| William Hayley - 1803 - 450 páginas
...Full many a gem of purest ray serene, The deep unfathom'd caves of ocean bear, Full many a rose is born to blush unseen, And waste its fragrance on the desert air. Yours, dear Joe, WM. COWPER. LETTER IV. To Mrs. COWPER, at the Park-House, near Hartford. MY DEAR COUSIN,... | |
| Eaton Stannard Barrett - 1817 - 248 páginas
...unheeded ; and however well made up, rouged, and perfumed, she became like — " Many a flower that's born to blush unseen, And waste its fragrance on the desert air." " I see another lady," cried Hyppolita, " and in spectacles too. What an odd appendage to a full dress... | |
| Jane Austen - 1818 - 338 páginas
...she learnt to censure those who " .bear about the mockery of woe." From Gray, that " Many a flower is born to blush unseen, " And waste its fragrance on the desert air." . From Thompson, that " It is a delightful task " To teach the young idea how to shoot." And from Shakspeare... | |
| 1819 - 576 páginas
...¡Mill many a gem of purest ray serene« The dark nnfathom'd Caves of orean bear; Full many a flower is born to blush unseen* And waste its fragrance on the desert air." (t is only a few, the force of whose minds has enabled them to break through t lie obscurity with which... | |
| 1824 - 462 páginas
...tragedy for which she is eminently qualified ; why is she to be a theatrical flower " — — that's born to blush unseen, And waste its fragrance on the desert air *" Miss LACEY performed with considerable credit to herself; Inn unless she can correct the peculiar... | |
| 1828 - 604 páginas
...the herbals of all the lovers of botany in the Colony ; here particularly, " Full many a flower is born to blush unseen, And waste its fragrance on the desert air !" We lost our path, and became a little alarmed till it was found. Evening was approaching; our provisions... | |
| 1821 - 426 páginas
...Full many a gem of purest ray serene, The deep, unfathom'd caves of ocean bear ; Full many a flower is born to blush unseen, And waste its fragrance on the desert air." Yours, dear Joe, William Cowper. LETTER XI. To lady Hesketh. Huntingdon, March 6, 1766. My dear cousin,... | |
| Bela Bates Edwards - 1832 - 338 páginas
...herb to spring forth." In our confined notions, we are often led to wonder why " Full many a flower is born to blush unseen, And waste its fragrance on the desert air j" why beauty, and flower?, and fruit, should be scattered so exuberantly where there are none to enjoy... | |
| Jane Austen - 1833 - 460 páginas
...remain unknown.— I dare say you have heard those charming lines of the poet, ' Full many a flower is born to blush unseen, * And waste its fragrance on the desert air.' We must not allow them to be verified in sweet Jane Fairfax." " I cannot think there is any danger... | |
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