 | Samuel Johnson - 1779 - 426 páginas
...the flowers of the field i When its leaves are all dead, and fine colours are loft, Still how fweet a perfume it will yield ! So frail is the youth and the beauty of men, Though they bloom and look gay like the RoFe i But all our fond care to preferve them is vain... | |
 | English poets - 1790 - 264 páginas
...fade in an hour, And they wither and die in a day. Yet Vet the Rofe has one powerful virtue to boalt, Above all the flowers of the field : When its leaves are all dead, and fine colours are loft, Still how fweet a perfume it will yield ! So frail is the youth and the beauty of men, Though... | |
 | Vicesimus Knox - 1791 - 966 páginas
...the flow'rs of the field : [loft, When its leaves arc all dead, and fine colours arc Still how fwect a perfume it will yield ! So frail is the youth and the beautv of men, Tho' they bloom and look g^y like the rofc : But all our fond care to profervc them... | |
 | Richard Johnson - 1793 - 198 páginas
...And they wither and die in a day. Yet the Rofe has one powerful virtue to boaft Above all the flow'rs of the field, When its leaves are all dead, and fine colours are loft, Still how fweet a perfume it will yield ! So frail is the youth and the beauty of men, Tho' they... | |
 | 1794 - 954 páginas
...to fade in an hour, And they wither and die in a day. Yet the rofe has one powerful virtue to boaft, Above all the flowers of the field : When its leaves are all dead, and line colours are Still how fweet a perfume it will yield ! [loft, So frail is th-' youth and the ber.uty... | |
 | W. M. - 1801 - 356 páginas
...they wither and die in a day. Yet the rofe has one powerful virtue to boaft, Above all the flow'rs of the field: When its leaves are all dead, and fine colours are ' loft, Still how fweet a perfume it will yield ! So frail is the youth and the beauty of men, ,Tho"... | |
 | 1803 - 250 páginas
...And.they, wither and die in n day. Yet the role has one powerful virtue to boafl, . Above all theflow'rs of the field : When its leaves Are all dead', and fine colours are loft, Still how fweet a perfume will it yield ! So frail is the youth and the beauty of men, Tho' they... | |
 | William Mitford - 1804 - 462 páginas
...nightlingale's fong | in the grove. Seattle. .Yet the rofe | has one powerful vir|tue to boaft Far above | all the flowers | of the field ; When its leaves | are all dead | and iti 1 6|lnrs all Iml, Still how fweet | a perfume | it will yield ! Defpair|ing beside | a clear ftr£am,... | |
 | Elegant extracts - 1805 - 1054 páginas
...the flow'rs of the field : [loft, When its leaves are all dead, and fine colours are Still how fweet a perfume it will yield ! So frail is the youth and the beauty of men, Tho' they bloom and look gay like the rofe; But all our fond cnre to preferve them is vain ; Time... | |
 | William Burdon - 1805 - 108 páginas
...they wither and die in a day. Yet the rofe has one pow'rful virtue to boaft, Above all the flow'rs of the field : When its leaves are all dead, and fine colours loft, Still how how fweet a perfume it will yield I So frail is the youth and the beauty of men, Tho'... | |
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How fair is the rose ! what a beautiful flower ! The glory of April and May ! But the leaves are beginning to fade in an hour, 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... 
