| Devil - 1882 - 296 páginas
...Heaven ! I cannot bear it ! " she exclaimed in her misery, " I cannot live through it ! " CHAPTER IV. The heart that is soonest awake to the flowers Is always the first to be touched by the thorns. MOORE. ALICE came down to breakfast next morning, with a composure that her... | |
| Maturin Murray Ballou - 1882 - 448 páginas
...startled to observe little heads calculate before knowing how to reflect. — ATme. de Girardin. "75 The heart that is soonest awake to the flowers is always the first to be touched by the thorns. — Moore. 1176 Sentiment is the ripened fruit of fancy. — Mme. Deluzy. Down... | |
| Otis Henry Tiffany - 1883 - 932 páginas
...die. (Montgomery. 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. Life let us cherish. (Nagehs. We have lived without poetry, music and art; We may live without... | |
| Sir Hall Caine - 1883 - 302 páginas
...contemporary who said so — ' 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.' Keats's first volume was published in 1817. It is a common mistake to say that this book was hardly... | |
| Henry George Bohn - 1883 - 782 páginas
...That's Bright 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 touch'd by the thorns. 2734 Moore: • Irish Melodies. 0 Think Not My Spirit Life is the gift of God, and is divine. 2736... | |
| Familiar quotations - 1883 - 942 páginas
...seldom weaves a chain Like this to-night, that, oh ! 't is pain To break its links so soon. Ibid. And the heart that is soonest awake to the flowers Is always the first to be touched by the thorns. 0 think not my spirits. Rich and rare were the gems she wore, And a bright gold... | |
| Otis Henry Tiffany - 1883 - 954 páginas
...die. (Montgomery. Life is a wa«te of wearisome hours, Which seldonvthe 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. Life let us cherish. (Nagelis. We have lived with out poetry, music... | |
| Harriet B. Swineford - 1883 - 302 páginas
...o'er, And hearts that once beat high for praise Now feel that praise no more. Ths Harp thai, One* And the heart that is soonest awake to the flowers Is always the first to be touched by the thorns. Oh, Think not my Spirits. Shall I ask the brave soldier who fights by my side... | |
| James Alexander Henshall - 1884 - 320 páginas
...out the minute prickles of the cactus from his hands and face. "Ah, Jack!" said I, commiseratively, "The heart that is soonest awake to the flowers, Is always the first to be touch'd by the thorns." "Yes," answered he ruefully, " Beholding heaven, and feeling hell!" These lines of Tom Moore, as applied... | |
| Mary Andrews Denison - 1884 - 316 páginas
...AT MORTLAKB. " 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." last they stopped at a country station. Barbara stood on the platform, beside... | |
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