...French leave to doze, And the fat folio tumbles on his toes. 50 1797- 1797RICHARD HENRY WILDE STANZAS My life is like the summer rose That opens to the...the ground — to die. Yet on the rose's humble bed 5 The sweetest dews of night are shed, As if she wept the waste to see — But none shall weep a tear...

...ere the shades of evening close Is scattered on the ground — to die. Yet on the rose's humble bed 5 The sweetest dews of night are shed, As if she wept...waste to see — But none shall weep a tear for me I My life is like the autumn leaf That trembles in the moon's pale ray; 10 Its hold is frail, its date...

...Originally entitled Stanzas, and inscribed to Ellen Adair, daughter of General John Adair of Kentucky. MY life is like the summer rose, That opens to the...evening close, Is scattered on the ground — to die I Yet on the rose's bumble bed 5 The sweetest dews of night are shed, As if she wept the waste to see...

...24, 1789. Died Sept. 10, 1847. (South) Poet — Orator — Jurist — Historian — Statesman (East) "My life is like the summer rose That opens to the...of evening close Is scattered on the ground to die. ' ' (North) Erected by the Hayne Lyterary Circle, of Augusta, Georgia, 1896. • Consult: "Reminiscences...

...continued to practice and lecture until his death, which occurred September 10, 1847. LAMENT OF THE CAPTIVE My life is like the summer rose, That opens to the morning sky; And ere the.shades of evening close, Is scattered on the ground—to die: 5 Yet, on that rose's humble...

...but Mr. Wilde is today remembered chiefly by reason of a fragment which he composed in an idle mood : "My life is like the summer rose, That opens to the morning skyBut ere the shades of evening close Is scattered on the ground to die. But on the rose's humble...

...Summer Rose," is one of the great American classics. The opening lines are familiar to every one — My life is like the summer rose That opens to the morning sky, But ere the shades of evening close Mr. Wilde fell a victim to the yellow fever in the city of New Orleans. Defeated for re-election to...

...Summer Rose," is one of the great American classics. The opening lines are familiar to every one — My life is like the summer rose That opens to the morning sky, But ere the shades of evening close Mr. Wilde fell a victim to the yellow fever in the city of New Orleans. Defeated for re-election to...

...And its wavering image here. Henry Wadsworlh Longfellow [1807-1882] "MY LIFE IS LIKE THE SUMMER ROSE" o man. But out spake gentle Henry, "No Frenchman is my foe: Down, down with every foreigner, dose, Is scattered on the ground — to die! Yet on the rose's humble bed The sweetest dews of night...

...art and beauty, and under kindlier conditions might have won a larger place among the poets. STANZAS thly, May, (1858) 1858. THE DEACON'S MASTERPIECE OR,...LOGICAL STORY Have you heard of the wonderful one-hoss s The sweetest dews of night are shed, As if she wept the waste to see — But none shall weep a tear...