418 pages
...could not last, "Twas bright, 'twas heavenly, but 'tis past. 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. —MOORE. ON the nineteenth day of October, 1597, an English vessel,...
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Precious Stones: for Curative Wear: And Other Remedial Uses: Likewise the ...

William Thomas Fernie - Medicine, Magic, mystic, and spagiric - 1907 - 518 pages
...the same upon his hat, after the manner of a hatband. " 'Twas 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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The Golden Treasury of Irish Songs and Lyrics, Volume 2

Charles Welsh - Ballads, English - 1907 - 650 pages
...your eyes, my Nora Creina. O O EVER THUS, FROM CHILDHOOD'S HOUR 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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English Poetry (1170-1892).

John Matthews Manly - English poetry - 1907 - 616 pages
...last — 'Twas bright, 'twas heavenly, but 'tis past ! Oh ! ever thus, from childhood's hour, I've seen my fondest hopes decay; I never loved a tree or flower, 30 But 'twas the first to fade away. I never nursed a dear gazelle, To glad me with its soft black...
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Checkerberry

Lucretia S. McDonald - American fiction - 1908 - 292 pages
...feel very much like repeating that old, wornout story : ' 'Twas ever thus from childhood's hour ; I've seen my fondest hopes decay. I never loved a tree or flower But it was first to fade away.' " "Who is going to leave you, dear? Not Prissy?" laughed Mrs. Bossford,...
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History of Whiteside County, Illinois from Its Earliest Settlement ..., Volume 1

William W. Davis - Whiteside County (Ill.) - 1908 - 678 pages
...only a tottering brick wall stands on the bank of the river. 0, 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. Now a return to the former manufacturing activity is projected by the...
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The Old Curiosity Shop: and Master Humphrey's Clock

Charles Dickens - 1908 - 684 pages
...been the same with me," said Mr. Swiveller, "always. 'Twas 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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Courage and Comfort: Or, Sunday Morning Thoughts

James Britton Cranfill - Bible - 1908 - 526 pages
...hand, were these words from Moore's "Lalla Rookh" : — " 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." That has been the refrain from many a blighted life, and •vill he...
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