MY life is like the summer rose That opens to the morning sky, But ere the shades of evening close Is scattered on the ground— to die. Yet on the rose's humble bed The sweetest dews of night are shed, As if she wept the waste to see, — But none shall... The New-Orleans Book - Halaman 35diedit oleh - 1851 - 384 halamanTampilan utuh - Tentang buku ini
| United States. Congress - 1891 - 88 halaman
...when he became master of the situation. His sunset was premature, but it was golden. His life was — Like the summer rose, That opens to the morning sky,...evening close Is scattered on the ground — to die. He will sleep in the environs of Elmwood, on the banks of the mightiest of rivers, within the limits... | |
| Francis Henry Underwood - 1893 - 700 halaman
...[Born in Dublin, Ireland, September 24. 1789. Died at New Orleans, September 10, 1847, STANZAS. Mv life is like the summer rose, That opens to the morning sky. But ere (he shades of evening close, Is scattered on the ground to die ! Yet on the rose's humble bed The sweetest... | |
| Louise Manly - 1895 - 542 halaman
...[unfinished.] Tasso, (containing translations of poems.) Hesreria. Petrarch. MY LIFE IS LIKE THE SUMMER ROSE. My life is like the summer rose, That opens to the morning sky, And ere the shades of evening close, Is scattered on the ground to die; Yet on that rose's humble bed... | |
| Louise Manly - 1895 - 554 halaman
...[unfinished.] Tasso, (containing translations of poems.) Hesperia. Petrarch. MY LIFE IS LIKE THE SUMMER ROSE. My life is like the summer rose, • That opens to the morning sky, And ere the shades of evening close, Is scattered on the ground to die; Yet on that rose's humble bed... | |
| Charles Mackay - 1896 - 680 halaman
...bucket, The moss-covered bucket that hangs in the well ! Hunv WILDE.] MY LIFE IS LIKE THE SUMMER ROSE. My life is like the summer rose That opens to the morning sky, nigh it, Yet on the rose's humble bed The sweetest dews of night are shed, As if she wept the waste... | |
| Charles Mackay - 1897 - 666 halaman
...moss-covered bucket that hangs in the well ! [RICHARD HHNEY WILDE.] MY LIFE IS LIKE THE SUMMER ROSE. MY life is like the summer rose That opens to the morning sky, But ere the shades of evening cloie. Is scattered on the ground— to die Yet on the rose's humble bed The sweetest dews of night... | |
| Southern Historical Society - 1899 - 814 halaman
...day I shall be forgotten." Beautiful, yet pathetic, is the description of this given us by the poet, Wilde: " My life is like the summer rose, That opens...evening close, Is scattered on the ground to die; Yet on the rose's humble bed The sweetest dews of night are shed, As if she wept the waste to see;... | |
| Donald Grant Mitchell - 1899 - 454 halaman
...engraving by Sartain of a contemporary portrait. s*T like verse, which in its day had great popularity : " My life is like the summer rose That opens to the...evening close Is scattered on the ground— to die ! Yet on the rose's humble bed The sweetest dews of night are shed, As if she wept, the waste to see... | |
| Samuel Albert Link - 1899 - 302 halaman
...years, beginning in 1815. The poem is here given, and is entitled 10 MY LIFE Is LIKE THE SUMMER ROSE. My life is like the summer rose, That opens to the...ere the shades of evening close Is scattered on the ground—to die! Yet on the rose's humble bed, The sweetest dews of night are shed, As if she wept... | |
| Frederick Saunders, Minnie K. Davis - 1899 - 768 halaman
...brighter clime, Bid me Good-Morning. ANNA L.ETITIA BARBAULD. LIFE. NJ Y life is like the summer rose jf®l That opens to the morning sky, But ere the shades of evening close, 'Tis scattered on the ground, to die ! Yet on the rose's humble bed, The sweetest dews of night are... | |
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