...care Never have left their traces there. Artless one ! though thou gazest now O'er the white blossom with earnest brow, Soon will it tire thy childish...Throw to the ground the fair white flower ; Yet, as the tender years depart, Keep that white and innocent heart. — WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT. By permission...

...apart Are the folds of thy own young heart. and for the graceful repetition in its concluding quatrain Throw it aside in thy weary hour, Throw to the ground...tender years depart Keep that white and innocent heart. Of the seven original sonnets in the volume before us, it is somewhat difficult to speak. The sonnet...

...their traces there. Artless one ! though thou gazest now O'er the white blossom with earnest brow, 10 Soon will it tire thy childish eye, Fair as it is,...fair white flower, Yet, as thy tender years depart, 15 Keep that white and innocent heart. TO THE FRINGED GENTIAN THOU blossom bright with autumn dew,...

...Are the folds of thy awn young heart, and for the graceful repetition in its concluding quatrain — laughter." And again: "Gr Of the seven original sonnets in the volume before us, it is somewhat difficult to speak. The sonnet...

...205) Though the flower will fade or the child grow tired of it, the speaker analogically admonishes, "Yet, as thy tender years depart, / Keep that white and innocent heart" (P, 205). In "The Lapse of Time," Bryant renounces regret in favor of good things to come for both...