 What wondrous life is this I lead! Ripe apples drop about my head; The luscious clusters of the vine Upon my mouth do crush their wine; The nectarine and curious peach Into my hands themselves do reach; Stumbling on melons, as I pass, Ensnared with flowers,...  Writings - Page 93by John Greenleaf Whittier - 1889Full view - About this book
 | Henry Southern, Sir Nicholas Harris Nicolas - Bibliography - 1825 - 392 pages
...life in this I lead ! Ripe apples drop about my head. The luscious clusters of the vine Upon my mouth do crush their wine. The nectarine, and curious peach,...themselves do reach. Stumbling on melons, as I pass, Insnar'd with flow'rs, I fall on grass. Mean while the mind, from pleasure less, Withdraws into its... | |
 | 1821 - 724 pages
...life in this I lead ! Ripe apples drop about my head. The luscious clusters of the vine Upon my mouth do crush their wine. The nectarine, and curious peach,...themselves do reach. Stumbling on melons, as I pass, Insnar'd with flowers, I fall on grass. Meanwhile the mind from pleasure less Withdraws into its happiness.... | |
 | Almanacs, English - 1824 - 514 pages
...life is this I lead ! Kipe apples drop about my head. The luscious clusters of the vine Upon my mouth do crush their wine. The nectarine and curious peach...themselves do reach. Stumbling on melons, as I pass, Insnared with flowers, I fall on grass. Meanwhile the mind from pleasure less Withdraws into its happiness.... | |
 | William Hazlitt - English poetry - 1824 - 1062 pages
...about my head. The luscious clusters of the vine Upon my mouth do crush their wine. The nectarine, the curious peach, Into my hands themselves do reach. Stumbling on melons, as I pass, Insnar'd with flow'rs, I fall on grass. Mean while the mind, from pleasure less, Withdraws into its... | |
 | Books - 1825 - 392 pages
...life in this I lead ! Ripe apples drop about my head. The luscious clusters of the vine Upon my mouth do crush their wine. The nectarine, and curious peach,...themselves do reach. Stumbling on melons, as I pass, ), Insnar'd with flow'rs, I fall on grass. Mean while the mind, from pleasure less, Withdraws into... | |
 | Books - 1825 - 390 pages
...life in this I lead ! Ripe apples drop about my head. The luscious clusters of the vine Upon my mouth do crush their wine. The nectarine, and curious peach,...themselves do reach. Stumbling on melons, as I pass, Insnar'd with flow'rs, I fall on grass. Mean while the mind, from pleasure less, Withdraws into its... | |
 | Henry Southern - 1825 - 388 pages
...life in this I lead ! Ripe apples drop about my head. The luscious clusters of the vine Upon my mouth do crush their wine. The nectarine, and curious peach,....themselves do reach. Stumbling on melons, as I pass, Insnar'd with flow'rs, I fall on grass. - Mean while the mind, from pleasure less, Withdraws into its... | |
 | English literature - 1835 - 432 pages
...life in this I lead ! Ripe apples drop about my head. The luscious clusters of the vine Upon my mouth do crush their wine. The nectarine, and curious peach,...as I pass, Ensnared with flowers, I fall on grass. Meanwhile the mind from pleasure less Withdraws into its happiness. The mind, that ocean, where each... | |
 | 1835 - 430 pages
...Ripe apples drop about my head. The luscious clusters of the vine Upon my mouth do crush their win:. The nectarine, and curious peach, Into my hands themselves...as I pass, Ensnared with flowers, I fall on grass. Meanwhile the mind from pleasure lesa Withdraws into its happiness. The mind, that ocean, where each... | |
 | Charles Lamb - Essays - 1835 - 440 pages
...life Is this I lead ! Bipe apples drop about my head. The luscious clusters of the vine Upon my mouth do crush their wine. The nectarine and curious peach,...themselves do reach. Stumbling on melons, as I pass, Insnared with flowers, I fall on grass. Meanwhile the mind from pleasure less Withdraws into its happiness.... | |
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