 Twas beauty drew his ruin on ; He saw young Daphne on the plain : He loved, believed, and was undone. His heart then sunk beneath the storm, (Sad meed of unexampled truth,) And sorrow, like an envious worm, Devour'd the blossom of his youth. Beneath this...  The miscellaneous poetic works of E. Cummins - Page 107by Edward Cummins - 1808Full view - About this book
 | John Bell - English poetry - 1789 - 398 pages
...'Twas beauty drew his ruin on ; He saw young Daphne on the plain ; He lov'd, believ'd, and was undone. His heart then sunk beneath the storm, (Sad meed of...the youth is laid— O greet his ashes with a tear I May Heaven with blessings crown his shade, NOTES ON ELEGIES MORAL, DESCRIPTIVE, AND AMATORY. ELEGY... | |
 | Vicesimus Knox - English poetry - 1809 - 604 pages
...'Twas beauty drew his ruin on ; He saw young Daphne on the plain ; Hi- lov'd, bcliev J, and was undone! ublunary chance his vestments fear, Valued, like leopards,...shoe. One day his wife (for who can wives reclaim ?) heaven with blessings orown his shade, And grant that peace he wanted here! § 48. An Essay on Poetry... | |
 | Richard Clark - Madrigals, English - 1814 - 530 pages
...'Twas beauty drew his ruin on, He saw young Daphne on the plain, He lov'd, believ'd, and was undone ! Beneath this stone the youth is laid, O ! greet his ashes with a tear ! May heav'n, with blessing*, crown his shade, And grant that peace he wanted here ! Pcarch's Collection. GLEE for Four... | |
 | John Nichols, John Bowyer Nichols - Authors, English - 1831 - 952 pages
...an epitaph, that always affects me extremely whenever 1 hear it sung by a feeling voice: Beneath yon stone the youth is laid ; O greet his ashes with a...blessings crown his shade, And grant that peace he wanted here. " You will please to preserve the letters I write on this subject, as I maile much the same kind... | |
 | J. H. - English poetry - 1867 - 860 pages
...Twas beauty drew his ruin on ; He saw young Daphne on the plain : He loved, believed, and was undone. His heart then sunk beneath the storm, (Sad meed of...youth is laid ; O greet his ashes with a tear! May Heaven with blessings crown his shade, And grant that peace he wanted here. 133. A BIRTHDAY OFFERING... | |
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