| Ralph Waldo Emerson - American poetry - 1875 - 588 pages
...clusters of the vine Upon my mouth do crush their wine ; * »•» The nectarine, and curious pcacli. Into my hands 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... | |
| John Greenleaf Whittier - American poetry - 1875 - 392 pages
...luscious clusters of the vine Upon my mouth do crush their wine. The nectarine, and curious iieach, Into my hands themselves do reach. Stumbling on melons, as I pass, Insnaivd with flowere, I fall on grass. Meanwhile the mind from pleasure less Withdraws into its happiness,... | |
| Charles Lamb - English literature - 1876 - 740 pages
...speaking of sweet garden scenes : What wondrous life is this I lend ! Ripe appjes drop about my bead. The luscious clusters of the vine Upon my mouth do crush their wine. The nectarine, and curious peach. Into my hands themselves do teach. C C. Stuml ling on melons,-as I pass. Insnarcd... | |
| John Greenleaf Whittier - American poetry - 1876 - 562 pages
...fair trees ! where'er your barks I wound, No name shall but your own be found. What wondrous life is this I lead ! Ripe apples drop about my head. The luscious clusters of the vine I'pon my mouth do crush their wine. The nectarine, and curious peach, Into my hands themselves do reach.... | |
| Henry Norman Hudson - Readers - 1877 - 478 pages
...fountains and sun-dials. He is speaking of sweet garden-scenes : What wondrous life is this I lead ! Eipe apples drop about my head : The luscious clusters...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... | |
| William Collins - 1877 - 104 pages
...Pan did after Syrinx speed, Not as a nymph, but for a reed. What wondrous life is this I lead ! Rips apples drop about my head ; The luscious clusters of the vine Upon my mouth do crush their wiiie; The nectarine, and curious peach, Into my hands themselves do reach ; Stumbling on melons, as... | |
| William Davidson (B.A.), Joseph Crosby Alcock - Analysis (Philosophy) - 1877 - 240 pages
...with a resistless smile, came forth to do thee homage. 29. Our English archers bent their bows. 30. The luscious clusters of the vine Upon my mouth do crush their wine. QUESTIONS ON §§ 9 — 14. 1. What is a simple subject? 2. Of what kinds of words may a simple subject... | |
| Charles Anderson Dana - 1878 - 882 pages
...speed, Nbt as a nymph, but for a reed. What wondrous life in this 1 lead! Ripe apples drop about ray 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, Insnared with... | |
| Children's literature - 1889 - 472 pages
...Man-ell's "The Garden," of the spirit of which this stanza will give a fair idea : "What a wondrous life is this I lead! Ripe apples drop about my head. The luscious...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, Insnar'd with... | |
| Charles Lamb - 1879 - 444 pages
...talk of fountains and sun-dials. He is speaking of sweet garden scenes : — What wondrous life is this I lead ! Ripe apples drop about my head. The...Upon my mouth do crush their wine. The nectarine, and curious peach, Into my hands themselves do reach. Stumbling on melons, as I pass, Insnared with... | |
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