For, in the flaxen lilies' shade, It like a bank of lilies laid. Upon the roses it would feed, Until its lips e'en seemed to bleed; And then to me 'twould boldly trip, And print those roses on my lip. But all its chief delight was still On roses thus... The Rose's Kiss: A Natural History Of Flowers - Página 110por Peter Bernhardt - 1999 - 267 páginasPré-visualização limitada - Acerca deste livro
| Edward Arber - 1899 - 338 páginas
...flaxen lilies' shade, It like a bank of lilies laid. Upon the roses, it would feed Until its lips e'en seemed to bleed! And then to me 'twould boldly trip,...chief delight was, still On roses thus itself to fill; And its pure virgin limbs to fold In whitest sheets of lilies cold. Had it lived long, it would have... | |
| Edward Arber - 1899 - 336 páginas
...flaxen lilies' shade, It like a bank of lilies laid. Upon the roses, it would feed Until its lips e'en seemed to bleed! And then to me 'twould boldly trip,...chief delight was, still On roses thus itself to fill; And its pure virgin limbs to fold In whitest sheets of lilies cold. Had it lived long, it would have... | |
| Henry Troth Coates - 1901 - 1080 páginas
...shade It like a bank of lilies laid hands Upon the roses it would feed, Until its lips cv'n seem'd In its own green leaves, By warm winds deflower'd. Till the scent it gives Makes ; And its pure virgin limbs to fold In whitest sheets of lilies cold. Had it lived long, it would have... | |
| Frederic Lawrence Knowles - 1901 - 494 páginas
...lilies' shade It like a bank of lilies laid. Upon the roses it would feed, Until its lips e'en seem'd to bleed : And then to me 'twould boldly trip, And...chief delight was still On roses thus itself to fill, And its pure virgin limbs to fold In whitest sheets of lilies cold : — Had it lived long, it would... | |
| Francis Turner Palgrave - 1902 - 394 páginas
...lilies' shade It like a bank of lilies laid. Upon the roses it would feed, Until its lips e'en seem'd to bleed : And then to me 'twould boldly trip, And...chief delight was still On roses thus itself to fill, And its pure virgin limbs to fold In whitest sheets of lilies cold : — Had it lived long, it would... | |
| Edgar Allan Poe - 1902 - 336 páginas
...lilies laid, Upon the roses it would feed Until its lips even seemed to bleed, And then to me 't would boldly trip, And print those roses on my lip, But...chief delight was still On roses thus itself to fill, And its pure virgin limbs to fold In whitest sheets of lilies cold. Had it lived long it would have... | |
| William John Courthope - 1903 - 590 páginas
...Find it, although before mine eyes ; For in the flaxen lilies' shade, It like a bank of lilies laid. Upon the roses it would feed, Until its lips ev'n...chief delight was still On roses thus itself to fill, And its pure virgin limbs to fold In whitest sheets of lilies cold : Had it lived long it would have... | |
| Edgar Allan Poe - 1902 - 738 páginas
...lilies laid, Upon the roses it would feed Until its lips even seemed to bleed, And then to me *t would boldly trip, And print those roses on my lip, But...chief delight was still On roses thus itself to fill, And its pure virgin limbs to fold In whitest sheets of lilies cold. Had it lived long it would have... | |
| Alice Meynell - 1904 - 388 páginas
...flaxen lilies' shade It like a bank of lilies laid. Upon the roses it would feed, Until its lips e'en seemed to bleed, And then to me 'twould boldly trip,...chief delight was still On roses thus itself to fill, And its pure virgin limbs to fold In whitest sheets of lilies cold :— Had it lived long, it would... | |
| Francis Turner Palgrave - 1908 - 476 páginas
...its lips e'en seem'd to bleed: And then to me 'twould boldly trip, And print those roses on my lip. 5 But all its chief delight was still On roses thus itself to fill, And its pure virgin limbs to fold In whitest sheets of lilies cold: — Had it lived long, it would... | |
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