 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
 | J H Hedley - 1836 - 352 pages
...wind have stood In bloomless, fruitless solitude, Since childhood in my pleasant bower First spent its sweet and sportive hour, Since youthful lovers...made; 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 all... | |
 | Thomas Campbell - Bookbinding - 1837 - 360 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... | |
 | Thomas Campbell - 1837 - 332 pages
...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... | |
 | Rebecca Hey - 1837 - 386 pages
...urged, and we only wish it may be the means of sparing many a stately beech from an untimely fall: — " Since youthful lovers in my shade Their vows of truth...made, 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... | |
 | Samuel Rogers - English poetry - 1839 - 510 pages
...wind have stood In bloomloss, 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 Carved mnny a long-forgotten name. Oh ! hy the sighs of gentle sound. First breathed upon this sacred ground... | |
 | 1839 - 320 pages
...rustling bower, First spent its sweet and sportive hour ; Since youthful lovers, in my shade, Then- vows of truth and rapture made, And on my trunk's surviving frame Carv'd many a long-forgotten name. Oh ! by the sighs of gentle sound, First breathed upon this sacred... | |
 | English poetry - 1840 - 378 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... | |
 | Thomas Campbell - English poetry - 1840 - 376 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 rapture made ; And on my trunk's surviving frame Carv'd many a long-forgotten name. Oh ! by the sighs of gentle sound, First breathed upon this sacred... | |
 | Thomas Campbell - 1841 - 332 pages
...wind have stood In bloomless, fruitless solitude, Since childhood in my pleasant buwer First spent its sweet and sportive hour, Since youthful lovers...made; 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 all... | |
 | Samuel Rogers - English poetry - 1843 - 516 pages
...wind have stood In bloomless, fruitless solitude, Since childhood in my pleasant bower First spent its sweet and sportive hour, Since youthful lovers...made; And on my trunk's surviving frame Carved many a long-forgotten name. Oh ! by the sighs of gentle sound. First breathod upon this sacred ground: By... | |
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