s destructive to the hue Of every flower that blows. Go to the field, And ask the humble daisy why it sleeps Soon as the sun departs : Why close the eyes Of blossoms infinite, ere the still moon Her oriental veil puts off? The village curate, and other poems - Page 18by James Hurdis - 1810Full view - About this book
| James Hurdis - English poetry - 1819 - 168 pages
...young, and fair. Give to the mind improvement. Let the tongue Be subject to the heart and head. Withdra* From city smoke, and trip with agile foot, Oft as...sweetest blossom nature boasts Be thus expos'd to nighf s unkindly damp. Well may it droop, and all its freshness lose, Compell'd to taste the rank and... | |
| 1810 - 544 pages
...heart and head. Withdraw From city smoke, and trip with agile foot, Oft as the day begins, the stecpy down Or velvet lawn, earning the bread you eat. Rise...infinite, long ere the moon Her oriental veil puts of}'? Think why, . Nor let the sweetest blossom nature boasts Be thus expos'd to night's unkindly damp.... | |
| John Pierpont - Recitations - 1823 - 492 pages
...with the lark, and with the lark to bed. The breath of night 's destructive to the hue Of every flower that blows. Go to the field, And ask the humble daisy...departs : Why close the eyes Of blossoms infinite, ere the still moon Her oriental veil puts off? Think why, Nor let the sweetest blossom be exposed That... | |
| Moses Severance - Readers - 1832 - 312 pages
...DIDACTIC PIECES. On Early Rising: 1. THE breath of ni«ht's destructive to the hue Of every flower that blows. Go to the field, And ask the humble daisy...departs : Why close the eyes Of blossoms infinite, ere the still moon Her oriental veil puts off? Think why, Nor let the sweetest blossom be exposed That... | |
| Lyman Cobb - Readers - 1834 - 238 pages
...bedThe breath of night is destructive to the hue Of every flower that blows. Go to the field, Arid ask the humble daisy why it sleeps, Soon as the sun departs : Why close the eyed Of blossoms infinite, ere the still moon Her oriental veil puts off? Think why, Of midnight theatre,... | |
| 1839 - 320 pages
...with the lark, and with the lark to bed. The breath of night's destructive to the hue Of every flower that blows. Go to the field, And ask the humble daisy...departs : why close the eyes Of blossoms infinite, ere the still moon Her oriental veil puts off ? Think why, Nor let the sweetest blossom be exposed... | |
| Moses Severance - Readers - 1841 - 316 pages
...PIECES. • SECTION L On Early Rising. 1. THE breath of night's destructive to the hue Of every flower that blows. Go to the field, And ask the humble daisy...it sleeps, Soon as the sun departs : Why close the eyeg Of blossoms infinite, ere the still moon Her oriental veil puts off? Think why, Nor let the sweetest... | |
| 1842 - 1008 pages
...with the lark, and with the lark to bed. The breath of night's destructive to the hue Of every flower that blows. Go to the field, And ask the humble daisy...departs : why close the eyes Of blossoms infinite, ere the still moon Her oriental veil puts off ? Think why, Nor let the sweetest blossom be exposed... | |
| James Edward Murdoch, William Russell - Elocution - 1845 - 374 pages
...with the lark, and with the lark to bed. The breath of night 's destructive to the hue Of every flower that blows. Go to the field, And ask the humble daisy...departs : Why close the eyes Of blossoms infinite, ere the still moon EXERCISES IN " PURE TONE " : — " SERIOUS " STYLE. 93 Her oriental veil puts off?... | |
| Lyman Cobb - Readers - 1845 - 252 pages
...with the lark, and with the lark to bed. The breath of night is destructive to the hue Of every flower that blows. Go to the field And ask the humble daisy...departs. Why close the eyes Of blossoms infinite, ere the still moon Her oriental veil puts off? 2. Think why, Nor let the sweetest blossom be exposed... | |
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