And it seem'd to a fanciful view To weep for the buds it had left, with regret, On the flourishing bush where it grew. I hastily seized it, unfit as it was For a nosegay, so dripping and drown'd, And swinging it rudely, too rudely, alas! I snapp'd it,... Poems - Page 192by William Cowper - 1814 - 268 pagesFull view - About this book
| John Latham - 1853 - 304 pages
...down its beautiful head. • The cup was all fil1'd, and the leaves were all wet; And it seem'd, to a fanciful view, To weep for the buds it had left with regret On the flourishing bush where it grew. I hastily seized it, unfit as it was For a nosegay, so dripping... | |
| William Cowper - 1853 - 520 pages
...weigh'd down its beautiful head. The cup was all fill'd, and the leaves were all wet, And it feem'd to a fanciful view To weep for the buds it had left with regret On the flourifhing bufh where it grew. I haftily feized it, unfit as it was For a nofegay, fo dripping... | |
| William Cowper - 1854 - 806 pages
...wash'd, just wash'd in a show'r The cup was all fill'd, and tho leaves were all wot, And it sccrn'd to a fanciful view, To weep for the buds it had left with regret, On the flourishing bush where it grew I hastily seiz'd it, unfit as it was For a nosegay, so dripping... | |
| William Cowper, Robert Southey - 1854 - 482 pages
...weigh'd down its beautiful head. The cup was all fill'd, and the leaves were all wet, And it seem'd, to a fanciful view, To weep for the buds it had left with regret On the flourishing bush where it grew. I hastily seized it, unfit as it was For a nosegay, so dripping... | |
| William Cowper - 1854 - 488 pages
...down its beautiful head. 2 The cup was all fill'd, and the leaves were all wet, And it seem'd, to a fanciful view, To weep for the buds it had left, with regret, On the flourishing bush where it grew. 3 I hastily seized it, unfit as it was For a nosegay, so dripping... | |
| William Cowper, Henry Stebbing - 1854 - 850 pages
...down its beautiful head. The cup was all fill'd, and the lea'ves were all wet, And it seem'd, to a fanciful view, To weep for the buds it had left with regret On the flourishing bush where it grew. I hastily seized it, unfit as it was For a nosegay, so dripping... | |
| William Cowper - 1855 - 582 pages
...weigh'd down its beautiful head. The cup was all fill'd, and the leaves were all wet, And it seem'd, to a fanciful view, To weep for the buds it had left, with regret, On the flourishing bush where it grew. I hastily seized it, unfit as it was For a nosegay, so dripping... | |
| Collection - 1856 - 120 pages
...weigh'd down its beautiful head. The cup was all fill'd, and the leaves were all wet, And it seem'd to a fanciful view To weep for the buds it had left with regret, On the flourishing bush where it grew. I hastily seized it, unfit as it was For a nosegay, so dripping... | |
| English poetry - 1857 - 334 pages
...weighed down its beautiful head. The cup was all filled, and the leaves were all wet, And it seemed, to a fanciful view, To weep for the buds it had left with regret On the flourishing bush where it grew. I hastily seized it, unfit as it was For a nosegay, so dripping... | |
| John Guy (Schoolmaster.) - 1858 - 248 pages
...weigh'd down its beautiful head. The cup was all fill'd, and the leaves were all wet, And it seem'd, to a fanciful view, To weep for the buds it had left with regret On the flourishing bush were it grew. I hastily seiz'd it, unfit as it was, For a nosegay, so dripping... | |
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