 Like the vase in which roses have once been distilled — You may break, you may shatter the vase if you will, But the scent of the roses will hang round it still.  Notes and Queries - Page 381850Full view - About this book
 | 1855 - 852 pages
...is utterly destroyed by this tuisquotaion, when we give them what Moore really did say, namely : " You may break, you may ruin the vase if you will, But the «oent of the rosas will ding round it atUl." Hanging is a harsh, unsuitable term, and smacks of the... | |
 | United States. Congress - 1954 - 98 pages
...that I am reminded of the lines by Sir Thomas Moore, when he wrote : You may break, you may shatter the vase If you will, But the scent of the roses will hang round It still. [35] So, in this Chamber there will be reminder after reminder of the great character... | |
 | United States. 91st Congress, 1st session, 1969 - 1970 - 314 pages
...memories filled, Like the vase in which roses Have once been distilled. You may break, you may shatter The vase, if you will. But the scent of the roses Will hang 'round it still. It is hard for us to visualize a US Senate without the presence of the remarkable... | |
 | Minnesota. Supreme Court - 1888 - 624 pages
...behind him. " Like the vase in which roses have once been distilled, You may break, you may shatter the vase if you will, But the scent of the roses will hang round it still. " His body is gone; the vase is broken which contained these delightful qualities;... | |
 | Iowa State Bar Association - 1896 - 1030 pages
...memories fill'd, Like the vase in which roses have once been distill'd; You may break, you may shatter the vase, if you will, But the scent of the roses will hang 'round it still." TRUSTS. BY JOHN M. READ. We are now about to experience the benefits or evils of... | |
 | 1927 - 332 pages
...under canvas. Nevertheless, the fragrance was by no means subdued. " You may break, you may shatter the vase, if you will, But the scent of the Roses will hang round it still." Quite a number of exhibitors did not bring up their fragrant Roses in competition... | |
 | 1986 - 140 pages
...memories filled! Like the vase in which roses have once been distilled, — You may break, you may shatter the vase, if you will, But the scent of the roses will hang round it still. Mr. TRIBLE. Mr. President, I rise to join my colleagues in paying our respects to our... | |
 | Teresa Medeiros - 1993 - 411 pages
...she, lad?" Pugsley's only reply was an enigmatic whimper. PART THREE You may break, you may shatter the vase, if you will, But the scent of the roses will hang round it still. — Sir Thomas Moore But ne'er the rose without the thorn. — Robert Herrick Flowers... | |
 | Marc Chenetier - 1996 - 352 pages
...in Three Acts served as a program for these revelatory demolitions: "You may break, you may shatter the vase, if you will. / But the scent of the roses will hang round it still."22 Parody and pastiche are here allied to a bashing of biographical facts. Hemingway... | |
 | Marc Chenetier - 1996 - 352 pages
...in Three Acts served as a program for these revelatory demolitions: "You may break, you may shatter the vase, if you will. / But the scent of the roses will hang round it still."22 Parody and pastiche are here allied to a bashing of biographical facts. Hemingway... | |
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