 ASK me why I send you here This firstling of the infant year; Ask me why I send to you This primrose all bepearl'd with dew ; I straight will whisper in your ears, The sweets of love are wash'd with tears...  The Crystal Fount for 1851 - Page 241edited by - 1850 - 320 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1869 - 182 pages
...Spring, And pensive monitor of fleeting years! WORDSWORTH. The Garland of Wild Roses. 57 THE PRIMROSE. ASK me why I send you here, This firstling of the...infant year Ask me why I send to you This primrose all bepearl'd with dew; I straight will whisper in your ears, The sweets of love are wash'd with tears.... | |
 | William Meynell Whittemore - 1883 - 866 pages
...following pensive, but delightful stanzas:— " Ask me why I send you here This sweet infanta of the year 1 Ask me why I send to you This Primrose all bepearled with dew ? I will whisper in your ears, The sweets of love are washed with tears. Ask me why this flower does show... | |
 | Language - 1884 - 108 pages
...luckless speed, Turn'd her to this plant we call Now " the flower of ihe wall." HEKgICK. THE PRIMEOSE. ASK me why I send you here, This firstling of the...year ; Ask me why I send to you This Primrose all hepearled with dew ; I straight will whisper in your ear^, The sweets of love are washed with ttars.... | |
 | Ada Ellen Bayly - 1885 - 348 pages
...knew were Milton and Shakspere. She listened intently while her lover repeated the sweet old poem : ' "Ask me why I send you here This firstling of the...I send to you This primrose all bepearled with dew ; 1 straight will whisper in your ears, The sweets of love are washed with tears. Ask me why this flower... | |
 | 1885 - 668 pages
...O ! let your smiles but clear the weather, And then they both shall grow together. THE r RIM ROSE. ASK me why I send you here This firstling of the infant year; Ask me why I send to you This primrose all bepearl'd with dew; I straight will whisper in your ears, The sweets of love are wash'd with tears... | |
 | 1885 - 686 pages
...send you here This firstling of the infant year; Ask me why I send to you This primrose all bepearl'd with dew; I straight will whisper in your ears, The sweets of love are wash'd with tears : Ask me why this flow'r doth show So yellow, green, and sickly too; Ask me why the... | |
 | Edna Lyall - 1886 - 446 pages
...were Milton and Shakespeare. She listened intently while her lover repeated the sweet old poem: " ' Ask me why I send you here This firstling of the infant j-ear; Aek me why I tend to you This primrose all bepeailed with dew; I straight will whisper in your... | |
 | Frederick Locker-Lampson - 1889 - 406 pages
...bid adieu to-day, We shall not part for ever. Robert Herrick. LYRA ELEGANTIARUM. XXVII. THE PRIMROSE. ASK me why I send you here This firstling of the infant year; Ask me why I send to you This primrose all bepearl'd with dew ; I straight will whisper in your ears, The sweets of love are wash'd with tears... | |
 | Frederick Locker-Lampson, Coulson Kernahan - 1891 - 452 pages
...we'll sever; (AMBO.) And tho' we bid adieu to-day, We shall not part for ever. XXVII. THE PRIMROSE. ASK me why I send you here This firstling of the infant year; Ask me why I send to you This primrose all bepearl'd with dew; The sweets of love are wash'd with tears;— I straight will whisper in your ears,... | |
 | William Ralph Hall Caine - 1892 - 320 pages
...never fade ; My very ashes in their urn Shall, like a hallow'd lamp, for ever burn. 124 The Primrose ASK me why I send you here This firstling of the infant...year ; Ask me why I send to you This primrose all bepearl'd with dew ; I straight will whisper in your ears, The sweets of love are wash'd with tears... | |
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