There 's a bower of roses by Bendemeer's stream.
-- Thomas Moore (1779-1852)
-- Lalla Rookh, The Veiled Prophet of Khorassan
-- Thomas Moore (1779-1852)
-- Lalla Rookh, The Veiled Prophet of Khorassan
Related:
- But Faith, fanatic Faith, once wedded fast
To some dear falsehood,
hugs it to the last. -- Thomas Moore (1779-1852) ... - Like the stain'd web that whitens in the sun,
Grow pure by being purely shone upon.
Thomas Moore (1779-1852) -- Lalla Rookh, The Veiled... - This narrow isthmus 'twixt two boundless seas,
The past,
the future,--two eternities! -- Thomas Moore (1779... - Oh, weep for the hour
When to Eveleen's bower
The lord of the valley with false vows came.
Thomas Moore (1779-1852) -- Eveleen's... - I 'd be a butterfly born in a bower,
Where roses and lilies and violets meet.
Thomas Haynes Bayly (1797-1839) -- I 'd be a... - What though youth gave love and roses,
Age still leaves us friends and wine.
Thomas... - Row, brothers, row, the stream runs fast,
The rapids are near,
and the daylight 's past. -- Thomas Moore (1779-1852)... - You may break, you may shatter the vase if you will,
But the scent of the roses will hang round it still... - And oh if there be an Elysium on earth,
It is this,
it is this! -- Thomas Moore (1779-1852) -- The Light...
