 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
 | Mary Roberts - Great Britain - 1843 - 322 pages
...summers have I stood In beauteous, leafy solitude, Since childhood in my rustling bower First spent its sweet and sportive hour, Since youthful lovers in my shade Their vows of truth and honour paid ; And on my trunk's smooth, glossy frame Carv'd many a long-forgotten name : Oh ! by the... | |
 | Andrew Jackson Downing - 1844 - 554 pages
...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, Their vows of youth and rapture made, And on my trunk's surviving frame, Carved many a long forgotten name. Oh !... | |
 | Andrew Jackson Downing - Architecture, Domestic - 1844 - 548 pages
...wind have stood In bloomless, fruitless solitude, Since childhood in my pleasant bower First spent it> sweet and sportive hour ; Since youthful lovers in my shade, Their vows of youth and rapture made, And on my trunk's surviving frame, Carved many a long forgotten name. Oh !... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - Authors, English - 1845 - 558 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... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - Authors, English - 1846 - 540 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... | |
 | Andrew Jackson Downing - Landscape gardening - 1849 - 550 pages
...wind have stood In bloomless, fruitless solitude, Since childhood in my pleasant bower First spent its sweet and sportive hour ; Since youthful lovers...many a long- forgotten name. Oh ! by the sighs of gentlo sound First breathed upon this sacred ground, By all that Love has whispered here, Or beauty... | |
 | Robert Kemp Philp - 432 pages
...stood In bloomless, fruitless solitude, Since childhood in my pleasant bower First spent its sweet aud sportive hour, Since youthful lovers in my shade Their...truth and rapture made ; And on my trunk's surviving fame Carved many a long-forgotten name. Oh ! by the sighs of gentle sound, First breathed upon this... | |
 | Andrew Jackson Downing - Architecture, Domestic - 1850 - 576 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 all... | |
 | Benjamin Hall Kennedy - Classical languages - 1850 - 364 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... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - English literature - 1851 - 780 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... | |
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