THEY tell us of an Indian tree, Which, howsoe'er the sun and sky May tempt its boughs to wander free, And shoot, and blossom, wide and high, Far better loves to bend its arms Downward again to that dear earth, From which the life, that fills and warms... Conversations on Nature and Art - Page 721839 - 333 pagesFull view - About this book
| Shrewsbury (England). Royal School - English poetry - 1801 - 368 pages
...that dear earth, From which the life, that fills and warms Its grateful being, first had birth. E'en thus, though woo'd by flattering friends, And fed...fame it be), This heart, my own dear mother, bends Merione. Qvin hue digrediens, Merione, visis ovilia Et mecum teñeras claudis oves cratibus in suis... | |
| English literature - 1823 - 508 pages
...wide and high, Far better loves to bend its arms Downward again to that dear earth, From which the life, that fills and warms Its grateful being, first...mother, bends, With love's true instinct, back to thee !' This is the piece which of all others has most made us doubt whether there may not be some more... | |
| Thomas Moore - English poetry - 1823 - 224 pages
...wide and high, Far better loves to bend its arms Downward again to that dear earth, From which the life, that fills and warms Its grateful being, first...though woo'd by flattering friends, And fed with fame ((/1fame it be) This heart, my own dear mother, bends, With love's true instinct, back to thee ! ILLUSTRATION... | |
| 1823 - 494 pages
...and warms Ils grateful being, first had birth. 'Tis thus, thoagh woo'd by flattering friends, And frd with fame (if fame it be) This heart, my own dear...mother, bends, With love's true instinct, back to thee! VESSEL DASHED TO PIECES BY A WHALE. (Prom the Annual Register of 1821J On the 19th of Nov. 1821, the... | |
| George Wentworth - English poetry - 1824 - 378 pages
...wide and high, Far better loves to bend its arms Downward again to that dear earth, From which the life, that fills and warms Its grateful being, first...mother, bends, With love's true instinct, back to thee ! SIX SORTS OF PEOPLE WHO FAST. The miser fasts because he will not eat ; The poor man fasts because... | |
| Almanacs, English - 1824 - 514 pages
...wide and high, Far better loves to bend its arms Downward again to that dear earth, From which the life, that fills and warms Its grateful being, first had birth. 'Tis thus, though wooed by flatt'ring friends, And fed with fame (if fame it be) This heart, my own dear mother, bends,... | |
| Thomas Moore - 1832 - 440 pages
...blossom, wide and high, Far better loves to bend its arms Downward again to that dear earth From which the life, that fills and warms Its grateful being, first...though woo'd by flattering friends, And fed with fame (//"fame it be) This heart, my own dear mother, bends, With love's true instinct, back to thee ! ILLUSTRATION... | |
| Antislavery movements - 1833 - 370 pages
...blossom, wide and high, Far better loves to bend its arms Downward again to that dear earth From which the life, that fills and warms Its grateful being, first had birth. 'Tis thus, though wooed by flattering! i ¡ends, And fed with fame (if fame it be,) This heart, my own dear mother bends,... | |
| Thomas Moore - 1835 - 440 pages
...that dear earth From which the life, that fills and warms Its grateful being, first had birth. 'T is thus, though woo'd by flattering friends, And fed...mother, bends, With love's true instinct, back to thee ! ILLUSTRATION OF A BORE. IF ever you 've seen a gay party, Relieved from the pressure of Ned — How... | |
| Thomas Moore - 1838 - 412 pages
...fills and warms Its grateful being, first had birth. 'T is thus, though woo'd by flattering friend«, And fed with fame (if fame it be,) This heart, my...mother, bends. With love's true instinct, back to tliee ! ILLUSTRATION OF A BORE. IF ever you 've seen a gay party, Relieved from the pressure of Ned... | |
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