 | Irene Gammel - 2005 - 321 頁
...abroad? Well, I have borne other troubles so I suppose I can live through this. 'Twas ever thus since childhood's hour I've seen my fondest hopes decay,...or flower But 'twas the first to fade away. I never tamed a Soulful one To glad me with his bright blue eye, But when he came to know me well He coldly,... | |
 | Silas K. Hocking - 2006 - 274 頁
...loved. Perks Again I know, I know it could not last; "T'was bright, 'twas heavenly, but 'tis past. Oh, ever thus from childhood's hour I've seen my fondest hopes decay. I never nursed a tree or flower But 'twas the first to fade away; I never nursed a dear gazelle To glad me... | |
 | Mary Telfair - 2007 - 378 頁
...Oleanders have been killed by the frost — They were the pride of the Parterre — I may truly say "I never loved a tree or flower but twas the first to fade away."6 — Now I shall not write to you again until I get a letter from you bad delinquent as you... | |
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Oh! ever thus, from childhood's hour, I've seen my fondest hopes decay; I never loved a tree or flower, But 'twas the first to fade away. 
