 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 flowers,...  Andrew Marvell - Pàgina 45per Augustine Birrell - 1905 - 241 pàginesVisualització completa - Sobre aquest llibre
 | Charles Lamb, Thomas Noon Talfourd - 1838 - 486 pàgines
...talk of fountains and sun dials. He is speaking of sweet garden scenes. " What wondrous life is (his I lead ! Ripe apples drop about my head. The luscious clusters of the vine Upon my mouth do crash their wine. The nectarine, and curious peach, Into my hands themselves do reach. Stumbling on... | |
 | 1840 - 372 pàgines
...about my head. The luscious clusters of the vine Upon my mouth do crush their wine. The nectarine, the curious peach, Into my hands themselves do reach. Stumbling on melons as I pass, Ensnared with flow'ers, I fall on grass. Meanwhile the mind, from pleasure less, Withdraws into its... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1844 - 692 pàgines
...Fair trees ! where'er your barks I wound, No name shall but your own be found. W'hat wond'rous life in self To gain a hearing from a cruel father. Wrong'd Insnar'd with flow'rs, I fall on grass. Meanwhile the mind from pleasure less Withdraws into its happiness.... | |
 | William Cartwright Newsam - 1845 - 264 pàgines
...beauties her exceed ! 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...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 flowers,... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1847 - 712 pàgines
...Fair trees ! where'er your barks I wound, No name shall but your own be found. What wond'rous life in modern scholar, ' It is astonishin;; how little obsoleto Insnar'd with flow'rs, I fall on grass. Meanwhile the mind from pleasure leu Withdraws into its happiness.... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1847 - 712 pàgines
...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 Insnar'd with flow'rs, I fall on grass. Meanwhile the mind from pleasure leas Withdraws into its happiness.... | |
 | National Sunday school union - 1866 - 308 pàgines
...POETWIOHT IN BRITTANY. great that we are reminded of Andrew Marvell's "Garden." "The nectarine, the curious peach, Into my hands themselves do reach ; Stumbling on melons as I pass, Ensnared with flowers, 1 fall on grass." Clisson is a small town about 20 miles south of Nantes, containing... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1849 - 708 pàgines
...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 Insnar'd with flow'rs, I fall on grase. Meanwhile the mind from pleasure lea Withdraws into its happiness.... | |
 | John Greenleaf Whittier - 1850 - 326 pàgines
...remembered by the quotations of that exquisite critic, Charles Lamb. How pleasant is this picture ! " What wondrous life is this I lead ! Ripe apples drop...themselves do reach : Stumbling on melons as I pass, Ensnared with flowers, I fall on grass. " Here at this fountain's sliding foot, Or at the fruit tree's... | |
 | John Greenleaf Whittier - 1850 - 324 pàgines
...remembered by the quotations of that exquisite critic, Charles Lamb. How pleasant is this picture ! " What wondrous life is this I lead ! Ripe apples drop...themselves do reach: Stumbling on melons as I pass, Ensnared with flowers, I fall on grass. " Here at this fountain's sliding foot, Or at the fruit tree's... | |
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