 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,...  Elia. The last essays of Elia - Pàgina 148per Charles Lamb - 1871Visualització completa - Sobre aquest llibre
 | Andrew Marvell - 1872 - 562 pàgines
...about my head ; The luscious clusters of the vine 35 Upon my mouth do crush their wine ; The nectaren and curious peach, Into my hands themselves do reach ; Stumbling on melons, as I pass, Insnar'd with flow'rs, I fall on grass. 40 Yet it creates — transcending these — 45 Far other worlds... | |
 | Mary Russell Mitford - 1872 - 582 pàgines
...so, Only that she might laurel grow; And Pan did after Syrinx speed, Not as a nymph but for a seed. 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... | |
 | 1876 - 612 pàgines
...the same glory, or who shall be able some time to say, with the delicious quaintness of Marvell — " What wondrous life is this I lead ? Ripe apples drop about my head ' FOUR GREAT SONG-COMPOSERS: SCHUBERT, SCHUMANN, FRANZ, AND LISZT. BY GEORGE T. FERRIS. TT EINRICH... | |
 | Anthologia Anglica - 1873 - 512 pàgines
...Fair trees ! where'er your barks I wound No name shall but your own be found. What wondrous life in this I lead ! Ripe apples drop about my head : The...themselves do reach. Stumbling on melons, as I pass, Ensnared with flowers, I fall on grass. Meanwhile the mind from pleasure less Withdraws into its happiness... | |
 | Abraham Holroyd - 1873 - 228 pàgines
...so, Only that she might laurel grow; And Pan did after Syrinx speed, Not as a nymph, but for a reed. What wond'rous life is this I lead ! Ripe apples drop...and curious peach, Into my hands themselves do reach ; StumUing on melons as I pass, Ensnared with flowers, I fall on grass. 10 Meanwhile thc mind, from... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1874 - 600 pàgines
...so. Only that she might laurel grow; And Pan did after Syrinx speed, Not as a nymph, but for a reed. What wondrous life is this I lead! Ripe apples drop...themselves do reach ; Stumbling on melons, as I pass, Insuared with flowers, I fall on grass. Meanwhile the mind, from pleasure less, Withdraws into its... | |
 | 1876 - 564 pàgines
...laurel grow : And Pan did after Syrinx speed, Not as a nymph, but for a reed. What wondrous life in this I lead ! Ripe apples drop about my head ; The...as I pass, Insnared with flowers, I fall on grass. The mind, that ocean where each kind Does straight its own resemblance find ; Yet it creates, transcending... | |
 | 1875 - 588 pàgines
...Members of tfje NOVEMBER, 1875. ODDS AND ENDS OF WEATHER WISDOM AND FRAGMENTS OF FOLK LORE. AUGUST. ' 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.' Andrew Marrcll. As July owes its name to Julius Caesar, so... | |
 | Francis Henry Underwood - 1875 - 660 pàgines
...among the plants will grow. Society is all but rude To this delicious solitude. What wondrous life in this I lead ! Ripe apples drop about my head. The...themselves do reach. Stumbling on melons, as I pass, Ensnared with flowers, I fall on grass. Meanwhile the mind from pleasure less Withdraws into its happiness... | |
 | Charles Lamb - 1875 - 618 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...hands themselves do reach. Stumbling on melons, as I p5ss, Insnared with flowers, I fall on grass. Meanwhile the mind from pleasure less Withdraws into... | |
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