I treasure in my vision, Florence Vane. Thou wast lovelier than the roses In their prime; Thy voice excelled the closes Of sweetest rhyme; Thy heart was as a river Without a main. Would I had loved thee never, Florence Vane! But, fairest, coldest wonder!... The Southern literary messenger - Page 3701850Full view - About this book
| Charlotte Fiske Bates - American poetry - 1832 - 1022 pages
...never, Florence Vane. But, fairest, coldest wonder! Thy glorious clay Lieth the green sod under — Ah-, the day ! And it boots not to remember Thy disdain....Where thine earthly part is lying, Florence Vane! ROSE TERRY COOKE. THE ICONOCLAST. A THOUSAND years shall come and g°» A thousand years of night and... | |
| William Evans Burton, Edgar Allan Poe - 1840 - 616 pages
...Would I had loved thee never, Florence Vane ! But fairest, coldest, wonder! Thy glorious clay Lyeth the green sod under — Alas the day ! And it boots...The lilies of the valley By young graves weep, The pansies love to dally Where maidens sleep ; May their bloom, in beauty vying, Never wane Where thine... | |
| 1840 - 326 pages
...Would I had loved thee never, Florence Vane ! But fairest, coldest, wonder! Thy glorious clay Lyeth the green sod under — Alas the day ! And it boots not to remember Thy disdain— To quicken lore's pale ember, Florencc Vane. The lilies of the valley By young graves weep, The pansies love to... | |
| Rufus Wilmot Griswold - American poetry - 1842 - 638 pages
...Would I had loved thee never, Florence Vane ! But, fairest, coldest, wonder ! Thy glorious clay Licth the green sod under — Alas, the day ! And it boots...pale ember, Florence Vane. The lilies of the valley s Mrs. SMITH was born at Detroit, in June, 1811. Her maiden name was HTCEMAN. In 1828 she was married... | |
| Philip Pendleton Cooke - 1847 - 228 pages
...Would I had loved thee never, Florence Vane ! But, fairest, coldest wonder ! Thy glorious clay Lieth the green sod under — Alas the day ! And it boots...The lilies of the valley By young graves weep, The pansies love to dally Where maidens sleep ; May their bloom, in beauty vying, Never wane Where thine... | |
| Philip Pendleton Cooke - 1847 - 228 pages
...Would I had loved thee never, Florence Vane ! But, fairest, coldest wonder ! Thy glorious clay Lieth the green sod under — Alas the day ! And it boots not to remember Thy disdain — The lilies of the valley By young graves weep, The pansies love to dally Where maidens sleep ;... | |
| Rufus Wilmot Griswold - American poetry - 1852 - 588 pages
...glorious clay Lieth the green sod under — Alas, the day ! And it boots not to remember Thy disdainTo quicken love's pale ember, Florence Vane. The lilies...their bloom, in beauty vying, Never wane Where thine eaithly part is lying, Florence Vane ! EPES SARGENT. [Bore, 1816.) THE author of "Velasco" i» a native... | |
| Rufus Wilmot Griswold - American poetry - 1855 - 690 pages
...Would 1 had loved thce never, Florence Vane ! But, fairest, coldest, wonder ! Thy glorious clay Licth the green sod under — Alas, the day ! And it boots...ember, Florence Vane. The lilies of the valley By young gravea weep, The daisies love to dally Where maidens sleep ; May their bloom, in beauty vying, Never... | |
| Richard Wright Procter - Poetry - 1855 - 490 pages
...Vane ! But fairest, coldest wonder, Thy glorious clay Licth the greeu sod under — Alas the d'ty ! And it boots not to remember Thy disdain — To quicken...The lilies of the valley By young graves weep ; The pansies love to dally Where maidens sleep ; May their bloom, in beauty vying, Never wane Where thine... | |
| Evert Augustus Duyckinck, George Long Duyckinck - American literature - 1855 - 474 pages
...ember, Florence Vane. Tb.-' lilies of the valley By young graves weep. The pansies love to dally Whore maidens sleep; May their bloom, in beauty vying. Never wane Where thine earthly partis lying, Florence Vane ! TOCXO коалит LCX. I love to forget ambition. And hope, in the mingled... | |
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