...successful, and of all these buildings, only a tottering brick wall stands on the bank of the river. 0, ever thus, from childhood's hour, I've seen my fondest...tree or flower, But 'twas the first to fade away. Now a return to the former manufacturing activity is projected by the erection of a government dam...

...written on the fly leaf in a woman's gentle hand, were these words from Moore's "Lalla Rookh" : — " Oh, ever thus, from childhood's hour, I've seen my fondest...tree or flower, But 'twas the first to fade away." That has been the refrain from many a blighted life, and •vill he recurrent until death is dead and...

...clearly. She said at last : "Louise, I feel very much like repeating that old, wornout story : ' 'Twas ever thus from childhood's hour ; I've seen my fondest hopes decay. I never loved a tree or flower But it was first to fade away.' " "Who is going to leave you, dear? Not Prissy?" laughed Mrs. Bossford,...

...To comfort friends and foes; The naked every day he clad When he put on his clothes." Al: "Oh! 'twas ever thus, from childhood's hour, I've seen my fondest...tree or flower, But 'twas the first to fade away." Doc Styles: "Though love repine and reason chafe, There came a voice without reply, 'Tis man's perdition...

...was standing in the summer-house — free! Solonika was trusting me! CHAPTER XII THE RENUNCIATION Oh, ever thus from childhood's hour, I've seen my fondest...tree or flower, But 'twas the first to fade away! — Moore: Lalla Rookh. WHEN I returned to Castle Framkor that evening and joined Nicholas and the...

...enjoy'd, Should be so sadly, cruelly destroy'd ! 1231 Moore: Lalla Rookh. Veiled Prophet of Khorassan. O ! ever thus from childhood's hour, I've seen my fondest...a tree or flower, But 'twas the first to fade away ! 1232 Moore : Lalla Rookh. Fire Worshippers DISCONTENT. I know a discontented gentleman, Whose humble...

...communicated the news to his messmates, and pretended to weep, as he repeated, " 'Twas ever thus in childhood's hour, I've seen my fondest hopes decay...tree or flower, But 'twas the first to fade away." He was chaffed and jeered at being cut out by an army man — an unusual occurrence in the navy —...

...and smiles may prove to be my sweetest and best. The pessimist at all times sings: "Ever thus (torn childhood's hour, I've seen my fondest hopes decay; I never loved a tree nor flower, But 'twas the first to fade away; 1 never nursed a dear gazelle To glad me with its soft...

...wo had not seen, and seek their home above." [Cf. Thomas Moore (TJie Fire-worshippers) : — " Oh, ever thus, from childhood's hour, I've seen my fondest...tree or flower But 'twas the first to fade away." "' See translations by WR Paton in "The Loeb Classical Library." 326 ASPECTS OF DEATH IN ART AND EPIGRAM...

...Hope against hope, and ask till ye receive. MONTGOMERY — The World before the Flood. Canto V. 23 Oh! MOORE — Lalla Rookh. Fire Worshippers. (See also MOORE under GAZELLE) 24 The Worldly Hope men set...