 Sweet Rose, whose hue angry and brave Bids the rash gazer wipe his eye, Thy root is ever in its grave, And thou must die. Sweet Spring, full of sweet days and roses, A box where sweets compacted lie, My Music shows ye have your closes, And all must die....  Shelburne Essays - Page 97by Paul Elmer More - 1906 - 283 pagesFull view - About this book
 | George Herbert - Christian poetry, English - 1638 - 220 pages
...mufick flrows ye have your clofts, And all muft die. Onely a fweet and virtuous foul, Likefcafon'd timber) never gives , But though the whole world turn to coal. Then chiefly lives. ^f The Pearl. Mattb. 13. I Know the wayts of Learning j both the head And pipes that feed tht prefle,... | |
 | 1822 - 796 pages
...compacted lie ; My music shews ye have have your closes, And all must die. Only a sweet and virtuous soul, Like season'd timber, never gives ; But, though...the whole world turn to coal. Then chiefly lives. THE BRITISH CHURCH. I joy, dear mother, when I view Thy perfect lineaments, and hue Both sweet and... | |
 | Arminianism - 1839 - 1092 pages
...shows ye have your close*, And all must die. " Only a sweet and virtuous soul. Like seasoned limber, never gives; But though the whole world turn to coal, Then chiefly lives." f In general, I have little fondnesi for imitation ; and for alteration, none at all : for which reason... | |
 | 1823 - 736 pages
...sweets compacted lie, My Musick shews ye have your closes, And all must die. " Only a sweet and virtuous soul, Like season'd timber, never gives ; But though...the whole world turn to coal, Then chiefly lives." — p.80. We will not lessen the effect of these compositions by citations of a different kind. ANALYTICAL... | |
 | Congregationalism - 1823 - 684 pages
...sweets compacted lie, My Musick shews ye have your closes, And all must die. " Only a sweet and virtuous soul, Like season'd timber, never gives ; But though...the whole world turn to coal, Then chiefly lives." — p.80. We will not lessen the effect of these compositions by citations of a different kind. ANALYTICAL... | |
 | Thomas Lyle - Ballads, English - 1827 - 272 pages
...rash gazer wipe his eye; Thy root is ever in its grave, And thou must die. Only a sweet and virtuous soul, Like season'd timber, never gives; But though...the whole world turn to coal, Then chiefly lives. By GEOBGE HERBERT, born 1593, died 1632 or 1633. THOMAS RAVENSCROFT, BM was an eminent English Musician... | |
 | John Mitford - English poetry - 1827 - 358 pages
...roses, A box where sweets compacted lie ; My music shews ye have your closes, And all must die. Only a sweet and vertuous soul, Like season'd timber never gives ; But though the whole would turn to coal, Then chiefly lives. THE QUIP. THE merry World did on a day With his train-bands... | |
 | Ancient ballads - 1827 - 270 pages
...eye; Thy root is ever in its grave, And thou must die. Only a sweet and virtuous soul, Like seasou'd timber, never gives; But though the whole world turn to coal, Then chiefly lives. THOMAS R AVENSCROFT, BM was an eminent English Musician and Publisher, who flourished betwixt the years... | |
 | Theology - 1834 - 410 pages
...music shows ye have your closes : — And all must die. Only a sweet and virtuous soul, Like seasoned timber, never gives; But, though the whole world turn to coal, Then chiefly lives."— p. 160. Our limits will allow us to quote but a single additional poem. BUSINESS. " Canst be idle,... | |
 | Richard Cattermole, Henry Stebbing - Christianity - 1835 - 402 pages
...sweets compacted lie,— My music shows ye have your closes, And all must die. Only a sweet and virtuous soul, Like season'd timber, never gives; But though the whole world turn to a coal, Then chiefly lives. THE PEARL. — MATT. mi. I KNOW the ways of learning ; both the head And... | |
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