Twas his own voice — she could not err — Throughout the breathing world's extent There was but one such voice for her, So kind, so soft, so eloquent ! Oh ! sooner shall the rose of May Mistake her own sweet nightingale, And to some meaner minstrel's... The Star-seer: A Poem, in Five Cantos - Page 73by William Dearden - 1837 - 173 pagesFull view - About this book
| 1894 - 792 pages
...him to break forth into those passionate and touching complaints which were laid to his charge : " Oh, sooner shall the rose of May Mistake her own sweet...shall ever doubt a tone, A breath of the beloved one !" The stirrings of love's folded wings are felt within the heart of the bird ; ho sings to the stars... | |
| Thomas Moore - Irish poetry - 1817 - 374 pages
...Throughout the breathing world's extent There was but one such voice for her, So kind, so soft, so eloquent! Oh! sooner shall the rose of May Mistake her own sweet...shall ever doubt a tone, A breath of the beloved one! Though blest, 'mid all her ills, to think She has that one beloved near, Whose smile, though met on... | |
| Thomas Moore - Bactria - 1817 - 416 pages
...the breathing world's extent There was but one such voice for her, . So kind, so soft, so eloquent ! Oh ! sooner shall the rose of May Mistake her own...meaner minstrel's lay Open her bosom's glowing veil, 4 Than Love shall ever doubt a tone, A breath of the beloved one ! 4 A frequent image among the oriental... | |
| Thomas Moore - 1823 - 428 pages
...the breathing world's extent There was but one such voice for her, So kind, so soft, so eloquent ! Oh ! sooner shall the rose of May Mistake her own...shall ever doubt a tone, A breath of the beloved one ! Though blest, 'mid all her ills, to think She has that one beloved near, Whose smile, though met... | |
| Thomas Moore - 1823 - 422 pages
...the breathing world's extent There was but one such voice for her, So kind, so soft, so eloquent ! Oh ! sooner shall the rose of May Mistake her own...shall ever doubt a tone, A breath of the beloved one ! Though blest, 'mid all her ills, to think She has that one beloved near, Whose smile, though met... | |
| Elizabeth Kent - Botany - 1823 - 498 pages
...nightingale ; yet he wishes not in his constant heart for more than the sweet breath of his beloved Rose." " Oh ! sooner shall the rose of May Mistake her own...shall ever doubt a tone, A breath of the beloved one." " though rich the spot With every flower this earth has got, What is it to the nightingale If there... | |
| Henry Phillips - Ornamental trees - 1823 - 350 pages
...yet he wishes not, in his constant heart, for more than the sweet breath of his beloved rose."* t( Oh ! sooner shall the rose of May Mistake her own...meaner minstrel's lay Open her bosom's glowing veil." T. MOORE. The Ghebers say, that when Abraham, their great prophet, was thrown into the fire by order... | |
| Susan Ferrier - 1824 - 372 pages
...BLACKWOOD, EDINBURGH : AND T. CADELL, LONDON. MDCCCXXIV. Prof-GL Kittredge. THE INHERITANCE. CHAPTER I. Oh ! sooner shall the rose of May Mistake her own...shall ever doubt a tone, A breath of the beloved one ! LALLA ROOKH. MEANWHILE the lovers had much to say to each other ; but, for a time, the eloquence... | |
| Susan Ferrier - 1824 - 380 pages
...the appearance of sauntering along quite at their ease, and deaf to his repeated calls. CHAPTER XX, Oh ! sooner shall the rose of May, Mistake her own...shall ever doubt a tone, A breath of the beloved one ! LALLA KOOKH. MEANWHILE the lovers had much to say to each? other ; but, for a time, the eloquence... | |
| Henry Phillips - Emblems - 1825 - 414 pages
...its beauty and dispenses its odours when Philomel begins to warble. T. Moore says in Lai la Rookh, " Oh ! sooner shall the rose of May Mistake her own...shall ever doubt a tone, A breath of the beloved one." PREFERENCE. SCARLET GERANIUM. " Geranium boasts Her crimson honours." Cowper. This emblem originated... | |
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