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" The joys of earth and air are thine entire, That with thy feet and wings dost hop and fly; And when thy poppy works, thou dost retire To thy carved acorn-bed to lie. Up with the day, the sun thou welcom'st then, Sport'st in the gilt plaits of his beams;... "
The Bachelor's Wife: A Selection of Curious and Interesting Extracts, with ... - Page 149
by John Galt - 1824 - 444 pages
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The English Poets: Selections, Volume 2

Thomas Humphry Ward - English poetry - 1910 - 524 pages
...oaten beard, Drunk every night with a delicious tear, Dropt thee from heaven, where thou wert reared ; The joys of earth and air are thine entire, That with...carved acorn-bed to lie. Up with the day, the Sun thou welcomest then, Sport'st in the gilt plaits of his beams, And all these merry days mak'st merry men,...
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A Dictionary of Quotations from English and American Poets

Henry George Bohn, Anna Lydia Ward - Quotations - 1911 - 784 pages
...beard, — Drunk every night with a delicious tear T)ropp'd thee from heaven, where thou wast rear'd! The joys of earth and air are thine entire, That with...works, thou dost retire To thy carved acorn-bed to lie. 1996 Richard Lovelace : The Grasshopper BRATITUDE. Ah ; vainest of all things Is the gratitude of kings...
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English Prose and Poetry (1137-1892)

John Matthews Manly - English literature - 1916 - 828 pages
...oaten beard, Drunk every night with a delicious tear Dropt thee from heaven, where thou wert rear'd. 4 ilings alone, Adopting his portraits, arc t Up with the day, the sun thou welcom'st then, Sport'st in the gilt plaits of his beams, And all these...
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English Prose and Poetry (1137-1892)

John Matthews Manly - English literature - 1916 - 806 pages
...with a delicious tear Dropt thee from heaven, where thou wert rear'd. 4 The joys of earth and air arc . There she stands 8 Up with the day, the sun thou welcom'st then, Sport'st in the gilt plaits of his beams, And all these...
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Life and Literature

Lafcadio Hearn - English literature - 1917 - 432 pages
...oaten beard, Drunk every night with a delicious tear Dropt thee from heaven, where now th'art rear'd ! The joys of earth and air are thine entire, That with...day, the Sun thou welcom'st then, Sport'st in the gilt plaits of his beams, And all these merry days mak'st merry men Thyself, and melancholy streams....
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The Oxford Book of English Verse, 1250-1900

Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch - English poetry - 1918 - 1120 pages
...oaten beard. Drunk every night with a delicious tear Dropt thee from heaven, where thou wert rear'd ! The joys of earth and air are thine entire, That with...day, the Sun thou welcom'st then, Sport'st in the gilt plaits of his beams, And all these merry days mak'st merry men, Thyself, and melancholy streams....
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Books and Habits

Lafcadio Hearn - English literature - 1921 - 360 pages
...oaten beard, Drunk every night with a delicious tear Dropt thee from heaven, where now th'art rear'd! The joys of earth and air are thine entire, That with...day, the Sun thou welcom'st then, Sport'st in the gilt plaits of his beams, And all these merry days mak'st merry men Thyself, and melancholy streams....
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Books and Habits, from the Lectures of Lafcadio Hearn, Selected and Edited ...

Lafcadio Hearn - English literature - 1921 - 360 pages
...oaten beard, Drunk every night with a delicious tear Dropt thee from heaven, where now th'art rear'd! The joys of earth and air are thine entire, That with...day, the Sun thou welcom'st then, Sport'st in the gilt plaits of his beams, And all these merry days mak'st merry men Thyself, and melancholy streams....
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Metaphysical Lyrics & Poems of the Seventeenth Century: Donne to Butler

Sir Herbert John Clifford Grierson - English poetry - 1921 - 316 pages
...wings dost hop and flye ; And when thy Poppy workes thou dost retire To thy Carv'd Acron-bed to lye. Up with the Day, the Sun thou welcomst then, Sportst in the guilt-plats of his Beames, to And all these merry dayes mak'st merry men, Thy selfe, and Melancholy...
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A Book of British and American Verse

Henry Van Dyke, Hardin Craig, Asa Don Dickinson - American literature - 1922 - 1920 pages
...oaten beard, Drunk every night with a delicious tear Dropt thee from heaven, where th' art rear'd ! « The joys of earth and air are thine entire, That with...works, thou dost retire To thy carved acorn-bed to lie. 8 Up with the day, the Sun thou welcom'st then, Sport'st in the gilt-plaits of his teams, And all these...
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