 The south wind searches for the flowers whose fragrance late he bore, And sighs to find them in the wood and by the stream no more. And then I think of one who in her youthful beauty died, The fair meek blossom that grew up and faded by my side : In the...  Poems - Page 258by William Cullen Bryant - 1843 - 276 pagesFull view - About this book
 | William Cullen Bryant, Robert Charles Sands, Henry J. Anderson - American periodicals - 1825 - 506 pages
...find them in the wood and by the stream no more. And then I think of one who in her youthful beauty died, The fair meek blossom that grew up and faded...side ; In the cold moist earth we laid her, when the forests cast the leaf, And we wept that one so lovely should have a life so brief., Yet not unmeet... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant, Robert Charles Sands, Gulian Crommerlin Verplanck - Gift books - 1827 - 332 pages
...find them in the wood and by the stream no more. And then I think of one who in her youthful beauty died, The fair meek blossom that grew up and faded...leaf, And we wept that one so lovely should have a lot so brief; Yet not unmeet it was, that one, like that young friend of ours, So gentle and so beautiful,... | |
 | Medicine - 1828 - 646 pages
...the woods and by the stream no more. And then I think of one who in her youthful beaulv died, A he fair meek blossom that grew up and faded by "my side,...leaf, And we wept that one so lovely should have a lot so brief; let not unmeet it was, that one, Jike that young friend of ours, 2>o gentle and so beautiful,... | |
 | 1828 - 244 pages
...find them in the field, and by the stream no more. And then I think of one, who in her youthful beauty died, — The fair, meek blossom that grew up, and...— In the cold, moist earth, we laid her, when the tempest cast the leaf — And we wept that one so lovely should have a life so brief: — Yet not uumeet... | |
 | 1829 - 436 pages
...find them in the wood and by the stream no more. And then I think of one who in her youthful beauty died, The fair meek blossom that grew up and faded...leaf, And we wept that one so lovely should have a lot so brief; Yet not unmeet it was, that one, like that young friend of ours, So gentle and so beautiful,... | |
 | Samuel Kettell - American poetry - 1829 - 432 pages
...flowers whose fragrance late he bore, And sighs to find them in the wood and by the stream no more. In the cold moist earth we laid her, when the forest...leaf, And we wept that one so lovely should have a lot so brief; Yet not unmeet it was, that one, like that young friend of ours, So gentle and so beautiful,... | |
 | Lucretia Maria Davidson - 1829 - 224 pages
...August 27, 1825, aged 16 years and eleven months. With a Biographical Sketch, By SAMUEL FB MORSE, AM "In the cold moist earth we laid her, when the forest...leaf; And we wept that one so lovely, should have a lot so brief; Yet not unmeet it was, that one, like that young friend of ours, So gentle and so beautiful,... | |
 | George Barrell Cheever - American poetry - 1830 - 516 pages
...them in the wood and by the stream no mora^ \ i And then I think of one who in her youthful beauty died. The fair meek blossom that grew up and faded...moist earth we laid her, when the forest cast the And we wept that one so lovely should have a lot so brief; Yet not unmeet it was, that one, like that... | |
 | Lyre - English poetry - 1830 - 396 pages
...sighs to find them in the wood and by the stream And then I think of one who in her youthful beauty died, The fair meek blossom that grew up and faded...side. In the cold moist earth we laid her, when the forwt cast the leaf, And we wept that one so lovely should have a lot so brief; Yet not unmeet it was,... | |
 | Sarah Josepha Buell Hale - Flower language - 1832 - 244 pages
...find them in the wood And by the streams no more, And then I think of one who in Her youthful beauty died, The fair, meek blossom that grew up And faded...Should have a life so brief; Yet not unmeet it was that one, Like that young friend of ours, So gentle and so beautiful, Should perish with the flowers.... | |
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