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 5071840Full view - About this book
| Josiah Moody Fletcher - American poetry - 1847 - 148 pages
...heavenly, hut 't is past ! Oh ! ever thus, from childhood's hour, I Jve seen my fondest hopes decay j I never loved a tree or flower, But 't was 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,... | |
| Robert Farmer (of Ealing.) - 1847 - 136 pages
...love abideth Evermore in calm delight. LOVE'S DESPAIR. " 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 blacU eye, But... | |
| Maria D. Weston - American fiction - 1848 - 332 pages
...parent, and her heart was ready to adopt the repining sentiment expressed by the poet, who says, 1 1 never loved a tree or flower But 't was the first to fade away.' This severe affliction affected the health of this hitherto delicate girl, and she really needed the... | |
| Harriet Elizabeth Mozley - 1848 - 374 pages
...reading that beautiful passage for the first time — ' '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.' So it is with him ; but how much worse than with Isabella ! Yet I do... | |
| Electronic journals - 1905 - 640 pages
...this poem, it will be remembered, that Moore reflects as follows : — 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... | |
| Great Britain - 1855 - 494 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... | |
| Conduct of life - 1863 - 896 pages
...HOME-SICKNESS AND THE HOMEWABD WAY. BY GOTTLIEB GRACBART. III. 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 iu soft black eye, But... | |
| James Fenimore Cooper - 1852 - 498 pages
...voyage to the Indies was finally at an end. CHAPTER VIII. "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." Italia Rookh. THE season had now advanced to the first days of February,... | |
| Youth - 1853 - 308 pages
...castle-falling, I will not say, in the language of Moore— " O, ever thus from, childhood's hour, IVe seen my fondest hopes decay , I never loved a tree or flower, But 'twas the first to fade away." I'll not say that. But I will say, if you will pardon the parody (and,... | |
| Francis Channing Woodworth - Birds - 1854 - 346 pages
...thought of them in a complaining and fault-finding spirit: "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, blue eye, I... | |
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