...•• Life is a waste of wearisome hours, Which s <•!'!• >m the rose of enjoyment adorns ; And the heart that is soonest awake to the flowers, Is always the first to be touched by the thonu." See to it, then, that thou thrust not the thorns of bitter sarcasm into the...

...former. This sentiment has been elegantly expressed by the most popular songwriter of modern times : " The heart that is soonest awake to the flowers Is always the first to be touched by the thorns." But when we see, that in almost every instance in which we know the sympathetic...

...their meaning was cleared to him. So ! the boy's heart had been thus early awakened — and crushed. " The heart that is soonest awake to the flowers Is always the first to be touched by the thorns," whistled Mr. St. John to himself. Ay, crushing is as sure to follow that early...

...my brow. No: — life is a waste of wearisome hours, Which seldom the rose of enjoyment adorns; And the heart that is soonest awake to the flowers, Is always the first to be toueh'd by the thorns. But send round the bowl, and be happy awhile — May we never meet worse, in...

...eternities. MOORE. 20. Life is a waste of wearisome hours, Which seldom the rose of enjoyment adorns, And the heart, that is soonest awake to the flowers, Is always the first to be touch'd by the thorns. MOORE. 21. They may rail at this life — from the hour I began it, I 've found it a life full of kindness...

...consolation, that through the same cause thou art also insensible to much of its bitterness, for, " The heart that is soonest awake to the flowers, Is always the first to be touched by the thorns." Away we go, the breeze freshening, and the diamonds dancing at our bows, to...

...sorrow ; and so it is with all people who feel strongly ; for, as Moore says in one of his melodies, " The heart that is soonest awake to the flowers, Is always the first to he touched by the thorns." The plump lady, however, found that she had made some mistake ; and not...

...gone! Miss LANDON. Life is a waste of wearisome hours, Which seldom the rose of enjoyment adorns; And the heart that is soonest awake to the flowers, Is always the first to be touched by the thorns. MOOKE. LOVE. MYRTLE. See, rooted in the earth, her kindly bed, The unendangered...

...sorrow; and so it is with all people who feel strongly ; for, as Moore says in one of his melodies, " The heart that is soonest awake to the flowers, Is always the first to he touched by the thorns." The plump lady, however, found that she had made some mistake ; and not...

...excellent humor was he—the warmest in feeling, and of a spirit devoted to all sorts of merriment;— But the heart that is soonest awake to the flowers Is always the firet to be touched by the thorns; and there were moments when my boyish heart was melting to sorrow...