...humor was he — the warmest in feeling, and of a spirit devoted to all sorts of merriment ;— • But the heart that is soonest awake to the flowers Is always the first to be touched by the thorns ; and there were moments when my boyish heart was melting to sorrow аз he spoke,...

...is colourless till Heaven smiles through the tears of the sky ; our aspiration should ever be— " May we never meet worse in our pilgrimage here Than the tear which enjoyment can gild with a smile, And the smile which compassion can turn to a tear." were so...

...impatience. CHAP. XV. " Life is a waste of wearisome hours, Which sel'dom the rose of enjoyment adorns ! And the heart that is soonest awake to the flowers, Is always the first to be touched by the thorns." FELICIA'S return to London was an event hailed by both Jenny and herself with...

...hrow. No : — life is a waste of wearisome hours, Whieh seldom the rose of enjoyment adorns ; And the heart that is soonest awake to the flowers Is always the first to he toueh'd hy the thorns. But send round the howl, and he happy awhile : — May we never meet worse,...

...brow. No : — life is a waste of wearisome hours, Which seldom the rose of enjoyment adorns ; And the heart that is soonest awake to the flowers, Is...our pilgrimage here, Than the tear that enjoyment may gild with a smile, And the smile that compassion can turn to a tear. The thread of our life would...

...Hannah More. Oh ! life is a waste of wearisome hours, Whieh seldom the rose of enjoyment adorns; And the heart that is soonest awake to the flowers, Is always the first to be toueh'd by the thorns. Moore. Sensibility, how eharming, Thou, my friend, eanst truly tell ; But distress,...

...rail at this life , from the hour 1 began it, I found it a life full of kindness and bliss. Mr. — May we never meet worse in our pilgrimage here, than...and the smile that compassion can turn to a tear. Mr. Unfer auarufenceS m 8 dj te ! ifl nut may (nidjt might) ju geben. SJJodjien toit me ©djlimmercS...

...SntmtHlttg, — Moore. ! Life is a waste of wearisome hours, Which seldom the rose of Enjoyment adorns ; And the Heart that is soonest awake to the flowers, Is always the first to be touch'd by the thorns. , — Cotton. SENSIBILITY would be a good portress, if she had but one hand; with her right she opens...

...influences must be most susceptible to the touch of sorrow." " True ; or, as our own Moore expresses it, — 'The heart that is soonest awake to the flowers Is always the first to be touch'd by the thorns.' At all events, it was so with Madeline. She was the only daughter of her parents, — their pet, and...

...brow. .No : — life is a waste of wearisome bours, Whieh seldom the rose of enjoyment adorns ; And the heart that is soonest awake to the flowers, Is always the first to be toueh'd by the thorns, Hut send round the bowl, and be happy awhile — May we never meet worse, in...