 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...  Arboretum Et Fruticetum Britannicum - Page 1959by John Claudius Loudon - 1838Full view - About this book
 | Shrewsbury (England). Royal School - English poetry - 1801 - 368 pages
...wind have stood In bloomless, fruitless solitude, Since childhood in my pleasant bower First spent its sweet and sportive hour, Since youthful lovers...; And on my trunk's surviving frame Carved many a long-forgotten name. Oh ! by the sighs of gentle sound, First breathed upon this sacred ground ; By... | |
 | 1802 - 520 pages
...wintry wind have stood In bloomless fruitless solitude, Since childhood in my pleasant bower First spent its sweet and sportive hour, Since youthful lovers...rapture made ; And on my trunk's surviving frame, Carv'd many a long forgotten name. Oh ! by the sighs of gentle sound, First breatb'd upon this sacred... | |
 | 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...rapture made ; And on my trunk's surviving frame, Carv'd many a long forgotten name. Oh ! by the sighs of gentle sound, First breath'd upon this sacred... | |
 | History - 1803 - 892 pages
...I have stood In bloomless, 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... | |
 | Thomas Campbell - English poetry - 1803 - 162 pages
...I have stood In bloomless, 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... | |
 | Edmund Burke - History - 1803 - 892 pages
...I have stood In bloomless, 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... | |
 | History - 1803 - 866 pages
...I have stood In bloomless, 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... | |
 | Edmund Burke - History - 1803 - 1298 pages
...have stood In bloomless, 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... | |
 | Thomas Campbell - Hope - 1804 - 182 pages
...wintry wind have stood In bloomless fruitless solitude, Since childhood in my pleasant bower First spent its sweet and sportive hour, Since youthful lovers...and rapture made; And on my trunk's surviving frame, Carv*d many a long forgotton name. Oh ! by the sighs of gentle sound, First breath'd upon this sacred... | |
 | Chaplet - 1805 - 238 pages
...wind have stood In hloomless fruitless solitude, fiince childhood in my pleasant hower First spent its sweet and sportive hour. Since youthful lovers...rapture made ; And on my trunk's surviving frame, Carv'd many a long forgotten name. Oh! hy the sighs of gentle sound, First hreathed upon this sacred... | |
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