 | 1847 - 446 pągines
...declines, she droops and monru. Bedew'd (as 'twere) with tears, til] he returns; And, how she vails her flowers when he is gone, As if she scorned to...eye ; or, did contemn To wait upon a meaner light than him. When this I meditate, metlmiks, the flowera Have spirits far more generous than oura ; And... | |
 | Anna Maria Hall - 1847 - 862 pągines
...tears, till he returns; How, when he down declines, she droops and mourn, And, how she vails her (lowers when he is gone, As if she scorned to be looked on By au inferior eye ; or, did contemn To wait upon a meaner light than him. When this I meditate, mi -thinks,... | |
 | Frederic Shoberl - 1848 - 414 pągines
...Phoebus spreads his rays; How she observes him in his daily walk Still bending toward him her small slender stalk ; How, when he down declines, she droops...Bedew'd as 'twere with tears till he returns; And how ehe veils her flowers when he is gone, As if she scorned to be looked upon By an inferior eye, or did... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1849 - 578 pągines
...declines, she droops and mourns, Bedewed, as 'twere with tears, till he returns ; . GEORGE WITHER. And how she veils her flowers when he is gone, As...inferior eye ; or did contemn To wait upon a meaner light than him ; — When this I meditate, methinks the flowers Have spirits far more generous than ours,... | |
 | 1851 - 496 pągines
...bending towards him her small slender stalK. How, when he down declines, she droops and mou Bedew' d as 'twere with tears, till he returns ; And how she...inferior eye ; or did contemn To wait upon a meaner light than him : — • When thus I meditate, methinks the flowers Have spirits far more generous than ours,... | |
 | Naturalist pseud, Edward Wilson (M.A., F.L.S.) - 1852 - 444 pągines
...spreads his rays ; How she observes him in his daily walk, Still bending towards him her small tender stalk : How, when he down declines, she droops and...eye ; or, did contemn To wait upon a meaner light than him. When this I meditate, methinks, the flowers Have spirits far more generous than ours ; And... | |
 | Cyclopaedia, Henry Gardiner Adams - 1854 - 762 pągines
...rays, How she observes him in his daily walk. Still bending towards him her small slender stalk. For when he down declines, she droops and mourns, Bedew'd,...inferior eye, or did contemn To wait upon a meaner light than him. When this I meditate, methinks the flowers Have spirits far more generous than ours; And... | |
 | 1854 - 456 pągines
...ben-iing towards him her small, slender stalk ; How, wnen he down declines, she droops and mourns, SONNET. And how she veils her flowers when he is gone, As...inferior eye, or did contemn To wait upon a meaner light than him : — When I thus meditate, methinks the flowers Have spirits far more generous than ours,... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1854 - 350 pągines
...she droops and ,' '' \; \''^ mourns, r.vT" > Bedew'd as 'twere with tears, till he returns; H) : • And how she veils her flowers when he is gone, !•• .; As if she scorned to be look'd upon • """'It '' " } By an inferior eye ; or did contemn C1' Ji'\:'.'l : , • • ; v" To... | |
 | Christian year - 1855 - 364 pągines
...t'wards him her small slender stalk ; How when he down declines she droops and mourns, Bedewed as 't were with tears till he returns ; And how she veils her...flowers when he is gone, As if she scorned to be looked upon By an inferior eye ; or did contemn To wait upon a meaner light than him. When thus I meditate,... | |
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When this I meditate, methinks the flowers Have spirits far more generous than ours, And give us fair examples, to despise The servile fawnings and idolatries Wherewith we court these earthly things below, Which merit not the service we bestow. 
