 Thrice twenty summers I have seen The sky grow bright, the forest green; And many a wintry wind have stood In bloomless, fruitless solitude, Since childhood in my pleasant bower First spent its sweet and sportive hour; Since youthful lovers in my shade...  Bulletin - Page 7by Michigan State University. Agricultural Experiment Station - 1887Full view - About this book
 | Shrewsbury (England). Royal School - English poetry - 1801 - 368 pages
...bloomless, fruitless solitude, Since childhood in my pleasant bower First spent its sweet and sportive hour, Since youthful lovers in my shade Their vows of truth and rapture made ; And on my trunk's surviving frame Carved many a long-forgotten name. Oh ! by the sighs of gentle... | |
 | 1802 - 520 pages
...bloomless fruitless solitude, Since childhood in my pleasant bower First spent its sweet and sportive hour, Since youthful lovers in my shade Their vows of truth and rapture made ; And on my trunk's surviving frame, Carv'd many a long forgotten name. Oh ! by the sighs of gentle... | |
 | Anthologies - 1802 - 524 pages
...fruitless solitude, Since childhood in my pleasant bower First spent its sweet and sportive hour, t Since youthful lovers in my shade Their vows of truth and rapture made ; And on my trunk's surviving frame, Carv'd many a long forgotten name. Oh ! by the sighs of gentle... | |
 | History - 1803 - 892 pages
...fruitless, solitude — Since childhood in my rustling bower First spent its sweet and sportive hour — Since youthful lovers in my shade Their vows of truth...and rapture paid ; And on my trunk's surviving frame Carv'd many a long-forgotten name ; Oh ! by the vows of gentle sound, First breath'd upon this sacred... | |
 | Edmund Burke - History - 1803 - 1298 pages
...fruitless, solitude— , Since childhood in my rustling bower First spent its sweet and sportive hour— Since youthful lovers in my shade Their vows of truth...and rapture paid ; And on my trunk's surviving frame Carv'd many a long-forgotten name ; Oh ! by the vows of gentle sound, First breath'd upon this sacred... | |
 | History - 1803 - 866 pages
...fruitless, solitude — Since childhood in my rustling bower First spent its sweet and sportive hour— Since youthful lovers in my shade Their vows of truth...and rapture paid ; And on my trunk's surviving frame Carv'd many a long-forgotten name ; Oh ! by the vows of gentle sound, First breath'd upon this sacred... | |
 | Edmund Burke - History - 1803 - 892 pages
...fruitless, solitude — Since childhood in my rustling bower First spent its sweet and sportive hour — Since youthful lovers in my shade Their vows of truth...and rapture paid ; And on my trunk's surviving frame Carv'd many a long-forgotten name ; Oh ! by the vows of gentle sound, First breath'd upon this sacred... | |
 | Thomas Campbell - English poetry - 1803 - 162 pages
...fruitless, solitude— Since childhood in my rustling bower First spent its sweet and sportive hour— Since youthful lovers in my shade Their vows of truth...and rapture paid; And on my trunk's surviving frame Carv'd many a long-forgotten name: Oh! by the vows of gentle sound, First breath'd upon this sacred... | |
 | Thomas Campbell - Hope - 1804 - 182 pages
...bloomless fruitless solitude, Since childhood in my pleasant bower First spent its sweet and sportive hour, Since youthful lovers in my shade Their vows of truth and rapture made; And on my trunk's surviving frame, Carv*d many a long forgotton name. Oh ! by the sighs of gentle... | |
 | Chaplet - 1805 - 238 pages
...fruitless solitude, fiince childhood in my pleasant hower First spent its sweet and sportive hour. Since youthful lovers in my shade Their vows of truth and rapture made ; And on my trunk's surviving frame, Carv'd many a long forgotten name. Oh! hy the sighs of gentle... | |
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