 And they wither and die in a day. Yet the rose has one powerful virtue to boast, Above all the flowers of the field: When its leaves are all dead, and fine colors are lost, Still how sweet a perfume it will yield!  Stories for standard i (-vi). - Página 116por mrs. William Thomas Greenup - 1880Vista completa - Acerca de este libro
 | Isaac Watts - 1807 - 410 páginas
...fine colours are lost, Still how sweet a perfume it will yield ! So frail is the youth and the beanty of men, Though they bloom and look gay like the rose...is vain ; Time kills them as fast as he goes. Then III not be proud of my yonth or my beanty, Since both of them wither and fade : But gain a good name... | |
 | Vicesimus Knox - 1809 - 604 páginas
...colors arc Still how sweet a perfume it will yield ! So frail is the youth and the beauty of men, Tho' of gay castles in the clouds thai pass, For ever flushing round a summer sky ; inyyonthormy beauty, Since bctii of them wither and fade; But gain agond name by well doinsr my duty... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 554 páginas
...Still how sweet a perfume it will yield ! So frail is the youth and the beauty of men, Though thi:y bloom and look gay like the rose; But all our fond...is vain ; Time kills them as fast as he goes. Then I 'II not be proud of my youth or my beauty, Since both of them wither and fade ; But gain a good name... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 558 páginas
...the llowers of the field: Whru its leares are all dead, and finecolours are lost, Thouch they hloom and look gay like the rose • But all our fond care...preserve them is vain; Time kills them as fast as l,e goes. Then I 'II not he proud of my youth or my heauty. Since hoth of th"m wither and fade; But... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 556 páginas
...is the youth and the beauty of men, Though they bloom and look gay like the rose; But all our fund care to preserve them is vain ; Time kills them as fast as be goes. Then I 'II not be proud of my youth or my beauty, Since both of them wither and fade ; But... | |
 | Isaac Watts - 1813 - 574 páginas
...are lost, Still how sweet a perfume it will y,. U ! 5 Sofrmilistheyouth and the beauty of man, Tho' they bloom and look gay like the Rose : But all our...them is vain ; Time kills them as fast as he goes. 4 Then I'll not be proud of my youth or my beauty, Since both of them wither and fade , But gain a... | |
 | Abner Alden - 1814 - 222 páginas
...dead, and fine colou: s are lost, Still how sweet a perfume it will yield ! II. So frail is the youih and the beauty of men, Though they bloom and look...as he goes. , Then I'll not be proud of my youth, 01 my beauty, Since both of them wither and fade : , But gain a good name by well doing my duty : This... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1814 - 234 páginas
...yield! So frail is the youth, and the beauty of man, Tho, they bloom and look gay like the rose ; For all our fond care to preserve them is vain ; Time...fast as he goes. Then I'll not be proud of my youth or my beauty, Since both of them wither and fade : But gain a good name by performing my duty ; .,... | |
 | William Jillard Hort - 1822 - 186 páginas
...yield. So frail are the youth and the beauty of man, Though they bloom and look gay like the Rose : For all our fond care to preserve them is vain, Time kills them as fast as he goes. Then we'll not be proud, or of youth, or of beauty, Since both of them wither and fade ; But gain a good... | |
 | William Jillard Hort - 1822 - 234 páginas
...So frail is the youth and *he beauty of man, Though they bloom and look gay like the- rose : c For all our fond care to preserve them is vain ; Time kills them as fast as he goes. Let none, then, be proud of their youth or their beauty, Since both of them wither and fade ; But gain... | |
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