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... Selections from the British Poets - Página 1631840Vista completa - Acerca de este libro
| Charles Lamb - 1840 - 304 páginas
...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... | |
| Robert Chambers - 1844 - 692 páginas
...beauties her exceed ! Fair trees ! where'er your barks I wound, No name shall but your own be found. W'hat wond'rous life in this I lead! Ripe apples drop...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... | |
| James Russell Lowell - 1844 - 584 páginas
...the plants will grow ; Society is all but rude To this delicious solitude. " 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... | |
| William Cartwright Newsam - 1845 - 264 páginas
...Fair trees ! where'er your barks I wound, No name shall but your own be found. What wond'rous life is this I lead ! Ripe apples drop about my head ; The...Upon my mouth do crush their wine. The nectarine, and envious peach, Into my hands themselves do reach ; Stumbling on melons, as I pass, Insuared with... | |
| Charles Lamb - 1845 - 396 páginas
...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. •...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... | |
| Robert Chambers - 1847 - 712 páginas
...beauties her exceed ! Fair trees ! where'er your barks I wound, No name shall but your own be found. he wolds of и profound modern scholar, ' It is astonishin;; how little obsoleto and curious peach, Into my hands themselves do reach. Stumbling on melons, as I pass, Insnar'd with... | |
| Robert Chambers - 1847 - 712 páginas
...trees ! where'er your barks I wound, No name shall but your own be found. What wond'rous life in this 1 edatory expedition to Gad's Hill, where they first and curious peach, Into my hands themselves do reach. Stumbling on melons, as I pass, Insnar'd with... | |
| Robert Chambers - 1849 - 708 páginas
...trees ! where'er your barks I wound. No name shall but your own be found. What wond'rous life in this 1 1 h 1 and curious peach, Into my hands themselves do reach. Stumbling on melons, as I pass, Insnar'd with... | |
| John Greenleaf Whittier - 1850 - 324 páginas
...quotations of that exquisite critic, Charles Lamb. How pleasant is this picture ! " What wondrous life is this I lead ! Ripe apples drop about my head ; 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,... | |
| Charles Lamb - 1850 - 406 páginas
...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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