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" I fill this cup to one made up Of loveliness alone, A woman, of her gentle sex The seeming paragon; To whom the better elements And kindly stars have given A form so fair, that, like the air, 'Tis less of earth than heaven. "
Cyclopaedia of American Literature: Embracing Personal and Critical Notices ... - Page 341
by Evert Augustus Duyckinck, George Long Duyckinck - 1856
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The North American Review, Volume 21

North American review and miscellaneous journal - 1825 - 504 pages
...insure for it a ready admiration. A HEALTH. I fill this cup to one made up of loveliness alone, A woman, of her gentle sex the seeming paragon ; To whom the...dwells ever in her words ; The coinage of her heart are they, and from her lips each flows As one may see the burthened bee forth issue from the rose....
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The New-York Review, and Atheneum Magazine, Volume 2

American periodicals - 1826 - 506 pages
...of their theme."—pp. £8-31, • • I fill this cup to one made up of loveliness alone, A woman, of her gentle sex the seeming paragon ; To whom the...music's own, like those of morning birds, And something mure than melody dwells ever in her words ; The coinage of her heart are they, and from her lips each...
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Kettell, Samuel: Specimens of American Poetry...

1829 - 436 pages
...happy hearth in blooming Italy. A HEALTH. I FILL this cup to one made up of loveliness alone, A woman, of her gentle sex the seeming paragon ; To whom the...stars have given A form so fair, that like the air, 't is less of earth than heaven. Her every tone is music's own, like those of morning birds, And something...
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The Lyre: Fugitive Poetry of the Xixth Century

Lyre - English poetry - 1830 - 396 pages
...here. A HEALTH. BY EDWABD C. I'INKNEY. I FILL this cup to one made up of loveliness alone, A woman, of her gentle sex the seeming paragon ; To whom the...dwells ever in her words; The coinage of her heart are they, and from her lips each flows As one may see the burthen'd bee forth issue from the rose....
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Flora's Interpreter, Or The American Book of Flowers and Sentiments

Sarah Josepha Buell Hale - Flower language - 1832 - 244 pages
...Cnstata. en Of various colors. MY COMPLIMENTS. The various Iris Juno sends with haste. Ovid. SENTIMENT. To whom the better elements and kindly stars have...that like the air 'tis less of earth than heaven. Affections are as thoughts to her, the measure of her hours, Her feelings have the fragrancy, . the...
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The Laurel: a Gift for All Seasons: Being a Collection of Poems

American poetry - 1836 - 268 pages
...' 14* A HEALTH. BY EDWARD C. PINKNEY. I FILL this cup to one made up of loveliness alone, A woman, of her gentle sex the seeming paragon ; To whom the...stars have given A form so fair, that, like the air, 't is leas of earth than heaven. Her every tone is music's own, like those of moming birds, And something...
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Flora's Dictionary

Elizabeth Washington Wirt - Flower language - 1837 - 264 pages
...made up of loveliness — TEBESTtNG. A woiimn of her gentle sex, the seeming paragon ; To whom the elements, and kindly stars have given A form so fair,...that like the air, 'tis less of earth than heaven EC Pinckney. Hers ls the enchantment which the heart confers ; A mouth sweet from its smiles, a glancing...
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Flora's Interpreter, Or, The American Book of Flowers and Sentiments

Sarah Josepha Buell Hale - Flower language - 1838 - 282 pages
...Iris Juno sends with baste. SENTIMENT. I send this flower to one made up Of loveliness alone; A woman of her gentle sex The seeming paragon ; To whom the...stars have given A form so fair, that, like the air, 'T is less of earth than heaven. Affections are as thoughts to her, The measure of her hours ; Her...
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The Poets of America, Volume 1

John Keese - American poetry - 1840 - 300 pages
...wealth below ! A HEALTH. BY EC PINKNEV. I FILL this cup to one made up of loveliness alone, A woman, of her gentle sex the seeming paragon ; To whom the...dwells ever in her words ; The coinage of her heart are they, and from her lips each flows As one may see the burdened bee forth issue from the rose. Affections...
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